Chapter 100

The door clicked open as Athereld entered, exhausted. A boy barely ten ran to Athereld. Athereld crouched by the boy, ushering his black, neck-length hair. The attractive pair of winter blue eyes gleamed as Athereld got lost in them. Though the child possessed the same pair of eyes as Athereld, he'd never appreciated his own eyes like this before. A woman with similar features appeared with a smile peeled back on her lips. Athereld raised his gaze, only to get even more mesmerized. "Daddy!" the child called, nuzzling his face affectionately on Athereld's palm. "I missed you." "Welcome back," the woman said, her rosy cheeks flushed. Athereld got lost in the moment. Wasn't it what he desired once, badly? He felt so contented that he thought his heart would stop pounding when Aphrodite revealed she was pregnant with Athereld's child. It was not easy to pursue Aphrodite. Even she disappeared for some time after conceiving. Athereld was afraid she wouldn't let their child come in