Chapter 309: Convincing (3)
"Are you planning to marry this man?" Phillip inquired. He wasn’t ready to hear plans for a wedding and Annalise changing her last name even though he would like to hear about grandchildren.
"Why does that matter if you already plan to try to be around him? Will you go back to hating him if you hear about me marrying him? Rafael and I have not been together long enough for us to talk about marriage. I don’t want to hear about weddings from anyone," Annalise replied.
She was hoping it wouldn’t come to a suggestion about her and Rafael getting married for a truce to be done. Marriage was not always the answer. She was never going to get married because it was what someone else wanted. It was a matter concerning her and Rafael only.
Phillip couldn’t agree more with Annalise. Hearing that she was still not ready for marriage gave him hope that he could one day get rid of this knight. He couldn’t fathom his daughter being in love with River’s son forever and then he would become family with River.
Annalise noticed her father’s happiness over her not wanting to get married yet, but wasn’t bothered by it. Whatever kept him from attacking Rafael was good in her eyes.
Even though she loved Rafael, Annalise didn’t want to hear about marriage yet. They had just somewhat started over and she wanted to enjoy how their relationship was now before taking a huge step. There was more about each other they had to know.
"Your mother won’t share our sentiments, but then again she has been waiting so long to be able to share a moment with you speaking about someone you like to not care if you marry soon. I am overprotective of you because I love you. It is not easy for me to trust someone from that side. I react in ways you don’t like because I can’t bear losing you," said Phillip.
He had unfortunately lost many close to him, but all the pain he felt from watching those people fall would never measure up to the pain of losing his daughter. From the moment she was born and placed in his arms, he was protective of her.
Phillip couldn’t bring himself to send her off with just anyone which was why he never entertained talks about her marriage. To further ensure her safety, he taught her everything he knew when it came to fighting so she would be able to protect herself when he was not around.