Goddammit!

 Liam swore inwardly without removing his gaze from Daniella’s upset face. Without anyone telling him, he knew that his daughter had seen him coming down from a woman’s car.

 “It’s not what you’re thinking, Ella,” he needed to make her understand nevertheless. “There were no cabs coming and I was running out of time and then she came to my aid when I was about to lose my mind,” Liam clarified, putting forward a few steps to close up the distance between them.

 Daniella then lowered her head, feeling her throat heavy and tears blurred her eyes. “You have to believe me, Ella,” Liam supplicated, reaching out his hand...