At the villa’s entrance, Eliana blocked Samuel before he could get into the car.

"Samuel, listen to me. I just couldn’t bring myself to say no to that child. She—"

"What’s there to feel bad about? She has a father. She’s not an orphan. She’s not some abandoned, pitiful kid with nowhere to go."

Worried that his raised voice might startle the baby in his arms, Samuel handed their son to the nanny.

"Take him to the car first," he ...