His own daughter was standing there defending another man in front of him.
Lily had never once shielded him like that.
Ethan didn't think he'd ever been unkind to either of his kids. So why did Lily gravitate this hard toward strangers instead of him?
"Mr. Cole, I need to sort some family business." Ethan swallowed down whatever he was actually feeling.
The subtext was clear enough a polite ask for Sebastian to leave.
Sebastian didn't budge. His dark eyes slid past Ethan and settled on Naomi. "Ms. Hart. Do you actually have family business to handle right now?"
"No." Naomi cut in fast, turning a cold look on the two of them standing uninvited in her home. "You're the ones who need to leave."
"Mom, how could you kick out Dad and me for some other guy?" Julian's eyes went wide, someth
