The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

Chapter 1380

Thalassa’s face froze for a second, her breath catching slightly. She knew what Richard was asking.

He wanted to know if she was willing to go through with a paternity test with Joshua to acknowledge him as her father.

The word ‘father’ was something she had once yearned for, something she had desperately wanted.

As a child, she would see other kids being cherished by their dads, showered with affection, and she, too, had longed for that – for her own father to appear.

She had wanted to feel that paternal love, to have someone looking out for her mom as well.

But as she grew up, the arrival of Bruce shattered all her beautiful illusions about fatherhood.

To her, the term ‘father’ became synonymous with a nightmare.

Though it was a mistake – Bruce was not her father – it was this mistaken bond of blood that caused Lysander to despise her to his core, finding ways to torment her relentlessly.

plummeted to rock bottom, beyond any chance of warming up

because of him that her mother suffered endlessly, enduring humiliation, ultimately passing away with

was truly terrified of the word ‘father afraid of any stranger who

turned her face away, not answering Richard’s question.

dropped the subject, offering her a gentle out. “I

…

Three days later.

jade pearl, had inquired her way to a high-end,

shop was serene. Joshua sat at a table with a coffee cup in hand, savoring his drink, while opposite him sat a barista skillfully

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bodyguard stationed outside before walking in. She spotted Joshua dressed in a simple, slate-gray t-shirt,

aura of cultured, understated