The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2581

“Don’t worry, once I’m back at school, I won’t hang out with those guys anymore. I’ll hit the books hard, I promise. I’ll go through all the study material Victoria got me. Please, don’t be angry anymore.”

That was the first time she had ever backed down in front of Elton.

In the past, she’d come home with her head held high no matter how wild or wrong she had been.

She never saw the point in apologizing, always feeling that if her dad pressed her to say sorry, it was because of Victoria’s presence. If Victoria messed up, she was sure he wouldn’t be so quick to discipline her. Just because it was Mara, he didn’t seem to care as much.

Elton had no idea what Mara had gone through. Just after a whole afternoon out, she came back a changed kid, and it made him suspicious.

Still, faced with her apology, he certainly had to be supportive and comforting.

“That’s my girl. You have no idea how relieved I am to hear you say that. It makes all the guidance your sister and I have given you worth it.

over, and I was too impulsive, too. No matter

a mother. If she were here, maybe you wouldn’t be so

stung them

that. You’ve done nothing wrong. All these years, you’ve taken care of us on your own, never bringing another woman into our lives. We

the hug, not quite knowing the right words to comfort her

than willing to keep teaching her. He just

seed of love had been planted in

him speaking those comforting words with such a

one he had fallen for at

complete stranger and offer such

she covered her face with her hands, but the fantasy was too sweet

what had happened to her little sister, but the recent changes in Mara were clear for everyone to