The Kiss that Sparked it All

st then, there was a knock at her door.

nor snapped back to reality, shook her head, trying to forget her embarrassment, and went to open the door.

an was standing at the door and looking at her. He found her face a bit odd. “Ellinor, good morning. Why is your face so red? Did you have a good dream?”

nor was already very fed up, so she punched him on the head. “Shut up, kid. If you talk nonsense again, I’ll kill you!”

an clutched his aching head, grumbling, “I am not a kid!”

pushed him aside, and strode

downst

med around and followed Elinor calling out to her loudly. “Hey, Ellinor, when did you find out that you’re my long-lost sister?”

own the stairs, Ellinor casually replied. Tm not your sister

reached out to support her “Yes, you are! I heard it yesterday, you’re Pearl

glance. “Even if I am Pearl,

retorted. “Yes, you are! We have the same father; you are my

reaching the bottom of the stairs, Ellinor brushed off

like a little brother. Bryan chuckled sarcastically. He followed her and was about to

wasn’t their chef, nor

was gobsmacked. “Balfour, you… you’re

gently to Ellinor. “Ellinor, come.

any formalities, Ellinor

his

the camera shutter, Balfour frowned and looked

phone and stood tall. “Nothing! I’ve just never seen you this industrious before, so I took a photo to mark the

placing the breakfast

a hearty breakfast of fried eggs,

glanced at the clock. “Mr. Howard, aren’t you going

he replied gently. “There’s nothing important going on lately; it’s no problem if I head to he office

Ellinor replied offhandedly, not really