Chapter 1388

Joshua had always been a man of clear boundaries between his professional and personal life.

Favors were debts to be repaid, and grudges were not to be left unattended.

Richard had done him a solid by tracking down those elusive jade pearls and their owner.

In gratitude, Joshua knew the best way to show his appreciation was to throw more business Richard’s way.

Richard was touched by his gesture and replied, “Can’t thank you enough for looking out, Joshua.”

With a final glance back at Thalassa, Joshua turned on his heel and left.

Richard followed suit, stepping out into the crisp air.

Outside the hospital, Joshua turned to Richard and asked, “Did you say Thalassa’s mother passed away in a car accident just a month ago?”

“Yeah, tragic accident,” Richard confirmed.

A car accident?

sigh escaping him. “That’s a damn shame,”

his own ride

room, Astrid held Thalassa’s

is your biological dad? Why didn’t you talk to

during the exchange between Thalassa and Joshua, and she h

Thalassa’s reluctance, and it

hand, Thalassa could be her true self with her aunt. “Auntie,

led to disappointment.

led to despair.

father figure, even if he turned out to be a scoundrel. But Bruce was nothing but deceit and cruelty, even threatening Thalassa’s

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his claim as her father to extort and terrorize her.

very word “father” filled Thalassa with fear and despair.

out

role of the father every

had brought into her life, knowing he wasn’t her real dad, the sudden appearance of this stranger claiming to

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