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

deep down, his heart still ached slightly when he saw the

It’s hard to imagine.

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

go back

were certain things that he had

expressed with some

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

with Grape, coaxing the little girl to

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 stains. An involuntary sense of remorse

you

in Grape, she stealthily slipped

Nightfall descended.

on 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

glance, her gaze involuntarily settled on the car

pound as if she had already guessed

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 hurriedly retreated into

manage to find this

at that moment, the phone in her

a call

displayed his

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