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.

no mistake

related

lay with the Perez

not want Jasper to recognize

mother's disappearance have another

thoughts circled her mind, a slow

family,

black Bentley inched along the road so slowly that

back seat, silently

shouldn't we offer Vivienne a

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

understand how Percival could read Vivienne's mood

Jasper

me to give

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

bodyguard in Sea City and had

Willa's background was

RST, barely four at the

bracelet engraved with the

knew Willa was the daughter of

and young Willa, innocent and alone, was taken

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

wept for ages. Once her tears dried, she approached Jasper with a request to train

her part, had always

one day, Willa confronted him with her bracelet, asking if her father was the man who

that day on, Willa knew her

adamant and determined to

outside of the Perez family's protection, and he feared what dangers she might encounter on her own. Though skilled, her naivety and stubbornness made her

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