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

giving the crafty young man a sidelong glance. “Even if I am Pearl, I

have the same father; you are my

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

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 kitchen, holding a plate

chef, nor their

gobsmacked. “Balfour, you… you’re

instead spoke gently to Ellinor.

any formalities, Ellinor

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

Balfour frowned and

I’ve just never seen you this industrious before, so I took

gave the mischievous Bryan a helpless glance, placing the breakfast he’d prepared in

was a hearty breakfast of fried eggs, bacon, vegetables, and

up her fork and knife, Ellinor glanced at the clock. “Mr. Howard, aren’t

the formal address made Balfour seem slightly disappointed, but he replied gently. “There’s nothing important going on lately; it’s no problem if I head to he office a

offhandedly, not really