Eliana saw that he truly needed encouragement, so she lifted her chin and gave his handsome face a quick kiss.

"Go on then, see you at lunch," she said.

"Mm-hmm."

Once Samuel got in the car, he had Ethan drive off.

On the way to the office, he didn't have a moment to spare, quickly pulling out his laptop to review documents.

......

Today, as usual, Alexander was the one who took Ivy to the hospital.

Lucas had wanted to get closer to Ivy, but his ...