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 information he

down, his heart

It’s hard to imagine.

foreign land, raising her child alone. Her days

go back first…” Dexter

things that he had to

Larry expressed

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

little girl to sleep

lessened. She gently laid the little one down on the large bed, looking at the face still marked with tear stains. An involuntary sense

it’s me who owes you an apology—” Josie murmured to

stealthily slipped

Nightfall descended.

stood alone 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

her

pound as if she had already guessed

stare seemed as if it could see right through her. Overwhelmed, Josie

he manage to

at that moment, the phone

a call from

displayed his slightly

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