Chapter 20

Anna’s POV

“Daddy?”

So the important person his secretary said he was with was Killian—my dad? And here I was thinking all morning that maybe… just maybe… he’d been with Sophie. My heart was running wild with possibilities I didn’t even want to admit out loud.

“Daddy?!” I called out as soon as I stepped in, my feet carrying me faster until I was in his arms. He stood up from his seat and pulled me into a firm hug, his familiar scent instantly making me feel smaller, as if I were a little girl again.

“Oh, my baby girl,” Dad’s deep voice rumbled against my ear, that rare warmth in it that he didn’t give to many people. His arms were strong around me for a moment before he eased back, holding me at arm’s length as if he was checking if I’d changed somehow. “Look at you,” he said with the faintest smirk, brushing my hair off my shoulder. “How are you? Are you eating well? Sleeping well? You’re not letting those late nights get to you, are you?”

I sho