Chapter 1376
Thssa looked perplexed, the details of the situation clearly eluding her grasp.
Richard took a deep breath, deciding it was time toy out the whole story for her.
"Do you remember when Lysander took you to meet Joshua that one time?" Richard asked.
Thssa gave a slight nod; the memory etched deeply in her mind.
She recalled how, during that encounter, Susan had spiked Lysander and Joshua''s drinks, leading her to believe something had
happened between Lysander and Susan. The thought had gnawed at her for quite a while.Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.
It was onlyter that she discovered Lysander hadn''tid a finger on Susan. That very incident was why the dinner had left such
asting impression on Thssa.
"Joshua had some business with me," Richard steered the conversation back on track. "He asked me to find a piece of jade
jewelry, and I''ve scoured every antique store and collector''s shop but never came across anything like it. Yet, the one you''re
wearing around your neck is the spitting image of what Joshua''s been searching for."
As he spoke, Richard pulled out his phone and flicked to a photo.
The image on his screen showed the exact jade piece in question. Though it was just a photo, the jade''s teardrop shape and
emerald rity were unmistakable. It was a genuine antique, indistinguishable from the piece draped around Thssa''s neck.
Thssa nced from the image on Richard''s phone to the jade piece she wore, her eyes widening in astonishment. "Are you
saying Joshua''s been searching for this, my mother''s piece?"
"It seems so. I''ve done my homework. This jade piece is said to have once belonged to an ancient empress, a unique relic from
the early Middle Ages. There''s no chance of a second genuine article out there," Richard exined. Having promised Joshua to
track down the jade, he was well-versed in its history and characteristics.
"Why is Joshua after this jade piece? Did he give you a reason?" Thssa''s voice trembled with a mix of grief and anxiety.
Adisconcerting feeling began to grow inside her.
"He told me once, years ago, he had a fling with a woman at a bar and left this piece of jade with her. After that, she vanished
without a trace. He''s been looking for her ever since," Richard replied to Thssa''s question.
Thssa''s eyes widened in shock as if a thunderp had exploded in her mind. She staggered backward, the realization hitting
her—could Joshua possibly be her...
She dared not continue the thought.
She remembered her mother telling her that Bruce wasn''t her birth father because in her youth, heartbroken by Bruce''s betrayal,
she had sought sce in a bar and, in her despair, ended up with a stranger, which led to Thssa''s birth.
Evelyn had only mentioned it in passing and never said that the man had left her a piece of jade.
But now, her mother''s keepsake, the jade piece that Joshua was scouring the world for...
Could the stranger from Evelyn''s story actually be Joshua?
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"Thssa, you thief! How dare you steal my jade pearl and im it as your own! You''ve always had sticky fingers, haven''t you?
This was my mother''s, left to me!"
Isabe''s breath was heavy with anger, and she trembled as she clutched the jade piece taken from Thssa, a droplet of green
tears hanging in the air.
After her furious outburst at
Thssa, Isabe turned to Richard
with a pleading look. "Please
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rhine! mother was too wild in her
youth and had an affair, and my
father never knew. | am the child
born from that affair. | am Joshua''s
daughter, Mr. Richard. Please don''t
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