Chapter 1390

Thalassa felt the unwelcoming hint in Zephyr’s gaze, as piercing as a hawk’s, and her heart sank, her eyes casting downward.

She knew Zephyr had no affection for her, that his heart harbored a profound resentment towards her.

Her presence now would surely have him cursing her a thousand times over in his mind.

Yet, even at the risk of igniting Zephyr’s wrath, Thalassa had to come. She couldn’t abandon Lysander.

“Zephyr, let me introduce you,” Joshua began, oblivious to Zephyr’s darkening

countenance. “This is my newly acknowledged daughter, Thalassa. In time, I plan to give her my family name, make her a Whitman.”

Joshua’s timely intervention eased Thalassa’s discomfort. She quickly glanced at him, finding a gaze filled with the warmth of old friendship towards Zephyr.

The genial expression seemed to plead for peace, to be too kind to shatter.

Zephyr. He had come out personally to greet Joshua.

friends for generations, and it would be a

when he looked back at Joshua, his face wore a polite

tone that was both casual and pointed, “the world’s full of con

the least bit surprised at Joshua’s introduction of Thalassa as his

second that Thalassa

who had ensnared both Leopold and Lysander in

had given her an ultimatum she was to have no contact with any of their

here she was worming her way to Joshua now! She truly

sidelong glances towards Thalassa were filled with hostility and

hands clenched slightly. She could tell he was insinuating she was the fraud pretending to be

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lightly, addressing Zephyr, “You’re absolutely right, Zephyr. I did come across a con artist recently. A woman claiming

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