The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1378

Theo looked a bit surprised. “How can I deserve you if I don’t tackle this problem?”

Ellinor knitted her eyebrows. Her tone became serious as she clearly expressed her opinion. “The problem must be resolved, but there’s no need to rush. You can wait until after I give birth.”

Theo saw the worry in Ellinor’s eyes and squinted a bit, pretending not to understand. “Oh? Why’s that?”

Ellinor lowered her eyebrows, feeling a bit embarrassed as she voiced her concerns. “If something happens to you, I might go into labor at any moment, and I won’t be able to help you…”

Theo gazed deeply at Ellinor beside him as warmth radiated from his eyes. He had always been a self-reliant man; he had been solving his problems on his own since childhood. Everyone around him depended on him, and he had never experienced the feeling of being protected by someone else.

His parents had split up due to marital issues in their early years and went their separate ways, neither thinking about taking him, the product of their marriage, with them.

or show weakness. He had to

broke a bone as a kid, no one at home would help him.

can’t even handle these little bumps and bruises, how can you stand

pain and stand

unconditional protection from someone else, a woman who

but it

was truly lucky to have randomly bumped into such a gem of a woman that day

his lips, raising his hand to touch her face, but stopped just as he was

to touch you now. After I solve

frowned, remaining silent.

held her now, what

first and asked questions later? Why was he suddenly so polite today?

spoke again, “If I don’t go to M. State to sort things out, who knows what

I consulted a doctor, who said that at the earliest, you still have a week until your due date. By then, I’ll be by your