"Rayan turned to look at his retreating daughter, filled with mixed emotions. She was slowly acting more like a grown-up, but he truly wished she could stay a child forever."

She had become wiser. How surprising! 

"Dinner was ready when Jacky returned. He came in carrying a briefcase containing confidential documents, which he placed on the console table out in the open. Despite how the Whalen family treated him, he had never guarded against them."

Dad.

"He greeted Rayan as soon as he entered, but Rayan never acknowledged the address; he would never acknowledge it as long as they weren't married, which Rayan would never agree to. He continued watching...