The Kiss that Sparked it All novel Chapter 1106

"No way! Mr. Blanchet, Patri really loves you; she would do anything for you, really..."

Hearing the commotion outside, Ellinor got up to investigate, finding Xenia on her knees in front of Theo, pleading for her daughter, tears streaming down her face.

Ellinor squinted. Sometimes Xenia just didn't get the picture. Why would she think pleading with Theo would do any good?

Throughout the entire thing, Theo remained cool as a cucumber, just looking down at her with a gaze filled with indifference and disgust.

"Mrs. Howard, your daughter made her bed; now she has to lie in it. Unless she owns up to her mistakes and changes, no one can help her."

Xenia let out a couple of sobs, and when she realized it was no use, she wiped her tears and changed her tune. "Mr. Blanchet, since you're so cold-hearted, just give Baber back to me!"

Theo raised an eyebrow in mock surprise. "Give him back to you? He's my legally adopted child. Why should I give him to you?"

Xenia stood up, dusted herself off, and said as if she had the moral high ground, "Mr. Blanchet, you only went abroad with Patri to help her adopt this child. It was agreed between you two that the child would be solely Patri's. You wouldn't have any responsibility or custody rights. Isn't that right?"

While Baber didn't understand every word, he could sense the tension in Xenia's tone and clung tightly to Theo, afraid his dad would hand him over to his grandma.

Theo patted the child in his arms, reassuring him not to worry, then responded to Xenia calmly, "Mrs. Howard, you're not wrong. Your daughter did pretend to be my lifesaver, coercing me into helping her adopt this child. We did agree on custody.

But everything has to be legal. Now that the child's adoptive mother is in jail, I, the legal adoptive father, have naturally become the primary guardian. It's not your turn yet, is it?"