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!”

to the auction official later. I’ll get that piece

had entirely

surely know

trusted him

minutes later, the

to speak with the auction

take some time. If she went along, it would leave

tough guy, so he wasn’t

two of the children to the restroom alone and

were left alone with all three, there was a risk of something irreparable happening.

worried about the children, so she reluctantly agreed not to

children to the

three children, made their way to the car in the parking lot

joined them in the parking lot.

soon as Balfour got in the car, Ellinor asked, “How did

said, “I’ve explained the situation clearly, but since Sophia left early, there was no way to confront her. The auction official said they would verify the situation

of land, it’s definitely ours, but the price