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?”

“No need! You

frown, “Ellinor, we share blood.

leaned back in her chair,

we share blood, but to me, that’s all it is. In reality, we are just strangers who happened to have

of misunderstandings about you before, and I did a lot of things that upset you. I’m sorry! Can you give me a chance to make up for my mistakes?”

relation for now. You don’t like a 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 of growing up together, so let’s not force

it’s

he had been prejudiced and hostile towards Ellinor from the

Balfour wanted to talk to her

out the truth, Ellinor didn’t want to hear his pleas for forgiveness and

for the breakfast, I’m

said gently, “If you’d like, I can make this