The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1707

However, he still missed the time when he was an only child.

Back then, his dad was still at home, and his mom would only fuss over him.

It was blissful.

That was when he first experienced the warmth of a family. But not long after, his mother left him because she was pregnant and had to give birth to his siblings.

Even though he didn’t fully understand why his mom had to leave, he clearly felt that he was less important to her than the child in her womb.

Indeed, how could he compete with the children in his mother’s belly?

How could an adopted child compare to a biological child?

He was simply overestimating himself. He thought too much of himself by thinking that he held the same status as his siblings.

Today, he realized that whenever the snacks were limited, he was the one who wouldn’t get any.

eat that bag

was heavy, conflicted, and insecure. He longed for attention, yet he

disarray as he sat at his dad’s desk and flipped through the comic books his dad had bought him. He couldn’t focus on the

and returned to

a nursery that his dad had prepared for him a long time ago. When his mom returned, he started to sleep with his siblings in his mom’s room, rarely sleeping on

he thought it would be better to sleep alone here in the future, so as not to take up space and compete for his mother’s love with

though he knew he was not valued, he still cherished this home because he had nowhere else to go.

who his biological parents were or

lay alone on the bed, crying himself to

home. She called the housekeeper to unload the stuff from her car while she went upstairs with two bags of snacks for

Baber seemed upset when he couldn’t have any snacks, so she bought him two

for dinner.

that Baber was not there. Ellinor turned around and asked the

Baber going back to his room. They all shook their heads,

about to take the snacks and check her own room, she thought better of it, knowing that her other two children would want