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?”

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

he stressed with a frown, “Ellinor, we

back in her chair,

share blood, but to me, 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

misunderstandings about you before, and I did a lot of things that upset

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

explain, “No, it’s not as

heart, but because of Patri, he had been prejudiced and hostile towards Ellinor from the

Ellinor finally understood why 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 tasted your

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