The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1645

After stepping out, they settled into Balfour’s SUV to wait for Ellinor and Adrian, only to spot the man they’d seen dining on the ground floor of the restaurant.

Veronica was anything but calm. She’d almost accepted that she might never see her brother again, and now, seeing him alive and well, she could hardly believe her own eyes. She wanted to reach out and touch him, just to be sure.

“Didn’t you all see? That’s my brother! My brother’s back! Let me go! I need to ask him where he’s been these past few years!”

Ida, adjusting her gold-rimmed glasses, reminded her in a voice of reason. “We’ve all seen him. But before you go in there, why don’t you take a look at who’s sitting across from him?”

Following Ida’s advice, Veronica took in the rest of the scene and spotted the woman sitting across from her brother. It was the insufferable Sophia, which only made her grit her teeth in

anger.

my brother for three years! That witch! Just wait till I get

again, was also overwhelmed but maintained a cooler head than Veronica. She tried to placate her.

too. Let’s wait for Ellinor to come out, understand the situation, and plan our next

precisely because she had that she was so eager to

did a hale and hearty man end

Sophia’s fault! It had to

brother by her

such a venomous woman exist?!

any longer. She was about to open the door and storm in when Balfour coughed coldly. “Enough! Keep

in the air and reluctantly sat back down. She turned to Balfour, who sat in the car as steady as a rock. “You and my brother have always been at odds, so of course you don’t care about

won’t let him disappear again. For now, we wait for Ellinor to come out and figure things out. If you want to barge in