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.

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

suspicions deep down, his heart

It’s hard to imagine.

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

back first…” Dexter

that he had

Russell…” Larry expressed

understood his meaning. Without delay, he opened the car

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

in Josie’s hands finally lessened. She gently laid the little one down on the large bed, looking at the face still marked with tear

owes you an apology—”

she stealthily slipped

Nightfall descended.

brought a hint of chill, causing the loose strands of hair at her temples to

glance, her gaze involuntarily

as if she had already guessed

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 hurriedly retreated into the safety of

he manage

that moment, the phone in her

a call

screen displayed his slightly

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