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

man a sidelong glance. “Even if I am Pearl,

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

bottom of the stairs, Ellinor brushed off Bryan’s hand and headed towards the

forget that he was the son of the woman who had hurt her mother. She couldn’t sincerely treat him like a little brother. Bryan chuckled sarcastically. He followed her and was about to say something when he saw a tall figure emerging from the

their chef, nor their nanny, but

gobsmacked. “Balfour, you… you’re actually

spoke gently to Ellinor. “Ellinor, come.

any formalities,

miracle, whipped out his phone and snapped several photos of Balfour in

and looked at Bryan

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

glance, placing the breakfast he’d prepared in front of Ellinor. “Ellinor,

breakfast of fried eggs, bacon,

Ellinor glanced at the clock. “Mr.

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

offhandedly, not really