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!”

auction official later. I’ll get that piece of land for you at a fair market price

didn’t have any proof that Malloy was Sophia’s father, because Malloy had entirely reinvented himself as Thaddeus, erasing all

know

trusted him

minutes later, the

originally planned to accompany Balfour to speak with the auction official, but Balfour disagreed.

some time. If she went along, it would leave

so he wasn’t reliable enough with the

the restroom alone and couldn’t keep them both in check, losing one in the

all three, there was a risk of something

children, so

take the children to the car and wait for him there.

along with Quinton and the three children, made their way to the car in the parking lot to

twenty minutes later, Balfour joined them in the parking lot.

as Balfour got in the car, Ellinor asked, “How did your conversation go? Did the

but since Sophia left early, there was no way to confront her. The auction official said they

the piece of land, it’s definitely ours, but the price is yet