She didn't want to like her father.

"Grape..." Josie held her, her words tinged with a hint of sorrow. "Don't dislike Daddy..."

Adult matters should not involve children, after all.

Grape pursed her lips. "But Daddy... he doesn't like me either." Her tone could hardly conceal her sadness and despair.

Josie understood what Grape was thinking.

After all these years, she, as a mother, had ultimately failed her.

"If I have to choose between Mommy and Daddy, then I..." Grape's eyes were filled with determination as she hugged Josie's neck. "I choose Mommy..."

A warmth spread through Josie's heart, and tears began to fall uncontrollably.

"Grape-" Josie held her quietly.

Little did she know, at that very moment, Dexter's car had already pulled up at the door downstairs.

As the car engine turned off, the car window slid down, revealing the man's profound profile. His brows were tightly knitted as if burdened with worries he couldn't untangle. The unfathomable eyes gazed at the house, illuminated by light.

"Mr. Russell, this is Grape's birth certificate..." Larry handed over the information he had found.

down, his heart still ached slightly when he saw the date of

It's hard to imagine.

a foreign land, raising her child alone. Her days were

can go back first..."

that he had to

Russell..." Larry expressed with some

meaning. Without delay, he opened the car door and

coaxing the little girl to sleep until she

on the large bed, looking at the face still marked with tear stains. An involuntary

Grape, she stealthily

Nightfall descended.

causing the loose strands of hair at her temples to flutter in the wind.

she took a quick glance, her gaze

to pound as if she

eyes meeting in a heated exchange. His intense stare seemed as if it could see right through her. Overwhelmed, Josie quickly averted her gaze and hurriedly retreated into the safety of

did he manage to

that moment, the phone in

a call from

his

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