The Lycan King's Fate Calling novel Chapter 711

Alina's POV:

The man that stood in front of me knelt down on one knee shakily. It seemed that he could not hold on for much longer.

My tears blurred my vision but I managed to hold him up.

With a bitter tone in his voice, my father chuckled through his pained condition. "You still care about me, Alina."

The sadness and pain was too overwhelming for me. I held back my words and bit my lips as hard as I could.

My father sighed in a defeated manner, then he mustered up the strength he had left to hold me in his arms. With his low voice, he said, "I'm so sorry, Alina. You have suffered through many things, yet I haven't hugged you like a father should in all these years."

My jaw clenched as I struggled to hold myself back from sobbing.

"It's all my fault. I admit I was the one who neglected your feelings."

My father did his best to endure the pain and he took in a deep breath. He spoke in a slow pace as he was experiencing difficulty in his body.

"I don't want to interfere with your life anymore. I won't force you to get married ever again. In the future, you must live out the life you want. As long as you're happy, that's enough for me." Those words broke me and I sobbed. I couldn't keep it in any longer and my arms reached to hug him back.

My father's chest was too broad for me to fully wrap my arms around him, so I was only able to tightly grasp the clothes on his back. With my entire body trembling, I snuggled more into the embrace that I have long needed.

Even in his condition, he still comforted me by patting me gently on the back.

At this moment, I looked back to my childhood. Those years, I snuggled in my father's arms, when I was still stumbling over the words I tried to read.

My father was strict but he was also patient in correcting the mistakes I made.

Remembering this caused my sadness to take over once again and I cried out harder.

I was wrong, Dad.

I tried to part my lips to speak, but I couldn't seem to get my voice out.