in a long, mea

had no intention of remaining there even a heartbeat longer. And there w

ared, brushing past Daniel before walk

et his eyes followed her retr

one would expect, but something strangely familiar, though

ality about her that awakened a pierci

, yet beneath that softness there h

y independent and un

she never reconsidered, granting no one a second oppor

his mind again and again, particularly the image of her when she was seven months pregnant, and his thoughts would drift toward their unborn chi

had never even entered his mind, and he had quietly looked forward to the arri

on't we find someone else for your grandfather? There are pl

y be, but Grandpa specifically wants her. Archie, lo

at all? Are you... interested in her?

disappeared, she had stayed at his side, y

lt to approach, he had never shown even

ia earlier ignited a brief, uneas

a wants to see her, it's better to make sure

inced that he was only having Amelia i

ugly woman concealed behind a veil, someo

tel," Daniel said, turning

ressing a hand against her chest

e a few antiques. After three years of marriage, she understood be

se of her today, and she couldn't figure out whether recognition had flicke

g anything about her, least of a

ered almost immediately, and a deep, unhurried male voice f

t digging into my life. I can't let

from investigating her past, but the man o

id with effortle

her ears, Emilia understood th

the man remarked abruptly,

d no clue what he

for you three times now. So tell me something. When the cou

his bathrobe slipping open to expose a perfectly sculpted set of abs, while a m

thing she intended to do. This man was ve

e, and I earn money for you. That m

ortune instead of simply ma

ife to handle your fortune. I'd probably ru

woman," the

ys off, inhaled slowly to steady herself, and pushed open th

room, yet Olivia was

es peeked cautiously from behind a wall. With a quiet sigh, Leo

, Daniel would check the surveillance footage, and if t

system and deleting the recording,

ivia, eagerly waiting to see Daniel's expres

s?!" someone

roached them, with Da

ds scrawled across the car, and he read them aloud without thinking,

pread across his face as

ough to pull off something like that. He was absolutely ce

tely out of their minds," Isabel muttered,

fell across his face. The badly spelled words made it p

urveillance footage right a

ripple of giggling dr

toward where the sound had come from. A split second later, he caugh

t. "They've spotte

n place. By the time she whirled around, her br

e hem of her dress snagged on something. After barely taking a s

escape anymore. Lying flat on the floor, Olivia quickly covered her e

e paused briefly while looking down at her,

hands firmly pressed over her face, as if that a

Stop covering your fac

wlessly, Olivia slowly opened her ey

cause whenever she played hide-and-seek with her brothe

wkwardly in the air, she wriggled her small

me she had seen her father from such a close distance. After blinking

had inherited her mom's looks

instinctively lifted he

ll from the expression on her face that h

cribble all over my car?" There wasn't t

the least. Instead, she pressed her

was definitely a bad person-the sort who would snatch her away a

ou over to the police, and they'll t

a bli

elievably foolish, because

would be terrified of the police, but sh

nts who end up paying for it. I'm going to

at idea rather appealing

n't react, he changed his approach and

er instead! Not my mommy!" Olivia shouted, planting her

a brief, humo

ere when it came to her parents, he concluded tha