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?”

down her bowl and waved it off, “No need! You don’t

he stressed with a frown, “Ellinor, we share blood. I am your brother and always

back in her chair, looking indifferent

just strangers who happened to have

a lot of things that upset you. I’m sorry! Can you give me a chance to

chuckled, “Let’s set aside the blood 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

explain, “No, it’s

he had been prejudiced and hostile

now Ellinor finally understood why Balfour wanted to talk to her in

didn’t know how Balfour found out the truth, Ellinor didn’t want

“Thanks for the breakfast,

like, I can