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

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

It’s hard to imagine.

a foreign land, raising her child alone. Her days were

can go back first…” Dexter

that

Larry expressed with

and Larry understood his meaning. Without delay, he opened the

with Grape, coaxing the little girl to sleep until she fell

strength in Josie’s hands finally lessened. She gently laid the little one down on the large bed,

who owes you an apology—” Josie murmured

stealthily slipped out of the

Nightfall descended.

causing the loose strands of hair at her temples to flutter in

quick glance, her

to pound as

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

did he manage to find

that moment, the phone in her pocket

a call

his slightly

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