After he finished speaking, without waiting for anyone's reaction, he walked straight to his daughter and bent down to look at her. "Who's been giving you a hard time?"

Even Aurora was surprised. She thought she had cleaned up all her tears. How could he tell?

"Dad, I wasn't crying!"

"Why lie about it?" Everett immediately frowned, his gaze shifting to Craig, his handsome face darkening, "Tell me, what happened?"

Even though Everett wasn't as involved in the corporate world as he used to be, having semi-retired, his presence still commanded attention.

Besides, Abigail was Everett's pride and joy, his little girl that he couldn't bear to scold. How could he stand to see her upset?

"I..." Craig hesitated, then decided to tell the truth, "I was grabbing a drink with a former business associate. Aurora came to drive me home, and the associate's daughter, who used to have a thing for me, made her upset." "What business associate?"

Before Everett could press further, Aurora quickly tried to smooth things over, "Dad! It's really nothing big, just me being jealous for no good reason. Craig didn't do anything wrong. Please, don't worry about it."

was firm, each word aimed at Craig, "Abigail, your mother almost died giving birth to you. I nearly lost her

"Dad..."

quietly tugged at her husband's sleeve, whispering, "These are the kids' issues, let's not get

Abigail hadn't been crying, I

in front of his daughter, he was

stop her tears, suddenly felt her nose tingle, threatening to cry all over

there in silence, unable

isn't the place to discuss

sparing his wife's feelings this time, "Craig since you've married my daughter, you should know the first rule of being a man

nodded, pressing his lips together, "Yes,

an issue, take it up with me. I'm still here, and I'm not about to anyone mess

...

around, he noticed a woman, head down, furiously typing a reply to someone on her phone! His instincts told him it was definitely Calvin on the other

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