The Kiss that Sparked it All novel Chapter 786

This flower was called a cockscomb? What a unique name.

Its color was bright, and it did kinda look like a rooster's comb.

Ellinor stared at the flowers in a daze for a bit, then curiously asked, "Mr. Howard, why would someone of your stature personally fertilize these flowers? Don't you have professional gardeners at home?"

McNeil replied, "This is my wife's favorite flower. It needs a lot of care and is very picky about temperature, humidity, and soil conditions. I don't trust anyone else to take care of it."

Wife?

Hmph, his current wife was Patricia's mother.

This heartless man betrayed his first wife but was now so attentive to the flowers his current wife liked. How ironic!

Did he think this made him look deeply affectionate?

What a hypocrite!

Ellinor struggled to control her emotions as she thought about the possible injustices, betrayals, and grievances her mother may have suffered in the Howard family.

Everyone else was one thing, but the man who should have been the most trusted by her mother and who should have trusted her mother the most was also bullying her mother. It was too much!

After thinking about this, Ellinor didn't want to be nice to him. She scoffed and exposed his hypocrisy, "Let me be blunt, Mr. Howard, if you have time to fertilize these flowers, you should spend more time with your beloved wife. That's more meaningful than pretending to be moved by your own laziness here!"

McNeil was stunned. This was the first time anyone had criticized him so directly, and it was a young girl he'd just met.

The girl was glaring at him furiously, as if she had a great enmity towards him.

McNeil didn't know why Ellinor was hostile to him, but he didn't want to quarrel with a young girl. He nodded and said thoughtfully, "Hmm, you make a good point. But there are some things that you don't understand when you don't do them at the time. When you finally understand and want to do them, it's already too late."