The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1477

This time, Sophia didn’t hear.

Ellinor returned to her private room with her brow furrowed in deep thought, contemplating something unknown.

Balfour, seeing his sister like this, gently asked, “What’s wrong? Do you know who’s bidding against us?”

Ellinor nodded. “It’s Sophia.”

Upon hearing it was Sophia, Balfour’s expression momentarily stilled. There was a worried look falling upon his face as he understood why the bid for the piece of land had been driven so high.

He scoffed. “The Thaddeus family’s tactics are downright despicable.”

Ellinor snorted lightly. “Despicable? They’re downright greedy! They’ve increased the price by more than tenfold!”

darkened. “Don’t worry, I’ll talk to the auction official later. I’ll get that piece

because Malloy had entirely reinvented himself as Thaddeus,

surely know how to prove it.

him

minutes later, the

speak with the auction

take some time. If she went along,

guy, so he wasn’t reliable

of the children to the restroom alone and couldn’t keep them both in

three, there was a

the children, so she reluctantly agreed not

take the children to the car

their way to the car in

twenty minutes later, Balfour joined

“How did your conversation go? Did the auction official believe

there was no way to confront her. The

definitely ours, but the price