Chapter 1448

Adrien held the phone to his ear, the other hand clenching a cigarette. Smoke swirled around him, enveloping his brooding and complex expression. He smirked, a sardonic glint in his eye. "Well, I haven't been a father, so I can't answer your question."

Kisa sighed, resigned. "Never mind. Maybe he never saw me as his daughter. He accused me of scheming against him, but when I asked who that 'someone' was, he couldn't provide an answer. It was all just his paranoid delusion."

Adrien flicked ash from his cigarette, a wry smile playing on his lips. "Maybe you're right."

"Let's not talk about him. Honestly, he's not much of a father to me. You are kind and good to me, and sometimes I wish you were my father instead."

Adrien's smoking hand paused mid-air. His thoughts drifted as smoke filled the air, mingling with his memories.

"If only we had a daughter, our son would have a sister."

"I love daughters too, so you have to give me another one."

Adrien's mind returned to the present.

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