The next morning, after finishing her breakfast, Thalassa received a call from Joshua Whitman.

"Go home for lunch today," Joshua said on the phone.

"Go home? To which home?" Thalassa asked, puzzled.

"Back to the Whitman family. Your sister's back in town, and Matilda too. They'd like to have lunch with you," Joshua replied with a seriousness that matched his words.

Her sister?

Rosalind Whitman?

The so-called sister Rosalind was the child Joshua had with his current wife, Matilda.

It had been three years since Thalassa and Joshua had recognized each other, and he had taken her to meet the Whitman family only once before, introducing her to this new set of relatives. She suddenly had a half-sister and a half-brother - Joshua's children with other women, completely unrelated to her mother.

was uncomfortable with this arrangement. Joshua had wanted her to live with the Whitman family, but she couldn't bear the thought of staying with strangers, especially when she wanted to devote herself to caring for Lysander. So she had declined Joshua's offer and moved into Royal

regards. I really don't have

be fine.

Thalassa couldn't argue.

it was Joshua who had fought

taking her to the Sinclair family, she might never have met Zephyr, much less convinced him to

YOUR

that if he secured this opportunity for her, she would

fulfill the role of Joshua's daughter, that included dealing with his

to take good care

in Starhaven, located in the suburbs surrounded

there once before, and

her car in the verdant driveway,

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