The Kiss that Sparked it All novel Chapter 1758

As soon as she entered the house, Veronica rushed over. "Ellinor, why did you guys get back so late?! I was worried sick!"

After voicing her frustrations, she bent down and gave tender kisses to the three little ones. "Auntie was so worried about you! You three little rascals, did you persuade your mom to take you out to play again? Your mom works so hard all day, so you should consider her tiredness."

"Auntie, no! Mom was the one who wanted to take us to the amusement park today." Layla clarified.

"That's right. Auntie, today it was mom who wanted to reward us." Adrian chimed in.

Layla gave Adrian a disdainful look. "Mom wanted to reward Baber. We just tagged along!"

Adrian glared back at her. "I know that! You don't need to rub it in!"

Layla huffed and ignored him.

Veronica was used to the siblings' quarrels and didn’t take it to heart. She turned her curious gaze to Baber and rubbed his adorable, round face. "Baber, you were rewarded today? Tell Auntie what happened. Did you come first in something at kindergarten?"

Baber blushed, finding it hard to speak. Even though his mom told him he did nothing wrong, after calming down, he still felt that impulsively hitting someone wasn't a good thing.

Thinking that Baber was too shy to speak, Layla and Adrian both rushed to tell Veronica instead.

Layla was the first to praise her older brother. "Auntie, I know! Today, Baber stood up for a girl who was being bullied!"

"Auntie, Baber was so cool. He left the bully with a bloody nose and a swollen face!" Adrian could barely hide his admiration for his older brother at the moment.

"What?" Veronica exclaimed as her eyebrows knitted together. She quickly examined Baber. "You got into a fight? Baber, tell Auntie if you got hurt."

Baber shook his head. "No… I didn't get hurt."

Still worried, Veronica closely inspected Baber. She even rolled up his sleeves to check for any wounds.