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Seeing the unwillingness still in Sienna Thornton's eyes, he gritted his teeth and added, "Your existence, and the past between your mother and me, none of these affect me in any way. My only worry is that Ian Grant might resent you once he knows about you. I'm afraid he might harm you. So, even though I knew for the past year that you are my biological daughter, even though I dreamed of acknowledging you, of hearing you call me 'Dad,' I held back because I feared it would put you in danger."
Saying this, his eyes reddened: "I originally decided to acknowledge you this New Year and bring you back to the Thorne Family. But last month, that case suddenly came up. Although the police declared you not a suspect, I couldn't acknowledge you at such a critical moment..."
Sienna Thornton quietly watched him, her eyes gradually turning cold.
