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.

then, their home was still a place of

father’s affair was exposed, and

so distraught that she couldn’t pull herself together, causing their parents

Pearl back to her room and read her stories, trying to divert her attention away from their

a Howard, but a child

day, he wasn’t home because

the rumors, his grandparents asked his father to take Pearl for

a blow to Pearl’s psyche, so she stood

a heated argument, his mother took Pearl and left home, never to

a woman with a daughter about the same age as Pearl.

now

Balfour was still a minor with no say in many family matters.

he was adamant about his stepmother not moving into his mother’s