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Although Joshua wasn’t looking directly at Isabella, she knew he was addressing her.

She hurriedly took a seat opposite Joshua, flashing a sycophantic smile. “Joshua, I’ve heard you’ve been searching for a jade pearl from the Middle Ages. That piece has always been with my mother. She told me once, after a night of indiscretion at a bar, she met a man, and then I came along. That man gave her a jade pearl, but she was afraid my father would find out, so she never sought him out again.”

Isabella’s heart was pounding with nervousness, but she managed to convey the story she had carefully prepared.

Her purpose in seeking out Joshua was to let him know that she was his daughter! She had overheard the conversation between Richard and Thalassa outside the hospital.

Richard had said that Joshua once met a woman in a bar and gave her the jade pearl, and

for years without success.

he had been searching for both the pearl and the wo

this information, Isabella fabricated the story about her mother, trying to make Joshua realize that the woman he had met all those

acknowledged as Joshua’s daughter, she would bask in wealth and privilege beyond

impossible after all! After all, Joshua and

their alliances. If she could become Joshua’s

climb the social ladder, especially when it’s as grand as the Whitmans.

finished her tale, Joshua placed a cup of coffee before her and looked at her with a noble gaze.

he just wanted to

by the news about the woman from his past, that

was far calmer than she

composure of a

the carefully preserved jade pearl from her bag and presented it to

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closely. The color, the pattern-it was indeed genuine, the very one he had given away all those years ago.

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