Chapter 134: Proud Husbands
Annalise wasn’t sure exactly how she was expecting Valerius or her other two husbands to react to her confession but the proud smiles that they all gave her were definitely not on her list.
Valerius was the first one to speak as the man took another step closer to her and took hold of both her hands before speaking, "You did great, Annalise. Today, you finally showed us your true side, the confident and independent woman that you have been trying to hide all this time. We all are very proud of you."
Annalise just stared at him with a dumbfounded look on her face. Who would have thought that while she had been worrying the entire day that her husbands would be angry for all the decisions she made, they were actually happy to her complete surprise?
"You aren’t angry?" She found herself asking as she wanted to assure herself that they weren’t really mad at her.
She heard Kenric and Damien chuckling while Valerius smiled warmly as he replied, "We would have been angry if we wouldn’t have been aware of what was going on, but we knew everything and also that you only left because you thought that we were aware. Besides, you did a great job in taking care of yourself, so we decided to rather motivate you instead of reprimanding you."
Annalise finally found herself relaxing as the fear left her and she was finally able to bask in the compliments that she was receiving from her husbands. After all, it was hard-earned by her and it wasn’t daily when she could hear her husbands praising her instead of reprimanding her.
"But you have to remember Annalise..." Valerius’ voice suddenly turned serious as he pulled her attention to him, "... make sure to not do something like this next time without informing at least one of us. No matter how important a situation would be, you have to make sure to inform at least one of us before you will take any action. We worry about you and you have to remember that your safety is not only related to only you anymore... it’s related to the three of us too."
Annalise quickly nodded her head in agreement as she had no plans of allowing the moment to turn serious. The sooner she would agree to their terms, the sooner they would stop talking about those serious stuff. Besides, she wasn’t agreeing only because she wanted to be done with the serious talk but also because she understood where they were coming from. It’s similar to how she felt toward the three of them, protective and probably... possessive too.
Valerius finally pulled her into his arms and gave her the warm hug that she had been yearning for. She still felt surprised to find his hugs so warm when his body was actually so cold all the time but at least, now she knew why his body had different temperatures even when he had an ice core.