The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 991

That time, on the way to the countryside.

Bawling her eyes out, Patricia reproached her mother, “Mom, look at the mess you’ve made! Now we’re being shipped off to the boondocks!”

Xenia was already feeling low, and her daughter’s reproach only made it worse.

“Patri, I can take it from others, but how could you say that to me? Who am I doing all this for, if not you?”

Patricia, at this point, had no patience to understand her mother and retorted, “I know you did it for me, but you didn’t help at all. You just made things worse! Mom, we would’ve been better off admitting our mistakes in front of Grandpa and Grandma; maybe they would have given us another chance instead of sending us off to the countryside!”

a pang in her chest due to her daughter’s words, “Now you’re blaming me? Didn’t you also fail to admit your mistake in time? And how could we have admitted it? Once admitted,

felt that even the worst outcome would be better than

he didn’t specify for how long.

assigned by Grandpa to keep an eye on them.

was not the life

the more unwilling Patricia felt, and the more she wanted

at Patricia’s reproach and misunderstanding, still felt a twinge of pity for her. After all, she was relying on Patricia for her

for us to be at each other’s throats! If we let differences come

her mother mention Ellinor would laugh at them, Patricia tried hard to stop crying. She wouldn’t let that detestable Ellinor laugh at

mother, “What can we do now? I’ve lost my brother’s trust and affection, lost the love of

what the servants around them were doing. Some were on their phones, and others were dozing off. Then, she whispered to