From the moment Freya came in, she had not taken a close look at Ryan due to various reasons.


    She knew that he was not lying when she looked at him up close.


    It was impossible to say that she had no feelings at all.


    "I''m not the one who told you to work extra hours," she muttered and avoided his gaze.


    "Yes, I did that myself because I wanted toe to visit you for New Year''s. Even if I couldn''t meet you, I had to show my determination. It''s not just empty talk. I''m really putting in the effort, and I''m sincere."


    Ryan patted her dark, silky hair again and again. His gaze was unusually serious.


    Freya lowered her head. She did not know how to respond to that at all. She was like a tortoise hiding in her shell.


    After some time, she said softly, "Do you want to go to the bathroom?"


    Enough was enough. It was not showing signs of going down after so long.


    Ryan was taken aback. He suddenlyughed out loud.


    "Why are youughing?" Freya red at him as she


    blushed.


    "I don''t dare to go to the bathroom. I won''t be able toe out for some time after


    I enter," he said yfully.


    Freya understood it immediately. She scolded in embarrassment, "Pervert."


    Ryan let her down and got up to get a big bag from the side.


    Freya finally let out a breath of relief. However, her gaze kept sweeping across his pants unconsciously. It was out of both curiosity and instinct.


    When Ryan handed her an intricate small box, he smiled vaguely and said, "Miss Lynch, where are you looking at?"


    "Can''t I look at it when you keep hovering in front of m e?" Freya raised her head. She had a fearless expression.


    "Okay." Ryan was speechless. "This is a new year''s album for Dani."


    Only then did Freya shift her attention to the present. She opened it and had a look. Inside the album were all photos of Dani from her birth until the recent months when she had grown older. There were various photos of her smiling, crying, and even yawning.


    As a mother, she was surprised. "When did you take so many pictures?"


    Although Dani had gone for a studio photoshoot, the photos taken there were not genuine enough. The photos in the album were indeed moments and details of Dani''s life.


    "When you weren''t paying attention." Ryan grinned." Look. This was taken when she was just born at the hospital."


    Freya saw it too. She recalled Ryaning on the first day after she gave birth to Dani.


    She remembered how he had silently stood by the crib at that time. She thought he was simply taking photos, but the photos were actually taken attentively with detail.


    There were even photos from Dani''s one-month celebration.


    It turned out that some feelings had already existed long ago. It was just that he had been protecting them in another way back then.


    When Freya was not divorced yet, Ryan had protected her family from behind the scenes. When Rodney bullied her, he stood up to defend her and demanded justice for her sake. After she got a divorce, he made her happy and helped her to walk out from the misfortunes of her past.


    She had med him for being calcting. However, if it were not for him, she would not have the freedom she had at that moment.