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.

her father – it was this mistaken bond of blood that caused Lysander to despise her

with Lysander had plummeted to rock bottom,

mother suffered endlessly, enduring humiliation, ultimately

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

Thalassa turned her face away, not answering Richard’s

Thalassa’s anguish and her refusal to respond, Richard tactfully dropped the subject, offering her a gentle out. “I respect your decision. You’re not well

Three days later.

had inquired her way to a high-end,

table with a coffee cup in hand, savoring his drink,

exchanged a nod with the bodyguard stationed outside before walking in. She spotted Joshua dressed in a simple, slate-gray t-shirt, which

of cultured, understated

filling the room. With silver hair, he sat amid the mist, looking almost ethereal

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