The Kiss that Sparked it All

But Ellinor didn’t hang up the phone on purpose that fast because she heard some noise from outside the window.

She didn’t tell Theo because she didn’t want him to worry

After hanging up, she got up and walked to the window, opened it, and took a look outside, “Anyone there?”

She didn’t see anyone, and Ellinor had a bad feeling about this because she was sure she heard something.

She looked down again and suddenly saw a kid hanging outside the railing of the balcony next door. The kid could fall at any moment!

Even though it was just the second floor, for such a small kid, the consequences of falling could be lethal.

“Don’t move! It’s dangerous!”

Without giving it a second thought, Ellinor quickly went to the balcony, climbed over, and saved the kid, then carried him back to her room.

That kid was the little boy Patricia had forced Theo to adopt with her.

bandaged due to the injury he’d suffered a few days ago.

sit down; she squatted in front of him and asked seriously, “How did you end up alone on the

seemed very scared; he stared

him, and now that he was calling her a bad person, she felt quite upset, “Who told you

was very

your mommy a

thought of Patricia, shaking

eyes. This kid already knew Patricia’s true colors; it

up alone outside? You know it’s very dangerous, right? You can’t

couldn’t form complete sentences yet; he could only say the

are you scared of?”

redden; he looked around anxiously for anyone he was scared of, then said with a sob, “Scared of mommy…

tool to Patricia; now that she couldn’t use him to threaten Theo anymore, Ellinor knew Patricia surely wouldn’t