Chapter 166: Family [2]
Azrael spoke again after sighing deeply, "Oh, God, Knox, you don’t know how relieved I am when I see you still by the door, standing safe and unharmed...but I still couldn’t control myself and charged in. Did I scare you again?"
Knox patted Azrael’s back and smiled genuinely, "A bit," he answered, sensing the alpha’s body stiffened. Knox rested his head on Azrael’s shoulder and added, "But I told you already, even if you scare me to my bones, I won’t disappear again. We’re family now. There are times when these kinds of things will happen again. So, instead of turning away from each other, let’s face it and be stronger together."
Azrael slowly pulled away, lifted his head, and gazed down at his fiancé’s lovely face.
Knox showed him a warm smile and wiped the peeking tears at the corner of his alpha’s eyes. He then spoke again, "I don’t care about your past. It’s not like I didn’t know you before we met, right? And honestly, even I wondered how many children you had out there back then."
Knox chuckled when Azrael’s face crumpled.
He quickly added, "What matters is the present. If someone came knocking on our door, asking you to take responsibility, we will. So, don’t worry, I won’t leave you just because of Elise’s words. I’ll stay with you. We’ll grow old together, right?"
Azrael nodded like a lost puppy that finally found his owner, acting obediently and attached, his eyes filled with a mixture of worry and relief as he bore them on Knox’s ethereal façade.
He was never a man of faith. He only believed back then that people were only moved by money. But that moment, that interaction he engraved in his heart and encrypted in his memory, was something that made him thank the heavens for giving him a wonderful partner.
"I’m so glad I met you," Azrael whispered in a voice deep with love and gratitude. His hand reached out to the little guy, the living proof of their bond, and stroked his sweaty forehead. Even when he knew everything was all right, he still asked anxiously, "Is he alright?"