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.

mistake

related to

with the Perez

did not want

could her mother's disappearance

these thoughts circled her mind, a slow smile

Perez family,

road so slowly that it

the back seat,

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

Vivienne is in a

how Percival could read Vivienne's mood from her

residence, Jasper remained seated in the

me to give this

of Willa's savings throughout the years, along with

and had grown up by his side, raised

Willa's background

a crackdown on RST,

bracelet engraved

was the daughter

then, F-Poison had fled, and young Willa, innocent and alone, was taken

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

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

her part, had always regarded him

him with her bracelet, asking if her

day on, Willa knew her

attempts to guide her, she was adamant and

he feared what dangers she

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