Chapter 403

At that moment, inside the office, Raymond looked up at the commotion. In the doorway stood Adler, right in the center, with a whole crowd clustered behind him.

Adler, shaken out of his shock, immediately paled. He realized he'd walked in at the worst possible moment-he'd seen and heard things he definitely shouldn't have.

God, please don't let them try to silence me for this.

Flustered, Adler blurted out, "Sorry, Mr. Carmichael, I'll step out right away."

He turned on his heel and hurried out, closing the door firmly behind him.

Outside, the staff were all back at their desks, but the office was abuzz with the day's juiciest gossip.

"Mr. Carmichael is such a softie for his daughter—it's not even subtle! Did you hear how adorable his voice got?"

"I never would've guessed he had that side to him.”

dotes on his

you'd expect to get walked all over, but

see? Mr. Carmichael was standing while his daughter was sitting. That's

daughter. If there's such a thing as

had finally regained her composure. Her face was calm again, her expression unreadable. She

his head. "It has nothing to do with you. Like I told you, you'll be my only daughter in

was steady, but inside, her thoughts were a tangled

wanted Raymond to have no other children, that much was true-but she'd never

won't," Raymond

moment Citrine entered his life, Raymond knew his daughter would always

it through before making

a long moment, she was silent-her heart shaken, overwhelmed. Yet in

Sawyer Iverson. He would never

his love. After a pause, she finally said, in all seriousness, "Raymond, from today on, I'll

and touched. "Silly girl, it's

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