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.

– it was this mistaken bond of blood that caused Lysander

Bruce that her relationship with Lysander had plummeted to rock bottom, beyond any chance of warming

that her mother suffered endlessly, enduring humiliation, ultimately passing away with eyes still full of

truly terrified of the word ‘father afraid of any stranger who might

Thalassa turned her face away, not answering

subject, offering her a gentle

…

Three days later.

the jade pearl, had inquired her way to a high-end, leisurely coffee shop where she

sat at a table with a coffee cup in hand, savoring his

She spotted Joshua dressed in a simple, slate-gray t-shirt, which gave him an air of distinction. Despite his age, his demeanor was refined, gentle, and steady.

of

steam swirled around Joshua, the aroma of coffee filling the room. With silver hair, he sat amid the mist, looking almost ethereal as