Chapter 793

Aiden, a military man, was rarely home. Willow, a key national researcher, should have lived in state-provided housing. But she couldn't bear to be apart from the two children or Grandpa Garcia, her maternal grandfather. So unless a critical project required secluded work, she commuted daily between the lab and home. Her and Ivy’s safety at home was supposed to be Grandpa Garcia’s responsibility. Yet a spy had infiltrated the security team he arranged. Not only had Ivy been endangered, but Willow was also put at risk—nearly costing her and Aiden their first child. The thought filled Grandpa Garcia with such guilt and self-reproach that he choked up, tears streaming down his weathered face without a word. Willow smiled gently. "Grandpa, haven’t you always dreamed of holding a great-grandchild? Now that it’s finally happening, shouldn’t you be happy? Why the tears? Unless… you don’t like the idea of this little one?" Grandpa Garcia quickly wiped his eyes. "Of course I like it! I’m crying