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.

is Grape’s birth certificate…” Larry handed over the

already confirmed his suspicions deep down, his heart still ached slightly when he saw the date of Grape’s

It’s hard to imagine.

foreign

back first…” Dexter

things that

expressed

understood his meaning.

stayed with Grape, coaxing the little girl

bed, looking at the

who owes you

tucking in Grape, she stealthily slipped out

Nightfall descended.

breeze brought a hint of chill, causing the loose strands of hair at her temples to flutter in the wind. This

glance, her gaze

heart began to pound as if she had already

their eyes meeting in a heated exchange. His intense stare seemed as if it could see right through her. Overwhelmed, Josie quickly averted her gaze and hurriedly

manage to find

that moment, the phone in

a

displayed his slightly travel-worn

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