Chapter 45: A father’s agony
After Azrael disappeared from his sight, Knox stayed in the restroom for a little longer. He washed his still-blushing face and calmed his disobedient heart, ironed the creases of his clothes with his palms, and fixed his disheveled hair.
He should be going back now, but he couldn’t look away from the reflection of himself in the mirror. He wanted to scold that figure, slap its face and shake its shoulders, then yell at it saying, ’What have you done?! You stepped a line you shouldn’t have! Idiot!’
"Dammit..." Knox whispered. Then he thought, ’Now, I’m scared going into his house. Why am I too weak to resist him? This damned bonding...I should find a way to completely remove it. He was only acting that way because of the bond anyway...there’s no way he actually...likes me.’
Something pricked his chest because of that idea, but he shook it away and decided to forget the man for a moment. If he kept thinking of him, then he’d remember what happened, and he’d feel extremely guilty sitting behind the woman he was about to marry.
He sighed loudly once more before getting out. He was already walking in the corridor when his phone rang. He quickly answered it after reading the caller’s name.
"Why? Is there something wrong?"
Knox stopped in his tracks and glanced at his watch. It was already nine in the evening. Knoa should have been sleeping already, so he couldn’t think of any reason that Shawn would call him.
Shawn answered, his voice quavering in a noisy background. Knox was frozen. Something hit his heart and he started to quiver as well, "W-Wait for me! NO! Take him to the hospital, quick! I’ll follow. I’m going right now!"
Knox ran to the door without going back to the table. Rikard saw him dashing hysterically and hastily stood on his seat. He tried to follow Knox but his backpack caught his eyes. He tried to call him first, but the phone was busy.
’Did something happen?’ he asked himself. He waved his hand at the waiter and asked for the bill.
On the other hand, Azrael was stunned after seeing Knox rushed out. He wasn’t able to follow quickly because Diva grabbed his hand, and whispered, "Hey, try not to be so obvious. I don’t know him, but I can tell you got something with him going on, right? People’s eyes are on us, and he’s got a date."