The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1616

Ellinor swiveled her head to look out the window while massaging her temples. “So, what you’re saying is, this trip… was a bust.”

“Not entirely,” replied Balfour.

Ellinor’s disheartened eyes gleamed with hope again. “What do you mean?”

Balfour locked eyes with his sister. “I heard Lady Lotus’ voice over a phone call through a friend. I wouldn’t mistake that voice. It’s our mother’s voice. I’m convinced there can’t be two voices in the world with the exact same tone, intonation, and speech patterns.”

Ellinor’s pupils quivered. “Really? It’s our mother?”

Balfour nodded. “I’m absolutely sure that it’s her.”

Ellinor’s eyes were tinged with a hint of red. “Mother… She’s still alive…”

Balfour reached out and gently ruffled

she want to meet you? Does she know you were the

shook his head. “She doesn’t know it was me. I didn’t let my

breath. “You should let her know. She needs to know that her son is looking for her. She would definitely

she knew it was me, she’d be even less likely to meet

her brows,

for her. Yet she’s never tried to contact me and has intentionally avoided

it be… could it be that she

she come back for Ellinor?

believe so. If she had lost her memory, she wouldn’t continue to use the pseudonym Lady Lotus for her paintings, and she wouldn’t be hiding so

Ellinor was silent.

amnesia, she wouldn’t be using