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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?noveldrama

"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."

"You were upset enough to cry; of course, I'm going to worry!" His voice was firm, each word aimed at Craig, "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 it. Anyone who upsets you is no different from coming after my own life."

"Dad..."

Seeing the tension mounting, Dorothy, Everett's wife, quietly tugged at her husband's sleeve, whispering, "These are the kids' issues, let's not get too involved."

"If Abigail hadn't been crying, I wouldn't need to," he replied adamantly.

Standing in front of his daughter, he was like a mountain, shielding her from all harm.

Aurora, who had managed to stop her tears, suddenly felt her nose tingle, threatening to cry all over again.

Craig stood there in silence, unable to utter a single word.

Until Dorothy spoke up again, "Enough! This isn't the place to discuss

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"There's nothing much to talk about," Everett interjected, not even sparing his wife's feelings this time, "Craig since you've married my daughter, you should know the first rule of being a man is not to let your wife feet wronged."

Craig nodded, pressing his lips together, "Yes, I understand."

"And if you or anyone around you has an issue, take it up with me. I'm still here, and I'm not about to

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After making sure his parents had arrived safely home through a phone call, Miles finally relaxed. Turning 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 end.

"Felicity."

Hearing her name, she instinctively looked up, then quickly covered her phone screen, "Huh?" "Calvin bothering you again? What's it this time?" he approached with a smirk, cornering her.

"What else? Complaining that you made him go through that surgery..."

"That bothers you?"

Felicity pouted, "I just feel a bit guilty, is all."

Before she could continue, her lips were silenced by his.

"Mmm..."

"Why weren't you feeling guilty when you lied to me? When you were so quick to suggest we break up!"