His Top Priority

By the time Declan and Clara got out of bed, it was already late in the morning.

Though he was aware that he had a lot of things to attend to, he just did not want to get out of bed.

Only after his phone rang repeatedly and Clara started urging him did he reluctantly get up.

Seeing the caller ID, Declan said, "Clara, I'm going to take this call."

"Go on," replied Clara.

He walked to the balcony an