The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 712

Upstairs in the Howard family’s mansion, there were two special rooms. One was where Balfour’s biological mother used to live with his father, and the other belonged to his full-blooded sister, Pearl.

Fifteen years had passed, and nothing in these two rooms had changed It had become a no-go zone for the Howard family.

The Howards’ servants had to get the green light from Balfour before they could go in to do their daily cleaning

Balfour shut the door and plopped down on a chair in front of the dressing table.

The chair was a bit snug for the nearly two-meter-tall guy, but for Balfour, this place was packed full of childhood memories.

There was a ten-year age gap between him and his sister, Pearl. As a kid, he spent more time taking care of Pearl than their parents did

Every night he would sit here, reading fairy tales to Pearl and helping her drift off to sleep.

home was still a

then their father’s affair was exposed, and he had a child from that

their parents to start arguing and giving each other the silent

he would take Pearl back to her room and read her stories, trying to divert her attention away from their parents’ fights so she wouldn’t

that Pearl wasn’t a Howard, but a child

he wasn’t home because

rumors, his grandparents asked his father to take Pearl

this as an insult to her dignity and a blow to Pearl’s psyche, so she stood her ground against it.

relationship broke down. The trust was gone, and after a heated argument, his mother took Pearl and left home,

year later, his father married a woman with a daughter about the same age as Pearl.

Patricia, was now his most

then, Balfour was still a minor with no say

not moving into his mother’s room and Patricia not moving into Pearl’s room.