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.

birth certificate…” Larry handed over the information

his suspicions deep down, his heart still ached slightly when he

It’s hard to imagine.

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

can go back first…”

were certain things that he had

expressed with some

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

the little

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

who owes you an apology—”

stealthily

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 wind. This awakened

she took a quick glance, her gaze

as if she had already

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

he manage to find

at that moment, the phone

a

his

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