Meanwhile, Alpha Kilian directly went up to Nelly 's room.
Nelly , who had just walked out of the bathroom, bumped into the man right after he entered her room.
Having taken a shower and changed into fresh clothes, she seemed soft yet revitalized. “Done chatting so soon?” she inquired while drying her hair with the towel.
Alpha Kilian then reached out to pull her into his arms and took a deep sniff of her neck before replying lazily, “Yeah!”
Nelly let him hug her, wearing a smile on her face. “Stop it!” she uttered when he tried to kiss her.
The man complied. “How about I blow-dry your hair for you?” he offered upon seeing that her hair was still dripping wet.
Nelly replied, “Sure!”
With that, she slumped lazily into the couch and started playing with her phone while Alpha Kilian grabbed a hairdryer to do as he said.
Her long hair looked exceptionally healthy since she had never had it dyed or permed. It took Alpha Kilian quite a while to get the woman's locks nice and dry.
After setting the hairdryer aside, he sat down beside Nelly , whose face remained buried in her phone.
Alpha Kilian stared at her for a long time before finally breaking the silence. “Nelly , are you upset?” “Huh?” voiced Nelly without lifting her head.
Only after he unceremoniously snatched her phone away did she look up at him. “What's wrong?” she asked as she gazed innocently at the man.
In response, Alpha Kilian scrutinized her with furrowed eyebrows. “So, are you mad or not?” “Why would I be mad?”
“Do you mean to tell me that I've been worried for nothing? You were never mad?” He continued frowning since it did not seem like she was faking her expression.
“Don't you at least have to tell me what you did wrong for me to get upset?”
“Nelly , I'm not sure if you're being serious or playing dumb with me.” “Which do you prefer?”
Alpha Kilian then sized up Nelly once again before answering, “I don't want you to be angry, but at the same time, I kind of hope that you are.”
After knitting her eyebrows slightly, she let out a chuckle. “That sounds conflicting, doesn't it?”
“It does, but what can I do? I keep having this urge to prove that I'm important to you,” he responded.
Having listened to that, Nelly closed her eyes momentarily before reaching out to put her arm around Alpha Kilian 's neck. “Me being with you is the best proof you have. How else do you want me to prove it, Alpha Morris ?”
Alpha Kilian felt as though he had been brought back to the past when he heard Nelly call him “Alpha Morris .”
Staring at the face before him, he quirked the corner of his lips. “Ms. Jackson , there are a lot of ways to prove it. However, you never seem to do what I anticipate!”
Nelly swept her gaze across him before she answered, “Alpha Morris , you didn't think I'd get jealous because of a young lady, did you?”
“Why wouldn't you?” he asked in return. “She's still so young...”
“Don't you think she's treating me differently?” inquired Alpha Kilian .
She nodded in response to that. “I don't need to think; I can tell simply by the way she looks at you.” “Then why aren't you mad or jealous?”
Because of the question, Nelly was rendered speechless for a while. “Maybe I'm just confident?”
It was Alpha Kilian 's turn to be at a loss for words when he realized she was not joking about her confidence. “I don't doubt that you're confident, but were you really not worried that I'd get ideas?”
Nelly then answered the man's question by shaking her head. “Why?” he asked.
“Because I believe the man who said he'd marry me since he was a child wouldn't lie to me,” she replied with her eyes still fixed on Alpha Kilian , who fell silent for a moment after hearing her.
“People change all the time, so weren't you worried that I'd become a different person than the one you knew?”
Nelly inclined her head slightly again in response. “If that were the case, I'd have no one but myself to blame. Besides, it's not as if I can't find another man. I can probably get one within...”
Before she could finish her sentence, Alpha Kilian suddenly pounced on her and threatened in his deep voice, “Don't you dare!”
When the three children first walked in, they were still sweeping their gazes around the room to look for Nelly .
Since the couch did not face the door, they could not see what was happening. Even so, they figured it out upon seeing the partially undressed man and hearing his annoyed tone.
“S-Sorry, Daddy. We didn't know you were here...” Donna quickly apologized before she and her siblings thoughtfully closed the door and hurried away.
“How many times has it been?” inquired Tony when he and the others were catching their breath. After thinking carefully, Donna replied, “This is probably the third time.”
“At this rate, even if Daddy doesn't lose his mind, we will,” he stated helplessly.
To that, she nodded in agreement. “You're right. I was so terrified because of the look Daddy gave us!” Just then, Ben piped up, “Why did Daddy's tone sound as if he had never succeeded in it before?” As soon as those words fell from his lips, his two siblings directed their gazes at him.
Somewhat taken aback by their reaction, he explained in bemusement, “What? It was just a wild guess...”
Looking at his brother, Tony nodded in agreement. “You're right!”
Donna , too, nodded in response. “Now I know why Daddy was so angry!” “We should call Nelly first before going to her next time.”
“Right. Sending her a text message beforehand is also a good idea.” After the discussion, the trio nodded in unison.
Meanwhile, in the bedroom, Alpha Kilian and Nelly simply stared at each other. Because of the children's interruption, neither had the mood to carry on.
“I think it's time I talk to the kids.” Alpha Kilian let out a helpless sigh while looking at Nelly .
Chuckling, she covered herself properly with her clothes. “Do you really think they were the problem?” “Why wouldn't I?”
“We wouldn't have had this problem if you had locked the door, would we?” questioned Nelly rhetorically.
After a pause, Alpha Kilian narrowed his eyes at her. “So you're blaming me?” “Objectively speaking, yes!” she answered with a nod.
His face then began to break into a smile, so she could not help but wonder why he would smile when she had just told him that he was to be blamed.
“What are you smiling at?” asked Nelly .
Leaning close to the woman, Alpha Kilian whispered into her ear, “Nelly , are you lashing out at me because you weren't satisfied?”
“Of course not!” she retorted after a moment of silence.
“I beg to differ!” Alpha Kilian 's voice was charmingly deep and magnetic.
With Nelly at a loss for words, the two stared at each other quietly again before he lowered himself in an attempt to get her back in the mood for intimacy.
Unfortunately, just when his lips were merely a centimeter away from hers, his phone rang inopportunely.
Being forced to come to a halt, Alpha Kilian was evidently annoyed, as seen by his hardened face and the anger gleaming in his eyes.
At that moment, Nelly could no longer hold her laughter in. “It seems that we're bound to be interrupted.”
“Who said so?” he retorted as he gazed at her. “Nothing's going to come between us today.”
Alpha Kilian then picked up his phone to reject the call but froze when he saw the name on display—it was Spencer, the only person he could not ignore then.
Upon seeing how grim he looked after checking his phone, Nelly asked, “What's wrong?”
He regained his senses and glanced at her before replying, “Nothing. It's Spencer calling, so I should probably go and see what's up!”
At that, she nodded as though she had figured out what was going on. “Okay.” Alpha Kilian then leaned in to peck the woman on the forehead. “I'll be back soon.” In response to that, Nelly merely smiled without saying anything.
“You should get some rest, Nelly ,” he suggested after getting up and straightening his clothes. “Sure.” Again, she nodded.
Alpha Kilian then glanced at Nelly one last time before heading out.
Once the door closed behind the man, the smile and gentleness on Nelly 's face began to fade away, for she knew why he had to leave even though he did not say a word about it.
With a troubled mind, she stared blankly out the window.
The three children were still by the door when Alpha Kilian headed out of the room. “Daddy,” Donna called out the moment she saw their father.
“I'll talk to the three of you later,” uttered Alpha Kilian with slightly knitted eyebrows because he knew Spencer had a good reason for reaching out to him.
The kids remained where they were, and only after Alpha Kilian had left did Donna finally break the silence. “Come. Let's go to Nelly .”
However, Tony simply stood still and stared in Alpha Kilian 's direction. There was a pucker between his brows.
“Come on!” urged Donna .
Just then, Tony said, “You two go ahead. I need to ask Daddy something.”
His sister nodded without much thought.
As Tony chased after Alpha Kilian , Ben stood at the same spot and looked thoughtfully in his sibling's direction.
“Let's go, Ben ,” voiced Donna .
After returning to his senses, Ben followed his sister.
“Nelly , we need help!” exclaimed the little girl as soon as she barged into their mother's room.
At that moment, Nelly was already properly dressed, standing before the floor-to-ceiling window.
Donna then rushed over to wrap her arms around Nelly 's legs before lifting her head to look at the woman. “This is an emergency, Nelly !”