"That's impossible!"

"Then don't believe me if you don't want to. Anyway, shouldn't I be asking you your first question? Why did you leave the penthouse?"

His eyes softened as he sighed. He also knelt in front of me and held both my hands.

"I got an emergency call, sweetheart, and I had to go there."

"Don't you have an assistant? You have Denise and Andrew, right?"

"Yes, but I want to personally check what happened."

"Hmm..." I just nodded, although ...