Daniel cradled Maisie gently and quickly slipped on slippers for her when they entered the house. He was adamant

that she shouldn't lift a finger.

She retorted, "I've only got a stomachache, not as weak as you think. Plus, the doctor said it's minor."

Daniel said gloomily, "It's better to be cautious."

Maisie lowered her head, smiling with a heart full of joy. "I want to take a nap," she said.

Daniel nodded, bent down, and carefully carried her to the room, gently tucking her into bed.

"Why are you treating me like a kid?" Maisie asked.

"You're a kid to me." He patted her head and smiled. "Remember when you first called me 'Mister'?"

Maisie blushed. "You remember that? But I don't think you're old at all now!"

He was taken aback, then grinned.

She had said the same thing in the past. However, she might have been trying to please him back then. To him, she

just been... a

as he looked at her with

her face until she fell asleep. He reminisced about the year they first

and as pure

At the restaurant.

alcohol,

died when she was young. Her mom raised

her son over her daughters, but

with my small business. No matter how badly I treated

wouldn't let her divorce me just because I

sip of his drink, his resentment boiling. "Back then, everyone

his brow. "Isn't it strange? I mean, Daniel has surely met various women.

interested in Maisie?"

you also like that girl? You even made her your

Maisie, but he could accept her as his fiancee because

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