" Hello, sweetheart.” He smiled then brushed a kiss to her cheek. “Miss me?” She leaned into him and wrapped her arms around his waist. “How is your father?” she asked as she always did. “Improving, I’d say.” But her unwillingness to return his sentiments bothered him, and that showed in his eyes. "

― Grace Burrowes , The Heir (Duke's Obsession, #1; Windham, #1)