The Kiss that Sparked it All

Balfour looked shocked, “You knew?”

Ellinor continued her nonchalant attitude, “Hmm, yeah, I knew.”

Balfour was puzzled, “When did you find out?”

Ellinor replied casually. “A long time ago, probably not long after I met you”

Balfour was even more confused, “If you knew back then, why didn’t you tell me?”

Ellinor chuckled as if mocking him, “Even if I told you, you wouldn’t have believed me. All along, haven’t I just been a plain Jane with ambitions in your eyes who just wants to get ahead using power?

Just think about it, if I suddenly showed up saying I’m your long-lost sister, you’d probably think I’m a pain in the ass and that I’m full of tricks, trying to worm my way into your rich family, right?”

Balfour’s face stiffened a bit. In front of the sister he lost and found again, he, as a brother, felt extremely awkward, “I was prejudiced against you back then, it was my bad. I’m sorry. How can I make it up to you?”

put down her bowl and waved it off, “No need! You don’t have to do this! You’re Patricia’s good

he stressed with a frown, “Ellinor, we share blood.

leaned back in her chair,

that’s all it is. In reality, we are just strangers who happened to have the same mother. Apart from the blood relation, we are from completely

“I know I had a lot of misunderstandings about you before, and I did a lot of things that upset you. I’m sorry! Can you give me

girl like me who grew up in the countryside without any manners, and I don’t like a man like you who thinks he’s above everyone else. We don’t have anything in common, nor do we have the bond

explain, “No, it’s not

heart, but because of Patri, he

Balfour wanted to talk to her in person today.

Ellinor didn’t want to hear his pleas for forgiveness and

politely. “Thanks for the breakfast, I’m honored to have

you’d like, I can make this for you