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.

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

had plummeted to rock bottom, beyond any chance

because of him that her mother suffered endlessly, enduring humiliation, ultimately passing

any stranger who might sudder claim

Thalassa turned her face away, not

dropped the subject, offering her a gentle out.

…

Three days later.

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

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

bodyguard stationed outside before walking in. She spotted Joshua dressed in a simple, slate-gray t-shirt, which gave him an air of distinction. Despite his age,

aura of cultured, understated

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