Chapter 369

"You're dating my daughter but showing no respect to her father? What makes you think you're worthy of dating her?" Craig was so livid that he was spewing words without thinking. He was completely oblivious to how pale Grace had become beside me. "Did you forget what I said yesterday? With my status alone, I could ruin you just as easily." I could tell things were escalating quickly and tried to intervene, but Grace beat me to it. She pulled herself out of my arms, her face was still pale. "Dad, what do you mean by that?" She looked at Craig dead in the eyes, and then at Melinda. "Who did you meet yesterday? When did you confront Xavier?" she said before turning to me. "Why didn't you tell me about it? I've told you before that I hate being lied to…" Tears welled up in her eyes as she looked at me, and I felt a pang of sadness. "Grace, I didn't mean to hide it from you." I didn't want her to stress out and worry about it. She had already been struggling with anxiety over Shawn, an