After a prolonged silence, Eric affirmed, "Yes, he is indeed my biological father, and nothing more. He was afraid of Javier and avoided coming to me. But what about Mom? I can't shake the feeling that Mom made a mistake by choosing him back then. If it weren't for him, would she have suffered so much?"

Recalling his mother's plight, Eric felt that his own experiences were trivial. Despite being from a prestigious family, she was all alone in King City. Without Alexander, Eric wouldn't even dar