Chapter 312: Accepting (2)
Unlike Celine, Phillip made no attempt to greet Rafael. There was only one thing he had to do since he promised Annalise.
"I take back stabbing you with my sword," Phillip said, feeling like he had done his part since the apology was over with this.
Annalise’s hands itched to pull on her father’s ears as she scolded him like her grandmother said she had to do when he was young. "What kind of apology was that?" Annalise asked, looking to her mother for help. If that was her father’s best apology, he could keep it. "An apology should have sorry in it."
Celine placed her on her hips, displeased with the apology. She heard from Annalise how Rafael tried to stop the guards from attacking them and shielded her right before a loud noise was heard.
Phillip’s told a different story, but knowing her husband, he was bending the truth. How were they to get to know the man their daughter picked if Phillip was going to drag out something so small?
"I accept it," Rafael said, surprising the two women and Phillip. He didn’t need an apology from Phillip. Frankly, he didn’t think he was going to hear anything that sounded like an apology from Phillip. What he wanted was for that moment to be forgotten and for it to never happen again.
It was obvious the apology wasn’t coming from the heart and not accepting it would have them standing here until a generous one was said.
"You do not need to forgive him so easily to get on his good side. That won’t work. If you have not noticed it by now, my father is really stubborn," Annalise said, watching her mother work her talent of scolding her father without saying a word. "I hope to one day be able to scold you without having to say a word."
"Between you and me, you are the one always giving trouble," Rafael reminded her. He was the calm one in their relationship. It was him having to tell her not to do something.