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

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

It’s hard to imagine.

the past two years, she had been living in a foreign land, raising

back first…” Dexter

certain things that he

expressed with some

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

little girl to sleep

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

it’s me who owes you

Grape, she stealthily

Nightfall descended.

evening breeze brought a hint of chill, causing the loose strands of hair at her temples to flutter in the wind. This awakened

glance, her gaze involuntarily settled on

began to pound as if she

seemed as if it

did he manage

the phone in her

was a call

his

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