Chapter 17


Chapter 17:

Between heavy sobs, she declared, “Dad, I will be a good daughter to you. I’ll take care of you when you’re old!”

Katrina dabbed at her eyes with a tissue in a theatrical display of emotion and remarked to Alexander, “Look at the touching bond between father and daughter!”

Alexander stayed quiet throughout this exchange.

Joyce wiped away her feigned tears and turned to Alexander with a coy smile.

“Alexander, when do you think we should get married?” Alexander’s expression remained unreadable as he spoke in a flat tone.

“I’ll need to take this up with my family first.”

revealing a flicker of disappointment before she recomposed herself, donning her charming mask once again. With a soft, reassuring smile, she murmured, “Alexander, I’ll do anything you ask—I’m

stepped out of the hospital room, Joyce hurried after him, her posture meek, radiating a timid and vulnerable charm. Her eyes, reddened from emotion, conveyed

is it because I’m not my father’s biological daughter that you hold back? Is that the real reason you won’t marry me? Do you scorn me like

aura that seemed out of place among refined circles. Her eyebrows arched slightly in a manner that seemed

in contemplative silence for a long moment before he finally responded, “The audio and surveillance footage weren’t tampered

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had not anticipated that

unwavering support would shield her, never imagining

She had underestimated Daniela.

now

begging you, please believe me—I had no other option!” Joyce implored, her hands concealing her tear-streaked

tormenting me behind the scenes. She branded me a misfit brought in by a stepmother, and mocked me for aiming too high, thinking I could ever aspire to be with someone like you. It drove me to the brink, and in a moment of sheer rage, I lashed out. I had no idea Daniela would stoop so low as to record everything. Alexander, I swear, I was driven

cheeks glistening with a

to himself,

that you’ve seen Daniela’s true

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