Chapter 138 UNTIL THE NEXT LIFE, DEAREST

FIRA’S POV

I was nervous when King Fire told me that he would go to talk to me after Ember slept. It was happy in the system while watching them playing the piano. When they were done, Pyro immediately laid her on his bed. I felt so shy that my daughter was sleeping in his chamber.

“Guard, tell Cass I summon her.” He called one of the guards outside. After a few seconds Cass came. We just had a small talk when King Fire ordered her to look after my child.

I was on his back, following him at the Library. That was dark in there. I was afraid that what happened four years ago might repeat.

We sat at the table. He was in front of me, looking at me intensely. “Spell out the truth.”

I looked down. I could not fight his sharp gaze on me. “What’s that, King Fire?”

“Is my Ember my daughter?” He said that in a fast way as if he had a little shyness accusing me.

What should I do? Crap. He must not know about her. Especially now that Janus died.

I could see Janus inside my head. He did not deserve to be stomped like this. If I said that Ember is his daughter, it was like I did not care for my husband. He was a good father to her. He never said that she is not her child. Never.

“I am asking you一”

“No.” I looked at him directly into his eyes. “She’s Janus’.”

He shut his mouth. I was expecting pain to be written on his face, but nothing showed up. I inhaled intensely that even my stomach would burst out due to my lying.

What’s now? If I admit that she is her daughter what should he do?

Nothing. It would just cause disaster for the whole Elemental Kingdom. Worse, my daughter would have the spotlight. Her life would be miserable.

After a silence that covered the area, he talked. “Dismissed.”

I bowed my head to her. I was about to turn my back when he held my hand, the reason why my body twisted, turning to face him. He suddenly approached me. Our eyes were a little distant. He gazed at every detail of my face and then whispered. “You can’t lie on me.”

The tension filled the air. My heart was bursting up and down as if it would go out of my chest. He wrapped his hard arms on my hips. I gasped for air as our noses almost touched.

“What are you talking about?” I had difficulty due to nervousness. My sweat became cold and my knee trembled.

“Why, Fira?” Instead of answering me. He gave me another question that I could not understand. “Why?” His voice cracked.

Crap. Don’t tell me he was asking me why I left him?

“Why did you make me feel loved when you’re just holding others’ hands?” His looks on me sharpened. Therefore, I stepped backward. I was afraid that he might burst with fire and I would be burned by it. “Am I not enough?”

I bit my lips. I was preventing the tears from welling up in my eyes. It would not help me.

I wanted to tell him that he was more than enough. It was just I needed to think about my father, my family. I liked to tell him that I waited for him to come on my wedding day. I waited and waited, but he was too late. He came, but it was all settled.

How can my heart forget you?

“Did you know how much it hurts me? I told you I love you!” The gritting on his teeth was visible. His jaw tightened. What I loved about him, even though he was mad at me, he did not try to hit me using his grip on my hips. He was not like the other man who was hurting their woman.

I opened my mouth and eventually closed it. What should I say?

“And now you’re lying, huh!” He held my hand and showed me my wrist. My eyes widened as it glowed. The Symbol of Fire was still there. How come? I moved my wrist closer to my face. I observed every detail of it.

“See?”

“What’s the meaning of this?”

“That means you never married to anyone. You’re mine.” He lifted me, going to the bookshelf. I was trying to escape from his hold, but he was stronger than me.

“Pyro!” Even if I was annoyed with him. I did not slap or punch him. I was afraid that I might ruin his handsomeness.

He pushed me gently to the place where we always saw each other when he had a meet-up four years ago. “Hey!”

He glared at me. “Didn’t you miss me?”

“Are you nuts? My husband just die一” He shut my mouth using a kiss. I moved my head from left to right, pushing his face away from me. “King Fire!”

“Hey, Dearest. I won’t rape you.”

When I heard that sweet endearment, it made me feel go back to the past. To where our loves were burning. Each other’s absence molds our love into unbreakable feelings. Although I was acting that I did not like him or that he was a good actor, behaving madly at me.

Eyes telling the truth. Heart always wins.

I paused and stared at eyes, nose, and lips. “Pyro…” I could not take this anymore. I could not hold back. I hugged him compactly and showed him how much I love him. That adoration has never gone. He kissed my forehead and embraced me tightly. “You don’t know how much I miss you.” My voice was low, enough to be heard by him.

He grasped my cheek, pressed our noses together, and fixed our forehead. “I missed you crazily.”

His words soothed my system. At the back of my head, there was Janus. Admittedly, I felt like I was cheating on him. So when Pyro initiated to kiss me, I moved my head to the left. “I’m married. Sorry, but we can’t act as if we’re free.” I averted my look on him. I let the tears drop into my cheek. “Yes, you’re the biological father of Ember.”

The shock showed on his face. He should not feel that. If the symbol never left me, no other man could impregnate me except him. That was the rule of it.

“But please…don’t tell it to her. I don’t want to pain my daughter. She loves Janus a lot.” I removed his hand from mine. I gave her a small smile. “Please don’t make things complicated again. We’re both settled. I don’t want to be in war again.”

I licked his lips and nodded. “If that so…Ember is the heiress一”

“Heiress of the Red Moon Pack.” I gave him a sad smile. “I don’t want all Janus’ sacrifice would be in vain. Ember must fight for what belongs to her father. I hope you understand.”

I knew that there was protesting in his expression, but he tried to agree with me. “I’ll teach her, everything she needs to know.”

“Thank you.”

Pyro’s eyes welling up with tears. He lowered his head on me. “I’m accepting your plan, but it doesn’t mean I stop loving you.” He shook his head. “I’ve no idea why I was saying this to you.” He glued his eyes on my face. “I love you.”

I watched him turn his back on me. He walked, leaving me, but paused when I spoke. “I love you, too, Dearest.”

He looked back on me, giving me a sad face. “At least we have a child. At least you love me back. At least you’re now here beside me. I’m fine with it.”

I smiled sadly. The sob covered the bookshelves as he left me.

I’m looking for a brighter tomorrow. Our hearts will always belong to each other.

I observed the twinkling of symbols on my wrist.

Until the next life, Dearest.