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

Whitman families had been friends for generations, and it would be a travesty

from Thalassa, and when he looked back at Joshua, his face wore a

was both casual and pointed, “the world’s full of con artists these days. They

at Joshua’s introduction of Thalassa as his

a second that Thalassa was Joshua’s

cunning, a master of deception who had ensnared both Leopold and Lysander in her web.

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

to Joshua

sidelong glances towards Thalassa were

slightly. She could tell he was insinuating she was

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recently. A woman claiming to be my daughter showed up with jade pearls. Luckily, I’m not so easily fooled by sweet

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