Larissa's Game of Thrones (Larissa) novel Chapter 687

Paxton gave Josette a subtle nod.

Josette wrung her hands, her expression pained. “Dad, this is a highly sensitive business secret. I can tell you, but… will you let me come back home?”

She glanced nervously at Kiernan.

“Things are… not good for me right now. Because of what happened with Jagger, the Lincoln family resents me. They’ve punished me severely behind closed doors. If it weren’t for the fact that I gave them a son, I might not be here talking to you today.”

Her voice cracked with emotion. “Dad, I have nowhere else to go. Please, just let me come back to the Judson family. Give me a place to stay.”

Paxton quickly added, “Dad, you should have seen her when I went to pick her up. It was heartbreaking. You know how ruthless the Lincolns can be. With Jagger in prison, life for Josette there would be unbearable.”

“She may have made mistakes, but she is still your daughter. There shouldn’t be grudges between a father and his child.”

Kiernan looked at Josette’s haggard face and sighed silently. She had always been his favorite, the daughter he could never bring himself to punish, no matter what she did.

Paxton had always been more cunning than his older brother, Neville. He had long suspected that Paxton had encouraged Josette’s aversion to business, covering for her whenever she complained about her studies and willingly taking the punishment in her place. It looked like doting love, but in reality, it had crippled her. He’d raised his own daughter, Honora, the same way, indulging her every whim.

But now, comparing them to Larissa, he saw the truth: to raise a girl solely to be someone else’s wife was not love at all.

Paxton nodded earnestly. “I have. I brought Josette here today not to beg for a place back in the family or a role in the company. I’m only asking for a chance at redemption—to atone for my sins against my daughter, Larissa, and against Neville and Sapphira.”