The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 1380

Thalassa’s face froze for a second, her breath catching slightly. She knew what Richard was asking.

He wanted to know if she was willing to go through with a paternity test with Joshua to acknowledge him as her father.

The word ‘father’ was something she had once yearned for, something she had desperately wanted.

As a child, she would see other kids being cherished by their dads, showered with affection, and she, too, had longed for that – for her own father to appear.

She had wanted to feel that paternal love, to have someone looking out for her mom as well.

But as she grew up, the arrival of Bruce shattered all her beautiful illusions about fatherhood.

To her, the term ‘father’ became synonymous with a nightmare.

this mistaken bond of blood that caused Lysander to despise her

had plummeted to rock bottom, beyond any

her mother suffered endlessly, enduring

of any stranger

her

a gentle out. “I respect your

…

Three days later.

the jade pearl, had inquired her way to a high-end, leisurely

coffee cup in

spotted Joshua dressed in a simple, slate-gray t-shirt, which gave him an air of distinction. Despite his age, his

exuded an aura of cultured, understated luxury.

room. With silver hair, he