A Doting Father

Lily also vaguely sensed the tense atmosphere and, puzzled, she glanced towards the door and asked Valerie worriedly, "Mommy, what's wrong with Daddy?"

Valerie herself felt somewhat uneasy. Although Declan's change of expression was fleeting earlier, it didn't seem to be work-related.

Work problems were always within his control and wouldn't elicit such gravity from him.

Yet outwardly, Valerie smi