Chapter 97

Althaia

Since everyone had plans today, and Damiano had work to catch up on, I decided to visit my father. I passed the time playing with Kiara until it was time to go.

I lightly knocked on Damiano’s office door, mindful not to disturb him in case he was on an important call.

“Come in.”

I opened the door and poked my head in, checking to see if he was busy. He hadn’t looked up yet and was still engrossed in some papers.

“Hi.” I greeted, and his eyes immediately met mine.

“You don’t need to knock. You can come in whenever you want.” Damiano said, putting down the papers in his hand and gesturing for me to approach him.

“I didn’t want to disturb you.” I replied, walking around his desk. He took hold of my waist and placed me on his lap.

“You will never be a disturbance to me. Next time, just walk in.”

“I will try to remember that.” I placed a small kiss on his lips, making him smile. “Doing anything interesting?”