"Alex, are you sure about not informing Lily?"
Max questioned with utmost seriousness.
His daughter was his world, so if it was anything related to her, his being somber was justified.
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His question made Alex sigh inwardly.
"I’m sure..."
Alex replied.
Alex didn’t say anything else.
And Max, who heard Alex’s words stared at Alex.
"She will know eventually, and she will be sadder if she knew that you went away without meeting her one last time."
Max’s face turned somber.
Just the thought of Lily being sad made Max mad, but he wanted Alex to tell him that there was no better way than this.
"As I said, I don’t want to recall your sad faces whenever I think of you guys.
Do you think she will be able to smile, even after knowing that I’m going to go so far that she won’t even be able to talk to me?"
Alex’s question stumped Max.
He knew the answer to Alex’s question.
It was no.
She won’t be able to smile and laugh, knowing full well that she might not meet Alex again.
But...
"But, if she knew that you left her without a goodbye-"
"I’m not going to be gone forever."
Max wanted to argue, but his words were cut short by Alex.
Alex, who saw Max looking into his eyes, continued.
"I’ll come back. I told you that already.
If I know how to leave, then I know how to come back as well.
So, just wait, and try to stall for time. Just don’t let her know that I’m gone.
Tell her that I’m busy with something, or tell her that we had a fight or something.
Just tell her something."
Alex held Max’s shoulders, and he took a deep breath.
"You are her father, think of something."
Max, who heard Alex’s words, and saw his expression sighed....
The way Alex was gritting his teeth, trying to control his expression from breaking, Max could guess that he was not the only one who was worried about Lily.
’He loves her just like I do...’
He shook his head inwardly.
He missed the point that it was not just him who was always worried about Lily.
Alex was a step ahead of him when it came to worry.
For Alex, Lily was like a little sister.
Max was even wondering why Alex didn’t ask for him to let Lily tag along with them.
Of course, he wouldn’t have agreed to it, but Alex didn’t even try.
"All right, I’ll think of something."
Max’s shoulder slumped as he thought of ways to lie to his daughter.
Something he never wanted to do.
’Sigh....’
Alex sighed inwardly.
He was worried about Lily, just like Max had thought.
No, he was worried more than Max thought he was.
Why else did he get so many people up to rank EX?
It was all for Lily’s safety.
Grace nodded her head as she separated from Ann.
Then she turned toward Luna who was looking at her awkwardly.
They’d never actually met, so Luna didn’t know what to say, but Grace just smiled and pulled her into a hug.
"What you’re trying to do is going to be hard, but not impossible, so go for it.
I’m rooting for you!"
Grace cheered for Luna in her ears.
Luna, although initially surprised, in the end, just smiled and hugged Grace back.
"Thank you."
Luna thanked Grace.
She knew that Grace, someone who had been in love with one guy wholeheartedly for a long time, so long that Alice and Ann couldn’t compare to, would be able to tell that she loved Alex quite easily.
So, she took her words to heart and her determination to get Alex’s love only increased.
"Come on, girls.
Let’s go."
Alex’s voice was heard, so Luna separated from Grace, and Grace just passed a knowing smile to Luna and then to Alice, causing both of them to get a little flustered.
The women moved closer to Alex and Max.
Alice, Ann, and Luna went to Alex’s side while Grace was on Max’s.
"Come back soon, Alex.
Lily will really miss you...."
Grace uttered as she looked at Alex with an imploring look.
"I will."
Alex smiled at her before he turned toward Max.
"Take care of Lily for me."
Alex smiled at Max, but Max just huffed.
"She’s my daughter, of course, I’ll take care of her."
Max pretended to be annoyed, but all of them knew that he just didn’t want to appear sad.
"All right."
’Sophia...’
Alex muttered inside his head while nodding and the next instant, Alex, Alice, Ann, and Luna started glowing.
Alex gave Max a last smile before he turned in a certain direction and his smile widened.
’See you later....’
Alex lip-synced before he vanished along with the girls.
"Sigh...."
Clare, who was hiding in space, sighed audibly before she just smiled and ran back toward the villa.
Her smile, however, was not a happy smile, it was melancholy.
But she couldn’t change anything, so she just went with the flow.
"He’s annoying..."
Max muttered after Alex and the group vanished.
"Sure he is."
Grace nodded as well before she pulled him into a hug.
"Go on..."
Grace whispered.
"So a-annoying...."
Max who had his face buried within Grace’s mounds muttered again, but his voice was cracked.
He finally couldn’t stop his tears.....
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