Chapter 180 : Marriage proposal?

Chapter 180 : Marriage proposal?

'No,' Cedrix's expression sank, 'he won't corrupt my little girl, right?'

Even though he knew that his 'little girl' wasn't that little anymore and wasn't the innocent, sweet child he had raised, Cedrix still felt that compared to Alex, she was an angel.

During the few days they had traveled together, he had come to understand a bit about Alex's personality, and what stood out the most was the man's lust.

Except for the first day of their journey, nothing happened between Alex and his wives, much to his disappointment. But it's not because he didn't try.

During the days of their journey, Cedrix also came to understand the true nature of the relationship between Alex and Amelia, and what he discovered shocked him, reinforcing his belief that Alex was truly too lustful.

'If he is promiscuous enough to be intimate with his sister, then there's no way he had settled down with just three women.'

That was Cedrix's thought back then, and judged by the way Alex was gazing at his daughter, he knew that he was right.

He didn't wish that kind of life for his daughter, a life where she'd have to share her husband with other women.

No father would wish something like that for his daughter, and Cedrix was different.

Cedrix reached out in the direction of his daughter, intent on shaking her out of her reverie, but right at this moment, someone held his hand to stop him from touching her.

He glanced at the one who had just stopped him and noticed that it was Anna.

She was gazing at him with a peculiar smile that, if he didn't know better, Cedrix would swear looked quite creepy.

"What's the matter, Cedrix? Is something wrong?" she asked, smiling.

'Why is she asking me that, and why is she holding my hand?' the old man wondered. "Ah, nothing is wrong; you don't have to worry about me," he replied after a few seconds.

Although Anna had intercepted him, preventing him from shaking Anita awake, the sound of his voice still roused her.

"Um, what wa- ah, a-as I was saying, thank you for rescuing me. I-I will be grateful for that my whole life, and if you have anything you want from me, you c-can ask," Anita blurted out with difficulty.

'Why am I stuttering?!' she screamed in her head. 'And was I staring at him so intently? Now he is going to think that I'm some mentally challenged woman!'

"I can ask anything, you say?" Alex asked as he himself snapped out of his daze. But contrary to Anita, he still maintained his calm.

"Yes, you can ask me anything, and I will do my best to comply," Anita nodded, avoiding Alex's gaze, fearful that she might lose herself again if she stared into his captivating gray eyes.

"What is your name?" Alex inquired in a soft tone.

"Anita."

"accept....marry...you"

Anita's voice resonated so loudly that even several seconds after she finished speaking, her words continued to echo throughout the mountain.

'That was... unexpected,' Alex scratched his head with a funny expression on his face, 'I didn't think she would seriously consider my words, much less that she would actually agree to marry me.'

'Poor girl, she just gave him more material to tease her,' both Amelia and Anna thought as they looked at Anita, who was breathing heavily as if she had run a marathon, with pity.

Meanwhile, Cedrix's eyes went wide the moment Anita spoke, his heart skipping a few beats. 'W-what did I hear?'

'It can't be, right? My daughter would never do something like that, right?' The daughter he knew was someone with a strong character, someone who would send Alex packing while shouting something like 'rescuing me doesn't give you the right to become my husband, hmph!' yet...

'Why is she blushing like that? Why is she fidgeting in her place?' Cedrix wondered, his eyes watering.

"What happened to my little girl..." he murmured under his breath.

Having heard him, Anna shot the old man a sympathetic gaze.

"Alex happened," she said with a faint chuckle.

The old man gazed at her for a moment, then turned back to stare at his daughter, who was busy avoiding Alex's gaze.

He wanted to deny what he had heard, not accept that his daughter agreed to marry Alex. But as if the universe was playing with him, Anita's words continued to echo inside the mountain, each of them like a knife burying itself in the old man's heart.

Thud

Unable to bear it anymore, Cedrix suddenly fell to the ground with foam coming out of his mouth.

The sound of his fall caught the attention of everyone nearby.

"Dad!"

Forgetting her embarrassment temporarily, Anita hurried to her father with a worried expression on her face.

"Ehh, why is he like that?" Alex scratched his head, puzzled.

"Like you don't know," Amelia chuckled and approached the old man.

Crouching down, she placed her hand on him to check his condition. After a moment, she exclaimed with a stunned expression:

"He's having a heart attack!"