Chapter 1473


    Thssa didn''t slow her stride as she marched into the yard, swiftly opened the car door, and


    nced back at Joshua.


    "You better head back. Don''t keep your family waiting," she said curtly.


    With those words, she slid into the driver''s seat and drove off.


    But Joshua felt a sting in his heart from her words. Thssa still didn''t consider the Whitman family


    as her own.


    He had once suggested that Thssa take their surname, but she had refused. She had said that


    she preferred being listed under her aunt and uncle-inw''s name in the family records. They had


    no children of their own, and she wanted to be their sole heir.


    So, Thssa''sst name remained Everhart. Even though she had acknowledged Joshua as her


    father, she had never truly epted him as family.


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    Joshua knew that he could never make up for over twenty years of absent fatherhood in just a few


    moments, but Thssa''s resistant attitude still left him feeling defeated.


    As he watched Thssa''s car disappear into the distance, Joshua returned to the living room, his


    brow furrowed in frustration. He reproachfully said to Matilda, "What were you thinking, bringing up


    the marriage agreement between Lysander and Rosalind? A perfectly good family meal, ruined!"


    "Joshua, get this straight—it''s Zephyr who has issues with Thssa and doesn''t want her marrying


    into the Sinir family. That''s why he suggested Lysander and Rosalind''s engagement. Without


    Rosalind, another debutante would just swoop in to im Mrs. Sinir''s title. I was merely fighting


    for Rosalind''s chance to be with Lysander. How is that wrong? If the title of Mrs. Sinir isn''t going


    to our family, it will go to someone else. Do you really want to see Lysander marry another woman


    and have no ties to us?" Matilda retorted, her irritation clear.


    "I will fight for Thssa''s chance to be with Lysander," Joshua dered with a cold snort, seeing it


    as his only chance to make amends to Thssa.


    Matilda stood up, fuming, "Joshua, you would neglect our own flesh and blood, Rosalind, for that...


    that bastard? Lysander is a catch that many women are after, and you are giving him to that bastard


    just like that?"


    Worried about family harmony, Joshua softened his tone, "Don''t call her that. I''ve told you before, if


    it weren''t for Thssa''s mother saving me from those thugs twenty years ago, I''d be dead. I''ve


    searched for Thssa''s mother for over two decades. Now she''s gone, leaving behind her only


    daughter, who is also my child. Of course, I need to make up for my absence and repay her


    mother''s life-saving grace," he reasoned with Matilda.


    Matilda''s chest heaved with anger. "It''s the Sinir family who doesn''t want Thssa. It''s not me!


    I''m just trying to secure the position of Mrs. Sinir for Rosalind."


    She knew Joshua''s kindness towards Thssa was driven by gratitude and guilt. But it didn''t


    soothe the ache in her heart.


    Her husband had been intimate with another woman, and she couldn''t even reproach him or that


    woman—that was the real thorn in her side.


    Thssa''s very existence was a constant reminder that her husband had been with someone else


    and had fathered a child!


    To her, it was a humiliation, causing pain with every beat.


    How could she ever genuinely ept Thssa?


    "I''ll handle this. You stay out of it," Joshua said firmly.


    "I''m off to ss. You two can keep arguing!" Rosalind suddenly eximed, dropping her fork with a


    tter on the dining table.