Jasper was still wading through a swamp of guilt as he continued, "I've been treating you like a stand-in for my daughter, and I crossed a line. I hope you're not upset. I'm just an old man with selfish desires; I don't want to lose contact with you."

Vivienne snapped back to reality and offered a gentle smile. "It's okay. If you like, I'd be happy to call you 'Grandpa.""

Hearing Vivienne's words, Jasper was overwhelmed with emotion, tears tracing the lines of his weathered face.

She offered to call him 'Grandpa.' How could he not be moved?

Jasper patted Vivienne's hand, struggling for words before finally managing, "Yes, yes, that would be wonderful." With each affirmation, Vivienne felt her own eyes mist over.

Every time she met Jasper, she experienced a peculiar sensation.

It was an instinctual pull to be close to him.

Not a duty, not an obligation, but an innate desire for closeness.

When she received the paternity test results, her emotions were anything but calm.

She was elated.

Happy for herself and for her mother.

If her mother was indeed Sasha, then whatever her fake family had done, it did not matter to her anymore.

In this world, there were true family members who cherished her, protected her, and loved her.

Vivienne and Jasper talked for hours, the air filled with laughter and warm conversation.

After dinner, Vivienne left the Perez Mansion.

She did not call Percival to pick her up; instead, she strolled down the road, her cool face set in solemn contemplation.

was no mistake in

definitely related to

mistake lay with the

did not want Jasper to recognize

could her mother's

circled her mind, a slow smile

Perez family,

Bentley inched along the road so slowly that it

the back seat, silently

shouldn't we offer Vivienne a ride?" Thomas, the

shook his head. "No need. Vivienne is in a mood; she needs

how Percival could

the Perez residence, Jasper remained seated in the

to give this to you," Yuri handed

looked inside to find all of Willa's savings throughout the years, along with

Sea City and had grown up by his side, raised like

Willa's background was

found during a crackdown on RST, barely four at the time,

wore a bracelet engraved with

Willa was

Willa, innocent and alone,

Willa would follow her everywhere, calling her 'sister' as if

Once her tears dried, she approached Jasper with a request to train in martial arts to protect him

had always regarded him as her birth

one day, Willa confronted him with her bracelet, asking if her

on, Willa knew her origins and was

she was adamant and determined to leave the Perez family

of the Perez family's protection, and he feared what dangers she might encounter on her

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