Chapter 48. Meeting Her Parents

The cab pulls up in front of a small apartment, and after paying the driver, I get out and walk towards the door. Aaron already informed me that they are aware of my appearance 

so there would be no requirement for an awkward introduction.

Calming myself down, I ring the doorbell and a man in his early fifties opens it. The resemblance between him and Athena gave me goosebumps, making me shiver a little, but his eyes were really kind, unlike Athena’s cold ones. He instantly recognized me and passed on an apologizing smile before asking me to step in.

He calls out to his wife after asking me to take a seat on the couch.

“Lilith, we have a guest,” he says before taking a seat opposite, and then an elegant-looking woman steps inside who looks a bit surprised to see me, probably because she wasn’t expecting me. I noticed how tired and exhausted they looked. That surrender feeling laced along with guilt in their eyes hit back home, and it was all so familiar that