The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1852

Bertha was at her wits’ end. She had tried every trick in the book to wake up her blissfully ignorant husband. “Fine! I wash my hands of you! Go ahead and save your precious princess! Give me back my daughter!”

With that, she swooped her daughter out of Thaddeus’ arms and stormed out of the elevator as soon as the doors slid open.

Thaddeus hastened to catch up with her. “Bertha! What do you want me to do? I can’t just abandon my own daughter!”

Bertha took a deep breath as disappointment clouded her face. “Go ahead and take care of your golden girl. Lea and I won’t be part of this mess. From now on, you take the high road, and I’ll take the low road. Let Sophia reap what she sows. You can deal with her misdeeds alone!”

Thaddeus was helpless. “Bertha, Sophia isn’t as bad as you make her out to be.”

Unable to bear it any longer, Bertha stopped dead in her tracks. Her eyes were alight with anger as she stared at Thaddeus. “Hasn’t she done enough? She nearly scarred Ellinor for life with sulfuric acid. Sulfuric acid! Your daughter resorts to such extreme measures when she doesn’t get her way; isn’t that bad in your eyes?

your daughter’s safety matters. The safety of others doesn’t mean a thing to you, right?

I do. I can’t live with you anymore. Go save Sophia. Once she’s

the wrong, but as a father, he couldn’t bring himself to abandon her.Books

you forcing me to choose

choose. Lea and I will step out of your life so you

concede. “I’ll just go to the police station to see Sophia. I promise not to interfere with the

You’re so blinded by love for Sophia that you can’t even think clearly. She had

still

be an only child than have

Thaddeus fell silent.