Chapter 31. Endure

Cadence drove me back home later that night. She felt really sorry about what happened and explained to me that maybe her father was just too shocked by us. I gave her a smile so she would not have to worry about me.

I already see it coming. I just tried tonight to see if I got a different response from her family.

"I'm so sorry for what happened. I'll talk to my dad about this. I promise," she said when she finally parked her car outside of the apartment building. I have Lexie upstairs babysitting my kid.

"It's fine, love. You don't need to overthink it, okay? Just rest for the night," I said before I reached for her and gave her a soft kiss on the lips.

"But I felt terrible," she sadly said.

"Meeting the family of your partner was never easy, okay? There are some who react like your father earlier, and there are also people who take it in a calm way, and both of them were fine. It'