Chapter 1381

Although Joshua wasn’t looking directly at Isabella, she knew he was addressing her.

She hurriedly took a seat opposite Joshua, flashing a sycophantic smile. “Joshua, I’ve heard you’ve been searching for a jade pearl from the Middle Ages. That piece has always been with my mother. She told me once, after a night of indiscretion at a bar, she met a man, and then I came along. That man gave her a jade pearl, but she was afraid my father would find out, so she never sought him out again.”

Isabella’s heart was pounding with nervousness, but she managed to convey the story she had carefully prepared.

Her purpose in seeking out Joshua was to let him know that she was his daughter! She had overheard the conversation between Richard and Thalassa outside the hospital.

Richard had said that Joshua once met a woman in a bar and gave her the jade pearl, and for years without success.

he had been searching for both the pearl and the wo

that the woman he had met all those years ago was her mother and that she was his

as Joshua’s daughter, she would bask in wealth and privilege beyond

all!

in their alliances. If she could become Joshua’s daughter, she would be deemed

social ladder, especially when it’s as grand as

Isabella finished her tale, Joshua placed a cup of coffee before her and looked at her with a noble gaze.

wanted to

the news about the woman from his past, that there would at least be some ripple of emotion.

calmer than she had anticipated.

composure of

pearl from her bag and presented it

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