The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1726

“Keep a tight leash on your sister, Patricia.” Ida warned Byran. “Ellinor’s got enough on her plate right now.”

Byran’s face hardened a bit. “I know. She’s been stressed ever since Theo left. I won’t let anyone else bother her.”

Ida perched her gold-rimmed glasses on her nose, giving Byran a pointed look. “I hope you can discern right from wrong instead of blindly protecting your sister this time.”

Byran used to believe that Patricia was the kindest, most gentle person in the world. But he soon realized that their mother had shaped her into a selfish and manipulative individual who would use anyone to achieve her own goals without any remorse.

“Don’t worry.” He reassured Ida. “Even though they’re both my sisters, I know who’s right and who’s wrong.”

Ida gave him a hard look before sighing and dropping the subject.

Later that evening, Veronica returned home and told Ellinor about running into Patricia.

but quickly

“Are you not worried? Patricia tried to hurt you

weary. “If she could harm me, she would have done it a long time ago. I can’t control her actions. If she wants to cause trouble, there’s no way to avoid it. We’ll just have

as her mind

Theo had reunited, Patricia had shown up. Why couldn’t things just

You used to consider

naive then. I didn’t know how to distinguish good people from bad ones. Ellinor,

be relishing

Veronica blushed deeper and turned to leave. As she

scene, but something seemed off. “Ellinor, why are only Adrian

she was

be more independent and sleep in his

“What? Baber is usually so clingy. Why would he suddenly want to