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.

Larry handed over the information he had

already confirmed his suspicions deep down, his heart still ached slightly when

It’s hard to imagine.

two years, she had been living in a foreign land, raising her child alone. Her days were far from

go back first…” Dexter

certain things that he had to face

Larry expressed with some

dismissively, and Larry understood his meaning. Without delay, he

coaxing the little girl to sleep until she fell

one down on the large bed, looking at the face still marked with tear stains. An involuntary

who owes you

in Grape, she stealthily

Nightfall descended.

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

took a quick glance, her gaze involuntarily settled on the

as

at her through the car window, 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

How did he manage to

that moment, the phone in her pocket

a call from

displayed his slightly travel-worn

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