Claire lowered her head, her eyes still snapped shut as she nodded.
“Can you tell me why you want to marry me?” He asked.
Claire stayed silent for a while before she took a breath and honestly said.
“Because you are strong and influential. If I became your wife, I won’t have to struggle to survive and Kevin would have proper resources to cultivate when he starts to cultivate. Also because like every child, he also needs a father figure, someone to take care of him, someone he could rely on.”
Hearing this, Max asked, “What if I die to the noble families? Then would it all be useless?”
Claire remained silent.
“That’s enough for me.” Claire cut him off.
“As long as you take me as your woman, promise to take care of Kevin and me, I don’t care whether I’m your wife, concubine or even a servant. I don’t need a status to show in public.”
Max inhaled and exhaled a deep breath before he sincerely said, “You are a good woman and an even better mother.”
Saying this, he stood up, walked over to her front, gently tilted her chin up with his hand, raising her head so she was looking at him as he solemnly declared.
“Claire, from now on, you’ll be one of my women and I promise to take care of you and Kevin to the best of my abilities.”
Claire stared into his eyes, complex emotions raging in her heart and tears threatening to burst forth from her eyes as she said, “Thank you.”
Max placed a finger on her lips as he shook his head, “You are my woman now and don’t ever need to say thank you to me for anything, understand?”
“Yes.”
“Good.” Smiling at her meek response, he bent down a little and kissed her lips.
Claire closed her and reciprocated it.
A few seconds later, he pulled away and said, “Let’s go.”
Noticing this, he pulled her up and into his embrace, pressing her tightly against him.
“Don’t be disappointed. At night, I’ll make love to you until you beg me to stop. Right now, however, you should re-introduced me to Kevin and I also have to introduce you to your sisters and my other companions.”
Hearing this, she became a little hesitant, prompting him to ask, “What’s wrong? You don’t want to tell Kevin yet?”
Claire nodded. “I think it would be better if we told him after overcoming this crisis.”
“It’s your decision. But know that, such crises will never stop popping up.”
Saying this, he took out his communication crystal and told everyone, including Sera, to gather.
“Let’s go. I will introduce you to my companions first.”
Ten minutes later, Ray, Shasha, Little Rou and her grandfather had gathered in Emily’s house and were curious why they were suddenly called.
Emily wasn’t happy to have cultivation interrupted, but thinking it might be important, she calmed herself down.
Just then, someone knocked on the door before a sweet voice sounded.
“Excuse me.”
“Hm? Who is it?” Ray muttered before he looked at Emily, asking if he should open the door.
Emily was hesitant.
Then, the voice continued, “Um, I’m Sera. Sir Max has called me here. He has something to tell us.”
Despite this, Emily wasn’t ready to believe because just one mistake could prove to be disastrous.
“She shouldn’t be an enemy.” Shasha voiced her opinion.
Emily also thought so, but just to be sure, she whipped out her communication crystal, wanting to confirm with Max if he had called her.
Just then, however, she heard Max’s voice outside.
“Oh, you have arrived.”
Max, seeing Sera standing awkwardly at the door, understood what was going on. So, he knocked and called out, “It’s me. Open up.”
“…”
Sera and Claire looked at him and looked back with a blank look on his face.
Then, his communication crystal buzzed.
When checked the message, he sighed in exasperation before sending a message back.
The message was from Emily, asking where he was. Clearly, despite hearing his voice at the door, she decided to be cautious.
It was a good thing to be cautious but they couldn’t be paranoid.
‘It would have been better if I had sent them back with others. They wouldn’t be suffering like this.’
Feeling the rage bubble up within him, he clenched his fists tight. ‘I should be their shield, allowing them to be worry free, but I’m causing so much trouble for them.’
Sera and Claire immediately guessed what was going on in his mind when they saw his expression turn dark and his body started trembling after he received the message and sighed.
As if synchronized, both stepped close to him and hugged him from both sides.
They duo exchanged an understanding glance before Sera said, “There is no need for you to feel guilty about the situation. You didn’t intentionally cause trouble. You did what you did to save your loved one.”
After she paused, Claire continued, “If you were faced with the same situation again, wouldn’t you choose to do the same? Save your loved one even if it meant trouble?”
Max took a deep breath, “I would.”
He knew it was useless to feel guilty, but seeing his loved ones, his companions suffer because of him, he couldn’t help himself.
Creak!
Just then, the door creaked open to reveal Emily, who furrowed her brows when she saw him being embraced by two beauties.
Suddenly, Max felt his hair stand on end but the feeling vanished as soon as it came.
‘Was it the enemy?’
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