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.

not her father – it was this mistaken bond of blood that caused Lysander to despise her to his core, finding

Lysander had plummeted to rock bottom, beyond any chance of warming

suffered endlessly, enduring humiliation, ultimately passing away with eyes still full

of the word ‘father afraid of any stranger who might sudder claim to

turned her face away, not

offering her a gentle out. “I respect your decision. You’re not well right now.

…

Three days later.

to a high-end, leisurely coffee shop where she finally encountered

a table with a coffee cup in hand, savoring his drink, while opposite him sat a barista skillfully

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

exuded an aura of cultured, understated

around Joshua, the aroma of coffee filling the room. With silver hair, he sat amid the mist, looking almost ethereal as if he were about to ascend to a higher plane.