The Kiss that Sparked it All

Balfour’s eyes turned serious, like there was no room for negotiation.

Patricia, although she’d been spoiled since childhood, still got a little scared when Balfour got all stern.

“Balfour, you’ve gotta treat Ellinor well, okay? Don’t lose your cool just because she accidentally wandered into Pearl’s room and broke Pearl’s favorite music box. I’m off to check on Baber.”

After reminding Balfour, Patricia took off, but things didn’t turn out quite as she’d hoped.

Once Patricia left, Ellinor didn’t feel like sticking around either. She murmured, “Mr. Howard, I’m sorry for going where I shouldn’t have in your house. I’l show myself out, but I didn’t break that music box”

With that, she made to leave. But Balfour raised a hand to stop her.

Ellinor paused, frowning, “So, what’s the deal? You’re gonna punish me for trespassing?”

the door, preventing her

in because this was your room when you were little. I won’t

paused, then let out a sarcastic

music from the music box and

the broken music box, “This was your favorite music box when you were a child. It was

glanced at it, “Oh, really? Well, you keep

this room and everything in it exactly the way it was when you were

“Nope.”

that’s okay. Once you’re back, you’ll