The Kiss that Sparked it All

As soon as Patricia heard about the abortion idea, her eyes lit up.

Her mom was right, tonight’s dinner was a golden opportunity. She could sneak some saffron into Ellinor’s food. Let’s see how she could keep the baby!

However, after several failed attempts, Patricia had lost her previous confidence and started to worry, “What if someone finds out it was the saffron that caused her miscarriage?”

Mrs. Howard confidently said, “Don’t worry about that. If it’s found out, I’ll take the blame. I didn’t know she was pregnant, I just wanted her to taste some good beauty and health food, it wasn’t intentional.”

With her mother’s assurance, Patricia finally felt relieved, “Wait, mom, I’ll get the saffron right away! Add a lot of it, it’s best if that woman Ellinor bleeds a

lot!”

Meanwhile, in Pearl’s room.

Ellinor was lying on the single child-sized bed, observing everything in the room.

She stayed in this room, hoping to remember something.

other than the strong sense of familiarity and fragments of memory triggered by the broken music box, she didn’t feel anything

anymore.

phone suddenly rang. When Ellinor picked up, she saw that it was a video call from

doing?” Theo’s voice was deep,

at files while occasionally glancing at Ellinor in

seemed very busy, but he still made time to check on her. Did he

lazily said, “I’m resting, getting ready to sleep for

in the video seriously, “Did you forget what I

I can’t eat outside, I can’t

snorted, “Are you planning to sleep at someone else’s house for a while?”

just a bit sleepy, and I haven’t even slept yet! Theo, Balfour told me this is the

full of heartache as he thought about the possible injustices Ellinor suffered when she

this room for a while to see if I

to forget the unpleasant past. I’ll be with you in