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

related to

with the

did not want Jasper to

could her mother's

mind, a slow smile crept across

family, how

inched along the road so slowly that it was

in the back seat,

offer Vivienne a

his head. "No need. Vivienne is

did not understand how Percival

at the Perez residence, Jasper remained seated in

leaving. She asked me to give this

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

in Sea City and had grown up

Willa's background was

on RST, barely four at the time,

bracelet engraved with the initials

Willa was the

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

would follow her everywhere,

to train in martial arts to protect him in Sasha's stead. Throughout

her part, had always regarded him

her bracelet, asking if her father was the man who

Willa knew her origins and was

her, she was adamant and determined to leave the Perez family to find

protection, and he feared what dangers she might encounter on her own. Though skilled, her naivety and stubbornness made

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