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."

"Abigail, your mother almost died giving birth to you. I nearly lost her and in turn, you and your brother. It was a miracle we all made

"Dad..."

wife, quietly tugged at her husband's sleeve, whispering, "These are the kids' issues, let's

crying, I

in front of his daughter, he was like a mountain, shielding

felt her nose

stood there in silence, unable to utter a single

the place to discuss and Wis. Let's

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

his lips together, "Yes,

up with me. I'm still here, and

...

finally relaxed. Turning around, he noticed a woman, head down, furiously typing a reply to someone on her phone! His instincts

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