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.

certificate…” Larry handed over the

already confirmed his suspicions 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

go back first…” Dexter

were certain things that he had to face

Russell…” Larry expressed

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

Grape, coaxing the little

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

me who owes you an

stealthily

Nightfall descended.

the loose strands of hair at her temples to flutter in

a quick glance, her gaze involuntarily settled

heart began to pound as if she had already

heated exchange. His intense stare seemed as if it could see right through her. Overwhelmed, Josie quickly averted her

he manage to

at that moment, the

was a

his slightly

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