The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2628

Chapter 2627

Mara told Balfour things were a mess at home and she didn’t want to drag him back into it. Seemed like there was no reason for him to get involved anymore-it was her family’s dirty laundry, after all.

When he got home, he told his grandparents about Victoria’s suicide, but they were skeptical.

“That girl doesn’t strike me as the type to do something so rash,” Alyssa said, peering over her glasses.

Balfour exhaled heavily. “Maybe it’s the fallout from what happened before. She’s been off-kilter since her dad went into a coma. I guess I’ve got my own part in dragging her down.”

Deep down, they all knew that from the moment Elton became a vegetable, the Howard family had a hand in shaping the fate of those two girls.

They couldn’t just stand by and watch the rest of Victoria’s life unfold without them.

right, ask her if there’s anything she needs help with,” Dean

nodded-it was the least he could do to shoulder some of

woke up in the hospital, and they were the first to get

at the

up with Mara for a bit, Elton asked why Victoria hadn’t come along. Mara and Balfour exchanged a look, both at a loss

and revealed the somber truth about Victoria’s suicide.

to the doctors, Elton regained just enough consciousness to entrust Mara to Balfour, making him promise to take good care of her and keep her safe-no matter what. Already

day, Mara’s cries were heart-wrenching. Balfour, wracked with guilt, stayed by her side, eventually arranging for her to be taken home

Mara’s request to help with her transfer to a school abroad

so far? There are plenty

a desolate tone on

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