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.

Larry handed over the

had already confirmed his suspicions deep down, his heart still ached slightly when he saw

It’s hard to imagine.

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

back

things that

Russell…” Larry expressed with some

Larry understood his meaning. Without

the little girl to sleep until she fell

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 welled

me who owes you an apology—”

she stealthily

Nightfall descended.

balcony. The evening breeze brought a hint of chill, causing the loose strands of hair at her

her gaze involuntarily settled

to pound as

car window, their eyes meeting in a heated exchange. His intense stare seemed as if it could see

manage to

the phone in her pocket

a

screen displayed his slightly

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