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?”

off, “No need! You don’t have to do this!

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

back in her

In reality, we are just strangers who happened to have the

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

tried to explain, “No, it’s not

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

Ellinor finally understood why Balfour wanted

out the truth, Ellinor didn’t want

“Thanks for the breakfast,

said gently, “If you’d like, I can make this for you often…”