Izzy looked up at her dad, her eyes bright as she nodded eagerly.

Adrian then turned to Eliana. "What do you think of my daughter?"

Eliana wasn’t sure what he was getting at, but she glanced at Izzy and answered sincerely, "She’s a great kid—smart, thoughtful, independent, and hardworking. Too bad she ended up with such an unreliable father."

Adrian was speechless.

Unreliable father?

If she were talking about Samuel, ...