On the other side of the suite, Amelia was visibly annoyed. “Why are you getting so close?”
Daniel, utterly unfazed, replied, “Obviously, I want to talk to my daughter.”
Amelia shot him a look, convinced he must have lost his mind. “For the last time, Ruby isn’t your daughter.”
Daniel shrugged, as if it was basic math. “Ruby’s your daughter. I’m your husband. Do the math—she’s basically my daughter, too.”
She’d never heard logic twisted quite like that before.
Daniel changed the subject. “Want me to call Robert and let him know you’re safe? I can take care of it.”
Amelia rolled her eyes, tossed her phone onto the bed, and stormed into the bedroom.
Daniel didn’t seem to care. On the surface, he was being the dutiful son-in-law, but everyone knew he just wanted another excuse to show off.
Grandma Edith, seeing Daniel wander around the suite in nothing but a bathrobe, grinned. “Snuck your way in, did you?”
Daniel feigned indignation. “Now, that’s hardly fair. We’re just a married couple having a little beach honeymoon. Nothing sneaky about it.”
Grandma Edith was having none of that. “Then what’s with that bathrobe? You’re all buttoned up like a priest at Sunday mass.”
Daniel assumed she thought he wasn’t being modest enough, but Grandma Edith continued, “You spend all that time pumping iron, building those muscles to impress your wife, and now you’re covering it all up? What’s the point of all that effort if you’re just going to hide it?”
He was momentarily speechless.
But as the saying goes, heed your elders and happiness will follow. Daniel immediately took her advice, loosened his bathrobe to reveal his sculpted chest and abs, and sauntered over to knock on Amelia’s door.
“Hey, the fruit platter’s here. Want to come out and have some?”
Amelia’s voice was ice-cold, even through the door. “Go away.”
Daniel tugged his robe even looser. “You sure? Eight-pack abs on display—last chance to take a look.”
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