She didn’t want to like her father.

“Grape…” Josie held her, her words tinged with a hint of sorrow. “Don’t dislike Daddy…”

Adult matters should not involve children, after all.

Grape pursed her lips. “But Daddy… he doesn’t like me either.” Her tone could hardly conceal her sadness and despair.

Josie understood what Grape was thinking.

After all these years, she, as a mother, had ultimately failed her.

“If I have to choose between Mommy and Daddy, then I…” Grape’s eyes were filled with determination as she hugged Josie’s neck. “I choose Mommy…”

A warmth spread through Josie’s heart, and tears began to fall uncontrollably.

“Grape—” Josie held her quietly.

Little did she know, at that very moment, Dexter’s car had already pulled up at the door downstairs.

As the car engine turned off, the car window slid down, revealing the man’s profound profile. His brows were tightly knitted as if burdened with worries he couldn’t untangle.

The unfathomable eyes gazed at the house, illuminated by light.

Russell, this is Grape’s birth certificate…” Larry handed over the information he had

heart still ached slightly when he saw the date of Grape’s

It’s hard to imagine.

she had been living in a foreign land, raising her child alone. Her

go back first…” Dexter

were certain things that he had

Larry expressed with

Larry understood his meaning. Without delay,

coaxing the little girl

finally lessened. She gently laid the little one down on the large bed, looking

me who owes you an apology—” Josie murmured to

in Grape, she stealthily slipped out of the

Nightfall descended.

the vast balcony. The evening breeze brought a hint of chill, causing the loose

glance, her

pound as if she

if it could see right through her. Overwhelmed, Josie quickly averted her gaze and hurriedly retreated into the

manage to find this

the phone in her pocket

was a

his

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