Chapter 105 - His Worst Consequence

"Why hello, Xavier," Emilio called, happy to finally see Xavier here.

Then again, he couldn't exactly see him, Emilio had sensed his presence when he neared his hut. Finally, someone else to talk to!

He was in a good mood after Madeline's visit. That, and because there were more company to liven up the grim atmosphere surrounding the hut.

"What are you doing here?" He asked Xavier cheerfully.

"What's gotten you in a cheerful mood?" Xavier questioned, raising his brow. 

Emilio laughed, "Did Madeline not tell you? She visited me today."

"And she even brought me breakfast," he boasted. 

"Good for you," Xavier said to Emilio bitterly, a scowl on his face. 

"Did you come here to talk to me like that?" 

"If you did, you could leave."

Xavier sighed, Emilio was still a pain in the ass. Nothing would change that, unfortunately. Not even him being given the chance to establish a relationship with Madeline. 

"You could try to seem grateful," Xavier said, his teeth gritted. 

"After all, without me you wouldn't be here," he added.

Emilio frowned, "Why try to ruin my mood? I was in such a good one before you had to come in and ruin it."

"Leave me be, I'm already stuck in this hut."

Xavier realized he was being too harsh on Emilio. For a moment, he decided to treat him like someone who's daughter's life was on the life.

"What if I told you I never intended to hurt Madeline?"

Emilio chuckled lightly. 

"I know that."

"It took me a lot of considering and all that, before I realized that you wouldn't lay a finger on her."

His voice came out a bit muffled but Xavier could hear everything Emilio was saying properly. 

"You're just not that kind of person. And no, I'm not mocking you or ridiculing you. If anything, I'm quite thankful."

"Why are you telling me this?" Xavier questioned.

Emilio could've stayed silent and not said anything for luna's sake. So why'd he have to go out on one limb and tell him this?

"Because even though I don't say it, I'm proud of you."

Xavier furrowed his brows. 

"If it had been anyone else as alpha I wouldn't be alright with Eudora being in their hands. But it was you."

"I don't know why I'm saying this," Emilio admitted, "And praise or compliments coming from me probably don't mean anything to you but…"

"At least I know Eudora's in good hands."

He thought to himself, 'Among other things.' 

Emilio knew that Xavier was nothing like him. And that was what led to his downfall, and Xavier taking his place. 

Xavier and him saw the world in two completely different ways. 

And it was nice, knowing Madeline had a mate that wouldn't hurt her or even think about it. 

Sure, Xavier used her against him which wasn't cool, but at the same time, Xavier would never do anything that would put her in harm's way. Not on purpose or anything, of course. 

And then Emilio thought about it even more. Xavier didn't spare him for no reason. And even if - for some reason - he chose to spare him, he wouldn't have let him off so lightly.

Not unless he had reason to. 

Did he have another reason for doing all of this?

Perhaps this had all occurred because of a certain mate of his that wanted to get to know her father more which resulted in him having a change of heart and sparing him. 

Or because he suddenly decided to spare Emilio out of nowhere!

Highly unlikely. 

The first option was the truth. Emilio was sure of it.

He knew Xavier cared about his daughter, as much as he didn't want to admit it. If not, why did he do all this? Just to see him suffer? 

Just to get him to get to know his daughter better before tearing it all apart and ruining everything by killing him?

Xavier wouldn't. Not if it meant Madeline would get hurt by it. 

Whether or not a love story would eventually blossom between the both of them or they would remain friends and nothing would change was up to them, but Emilio would wager that something was brewing between them. 

He knew what two people that cared about looked like. Well, Emilio didn't know if Cornelia still cared about him after all this time, but he had hoped she did. 

Nevertheless, he'd like it if he knew Madeline had someone like Xavier in her life.

Funnily enough, he couldn't think of any better person to be Madeline's mate.

It was ridiculous, Emilio knew. Why would he be thinking this?

He wasn't actually her father… It was only blood that connected them. 

The one thing that Emilio would always regret would be that he never got to watch her blossom into a wonderful young woman. He never got to be there when she learnt to walk, never got to be there when she said her first word, or to give her the birds and the bees talk if one were going there and tell her that no one deserved her. 

He never got to be her father up until now. 

And that was the worst thing about his life. Never being able to enjoy the gift of seeing his daughter grow up. 

Now that he thought about it, being stuck in a hut paled in comparison to that one punishment of his. It was the worst consequence amongst all others he was given. 

And even now, him and Madeline were just two people who were getting to know each other and had a sort of father-daughter bond.

But if Madeline ended up with Xavier, he wouldn't complain. 

He wondered why he thought of that when he was busy thinking about how he missed the most crucial parts of her life. 

But, if he were to continue or add to that, Xavier was a good man.. And Emilio didn't say that just because Xavier spared him, he said it because deep down, that was what he thought.