Jordan patted Victoria's back to comfort her as he said gently, "Ms. Clarke, are you in shock? Why are you calling me Daddy? Everything's fine now. The matter with Salvatore has already been resolved. Just pretend that nothing happened today, okay?"
Victoria cried even harder and hugged Jordan even tighter.
"Daddy, I knew you didn't leave. You're still protecting me. Sobs... Daddy, do you know how much I've missed you all these years? Do you know how Emily and I lived without you? Why are you so heartless as to abandon us for so long? And even now, you still refuse to acknowledge me?
"I can't endure it anymore. I don't want to pretend anymore. From the moment you kissed me last night, I knew that you were my father. You are the man who loves me the most in this life!"
Victoria was sobbing heavily.
Jordan realized that something was wrong.
'Oh my god, I secretly kissed Victoria last night but she knew! Damn it, no wonder she mistook me for her father!'
Jordan felt very helpless.
It was his fault for setting his voice to sound like Norman's. It was now impossible to clear things up.
"Ms. Clarke, you've misunderstood. I'm really not your father... I...I'm just a hooligan. I was attracted by your beauty. That's why I took advantage of you last night while you were sleeping..." Jordan quickly explained.
He couldn't let Victoria think that he was her father. He couldn't let her think that her father was still alive.
In the original timeline, Russell would find out the truth behind Victoria's father's death, and she would go to Houston to marry him.
Jordan could not change these facts.
Therefore, he didn't hesitate to describe himself as a lecherous hooligan.
Victoria naturally didn't believe Jordan. He was too similar to her father and he had risked his life to save her in such a dangerous situation.
Who else but a father would do this?
Victoria let go of Jordan's and wiped her tears.
"Alright, you said that you're not my father. Take off your sunglasses and let me see your true appearance."
Jordan could make the skin on his face look very old and wrinkled, like a 70-year-old man.
But he could not change his eyes.
The eyes of a 10-year-old, a 20-year-old, a 40-year-old eyes and a 70-year-old person were all completely different.
Moreover, everyone's gazes were different.
Jordan had only put on makeup, but his eyes were the same. He didn't dare to take off his sunglasses because he was afraid that Victoria would notice that he had the same eyes as her current superior, President Jordan Steele.
Jordan shook his head. "No."
Victoria smiled through her tears. "You don't dare to take off your sunglasses because you're afraid that I'll recognize you, right? You're my father, the bad father who abandoned me 10 years ago. I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!"
With that, Victoria kept hitting Jordan. She seemed to want to vent all the grievances she had suffered over the past 10 years.
If Norman hadn't suddenly disappeared, Victoria wouldn't have gone with Russell for Emily's sake.
Perhaps her mother wouldn't have died so early on. Perhaps she would already be married and have children now, living happily as a full-time housewife.
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