The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1484

Perhaps it was because he had seen the face of the woman who had mistakenly taken the wrong child at the auction house today, and it seemed familiar. She didn’t look at all like someone who could be harmful.

The image of the woman surfaced in Marcus’ mind, and he squinted his eyes slightly. “Your mother… What does she do?”

The mention of his mother made Adrian puff out his chest proudly. “My mom is amazing! She’s a female CEO. She helps run my dad’s company!”

A flicker of surprise crossed Marcus’ eyes. He hadn’t expected the petite, adorable woman to be a CEO. She looked so young and cute, like a naive little girl. Was she really capable of handling the pressures of such a position?

And also…

“Didn’t you just say you didn’t have a dad? Now you’re saying your mom is helping your dad run the company?”

on her own? What I mean is that my dad has never been around since I was born. I’ve

Marcus fell silent.

it seemed like he had been schooled by

wrong at first, but after the little guy’s explanation, he did feel a bit slow.

is

asked again. He rarely had curiosity about others, but today he inexplicably wanted to know more

He looked incredibly sad and sighed. “My dad is missing. I heard that he disappeared on the day my mom gave birth to me and my

mom misses my dad a lot. Sometimes, my siblings and I would hear

couldn’t help but shiver at the mention of the name Theo. It felt familiar, yet suffocating and

dad Theo because they

the sound of it, your dad doesn’t

was clearly upset. “Even though I’ve never met my dad, and I don’t know what kind of person he is, I still feel upset hearing you talk about