Chapter 1382
Isabe listened intently to Joshua''s words, and suddenly, everything clicked.
She had exhausted her contacts, seeking any scrap of information about Joshua without sess.
Then, out of the blue, a friend mentioned that Joshua was having coffee at a local café. She couldn''t get there fast enough.
She had thought her friend shared the tip because of their close bond, privileged to know Joshua''s whereabouts before anyone
else.
But no, it was Joshua himself who had leaked his own location, intentionally letting her know he was at the café.
Isabe couldn''t fathom Joshua''s game n. A sense of unease crept over her, but still, she asked with a puzzled tone, "Why?"
"You''re searching for me, not just to show me the jade pearl but to announce that you''re my daughter, aren’t you?" Joshua lifted
his gaze, his eyes shifting from their earlier aristocratic cool to the shrewd depth of a business mogul.
Under the weight of his intense stare, Isabe felt her resolve wobble. She had steeled herself for three days for this moment.
Yet, with just one look from Joshua, all her mental fortifications crumbled.
Her gaze darted away as she stammered, "I—I am, of course, your daughter..."
Joshua''s chuckle was light butden with meaning. "Too bad I''m only interested in the jade pearl, not in finding some daughter.
Since your mother betrayed your father, it’s probably best to keep this matter under wraps. Otherwise, you and your mother
might just end up disowned and homeless.”
With that, he stood up to leave.
Isabe’s eyes widened in shock, her breathing in ragged gasps.
She had brought the jade pearl to assert her ce as Joshua''s daughter, yet what did he say? He only cared for the jade pearl,
not his daughter?
And he even threatened her with disownment and homelessness for her and her mother if she insisted on causing a scene?
How could this be happening?
Why was Joshua''s y so different from what she had anticipated?
Refusing to ept this, Isabe dashed to the door, blocking Joshua''s exit, her voiceced with desperation and indignation.
"Why don''t you want to find your daughter?"
"I''m looking for a daughter with genuine blood ties, not some imposter like you." Joshua''s patience had worn thin. He shot her a
cold nce and sidestepped her to leave. He was done with the charade; his objective wasid bare.
Struck by his words, Isabe felt her mind go nk, her body trembling with the impact.
Joshua knew she was an impostor?
Then, the intel about him being at the café, which was passed to her, was just a bait to lure her in and hand over the jade pearl
personally?
As the realization of Joshua’s intentions dawned on her, anger contorted her face, and she kicked at the ground furiously.
Joshua had yed her!
A true fox of the business world!
He didn''t even have to lift a finger; he simply used her, making her willingly return the jade pearl to his possession.
It was her impatience and greed that blinded her to Joshua''s true intentions, leading her to bring the jade pearl without a second
thought.
And to think, after she swiped the
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