The Kiss that Sparked it All

After Patricia left, the nanny gently patted Baber in her arms and comforted, “It’s okay now, Ms. Howard is gone. Baber, you don’t have to be scared.”

Baber turned his head to confirm that Patricia was really gone, and his crying gradually subsided.

The nanny sighed. She had long noticed that Ms. Howard didn’t truly love this adopted child. She only showed concern for Baber in front of others, but in private, she was cold and impatient

Poor Baber was so unlucky. He became an orphan at such a young age. He was lucky enough to be adopted by a wealthy family, but then he got a mother who just

wanted to use him.

Ah, this kid was probably not going to have an easy life.

The Blanchet villa.

Ellinor’s nap was interrupted by a phone call.

for her phone and putting it to her ear to

“Hello?”

the other end of the line, “Ms.

was still half asleep. She didn’t recognize the voice

Mendoza, it’s Quinton.”

more awake,

detected that Ellinor sounded like she had just woken up. He was a bit uneasy and carefully said, “Ms.

me or not, you’ve called already.

like to meet with you privately. He wants to apologize for the misunderstanding

sleep for this, “There’s

Mr.

Quinton could finish, Ellinor hung up and was ready to continue

moment, someone knocked on the door