Chapter 45: A father's agony

After Azrael disappeared from his sight, Knox stayed in the restroom for a little longer. He washed his still-blushing face and calmed his disobedient heart, ironed the creases of his clothes with his palms, and fixed his disheveled hair.

He should be going back now, but he couldn't look away from the reflection of himself in the mirror. He wanted to scold that figure, slap its face and shake its shoulders, then yell at it saying, 'What have you done?! You stepped a line you shouldn't have! Idiot!'

"Dammit…" Knox whispered. Then he thought, 'Now, I'm scared going into his house. Why am I too weak to resist him? This damned bonding…I should find a way to completely remove it. He was only acting that way because of the bond anyway…there's no way he actually…likes me.'