Chapter 1469


    The next morning, after finishing her breakfast, Thssa received a call from Joshua Whitman.


    "Go home for lunch today," Joshua said on the phone.


    "Go home? To which home?" Thssa asked, puzzled.


    "Back to the Whitman family. Your sister''s back in town, and Matilda too. They''d like to have lunch


    with you," Joshua replied with a seriousness that matched his words.


    Her sister?


    Rosalind Whitman?


    The so-called sister Rosalind was the child Joshua had with his current wife, Matilda.


    It had been three years since Thssa and Joshua had recognized each other, and he had taken


    her to meet the Whitman family only once before, introducing her to this new set of rtives.


    She suddenly had a half-sister and a half-brother – Joshua''s children with other women,pletely


    unrted to her mother.


    Thssa was ufortable with this arrangement. Joshua had wanted her to live with the


    Whitman family, but she couldn''t bear the thought of staying with strangers, especially when she


    wanted to devote herself to caring for Lysander. So she had declined Joshua’s offer and moved into


    Royal Estates.


    "Please give them my regards. I really don''t have time..." she began.


    "You haven''t seen them in a year. Doe by, won’t you? Leave Lysander with the staff at Royal


    Estates. It’ll be fine. Lunch is at noon, so don''t bete," Joshua didn''t leave any room for Thssa


    to refuse, and hung up the phone.


    Thssa couldn’t argue.


    After all, it was Joshua who had fought for her chance to care for Lysander.


    If it hadn''t been for Joshua taking her to the Sinir family, she might never have met Zephyr, much


    less convinced him to let her look after Lysander.


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    She had promised Joshua that if he secured this opportunity for her, she would be his daughter.


    And having decided to fulfill the role of Joshua''s daughter, that included dealing with his family.


    At noon, Thssa entrusted Lysander to Fitch, asking him to take good care of him, and then she


    set off for the Reed family home.


    Joshua had bought a vi in Starhaven, located in the suburbs surrounded by an idyllic setting of


    lush greenery.


    Thssa had been there once before, and now, a yearter, she returned.


    Parking her car in the verdant driveway, she walked into the grand hall.


    "Joshua, you''d bettere clean with me. Do you really only have Thssa as an illegitimate


    child? I don''t want to find out a few years down the line that you have another secret son or


    something!" Joshua''s wife Matilda snapped, hardly concealing her irritation.


    Dressed in a fur coat, with shy nails and a meticulous makeup, Matilda exuded a chilly elegance.


    "Dad, I''ve heard you''ve been quite generous with Thssa over the past few years. Can you even


    tell who your real daughter is?" Rosalind, usually graceful and refined, spoke with an edge of


    impatience.


    She had only been abroad for a year of study, and in that time, her father seemed to have shifted all


    his affection to Thssa, the newfound daughter.


    Rosalind felt a bitter taste in her heart. She had always been her father''s little princess, the sole


    recipient of his love, and now another woman had emerged to share what she felt was her exclusive


    right to his affection.


    Rosalind was deeply unsettled.


    "Don''t worry, I won''t take a penny from the Whitman family fortune," Thssa entered, her


    expression cool and detached.