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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