Chapter 1448

Adrien held the phone to his ear, the other hand clenching a cigarette. Smoke swirled around him, enveloping his brooding and complex expression. He smirked, a sardonic glint in his eye. “Well, I haven’t been a father, so I can’t answer your question.”

Kisa sighed, resigned. “Never mind. Maybe he never saw me as his daughter. He accused me of scheming against him, but when I asked who that ‘someone‘ was, he couldn’t provide an answer. It was all just his paranoid delusion.”

Adrien flicked ash from his cigarette, a wry smile playing on his lips. “Maybe you’re right.”

“Let’s not talk about him. Honestly, he’s not much of a father to me. You are kind and good to me, and sometimes I wish you were my father instead.”

Adrien’s smoking hand paused mid–air. His thoughts drifted as smoke filled the air, mingling with his memories.

“If only we had a daughter, our son would have a sister.”

have to give me

mind returned to

somewhat unreal. “If you

lit up with feigned excitement. “Godfather!”

Dad, if you want.” Adrien’s voice was deep and rich yet shrouded

too much and only wanted to gain his trust and make him relax

word “dad“. That face from his memory surged in his mind, stirring up emotions that he dared not recall but had

see Adrien’s expression or know what he was thinking. She paused for a moment before asking, “Uncle Adrien, oh no, I should call

call was not just about

rings. His eyes were somewhat unfocused, his thoughts drifting away, until Carolyn walked

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