Putting down the newspaper, Oliver Shaw got up and walked upstairs. Vanessa Armstrong was unwilling to give up custody of Seraphina, and he didn't want to insist either. If he kept his daughter by his side, seeing her every day would only remind him of her unfaithful mother!
Now retired, there wasn't much work to do in the study, so he went directly into one of the guest rooms. It was the room that Melody Zachary used to stay in before she left. Ever since he discovered Vanessa Armstrong's affair with his employee, he hadn't slept in that bed. These days, he was contacting workers to redecorate the room.
Fully clothed, he lay on the bed and closed his eyes. Although he was determined not to see Vanessa Armstrong and her daughter again, the child was still his biological offspring. Moreover, such a young child didn't understand many things.
