The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2725

“Who do you think you are, blocking my way? Get out of my sight, all of you!” screamed Madeline.

Imogen had just managed to scramble to her feet when her daughter bumped into her, sending her staggering. “Enough! Come help me up. Is my face ruined?”

“Oh, Mom, you’re bleeding. How am I going to explain this to Dad when he gets home? You, you uncultured woman, you don’t deserve the family name! What do you have over me besides your fancy background? You’re just a no-good, daddy’s girl without a mother!” Regina, having heard these words, erupted in fury, and the servants couldn’t hold her back. She lunged forward and slapped Madeline hard across the face, not sparing Imogen either. “That’s for insulting me! That’s for your words! You say I was raised without a mother? I’ll show you!”

Francis had just arrived home to this chaotic scene with Regina lashing out at Imogen and Madeline, tears streaming down her face.

He was about to lose his temper when he moved closer and caught the words from Regina’s lips, “You say I was raised without a mother?”

Francis felt a sharp pang in his heart.

me! I’m back.”

no longer ab contain the hurt and rushed into his arms. “Dad, you’re finally

and knew he must have heard those earlier words. Eve her face throbbing from the slap,

ready to retaliate, but Regina already in Francis’s embrace. As he turned, Madeline’s slap landed on

that Regina… she went crazy Mom and me. I was just

you, out of my sight. I don’t want

Madeline couldn’t believe he was

Why aren’t

to make her see their situation for what it was.

go upstairs,”

as