Chapter 780 - Seven Hundred And Eighty: I Could Never Give Up On You (2/2)

Just like that the both of them began to quibble on the issue just as Niklaus entered the dressing room.

”Isn't it too early to quarrel on your wedding day?” Niklaus made his appearance known to the two ladies who didn't notice him.

”Uncle!” Anabelle said, resuming her good-girl image.

”Anabelle, you look wonderful,” Niklaus complimented her.

”Thank you,” Anabelle stood and embraced him in a hug, placing pecks on both sides of his cheeks.

As soon as Niklaus pulled away, he turned to his daughter and was stunned.

”Wow,” He breathed, ”You look so beautiful I can't describe it,”

”Thank you, father,” Isabella said, an embarrassed blush creeping up her face. This was the first time her father ever complimented her so deeply she felt it.

”Anabelle, can you give us some privacy?” Niklaus said, turning to her.

”Sure,” Anabelle didn't waste time to enter the adjoining room, giving them enough privacy to hold their conversation.

Even after Anabelle left, Niklaus didn't say anything and just kept staring at Isabella who was uncomfortable with the scrutiny that she stared the other way until she couldn't take it anymore.

”If you want to say something, just say it and stop staring at me that way. It's creepy,” she complained.

Niklaus laughed, covering his face with his palm as he choked out happiness-filled laughter or so Isabella thought because when her father moved his palms, there were traces of tears around his face.

”Oh,” was all Isabella could mutter.

”You were this small when your mother and I had you,” Niklaus gestured to Isabella with his hand, ”I could remember clearly how scared I was of you. I was just a young boy but I knew that tiny little being could ruin me in more ways than I can imagine,” He laughed at his silly past.

”When your grandmother put you in my arms, you were so fragile and light that I thought I would crush you if I made a move and all I could think about was how your sleeping mother would skin me alive if anything happened to happen to you. So I held you tight and then you peered up at me through your half-lidded eyes and I knew I was in trouble. I loved you from the beginning, Isabella,”

”Isabella, the circumstances regarding your childhood might not have been the best but I could never give up on you and I'm sure your mother up there is proud of the woman you've become. And to think that you would birth a life soon,” Niklaus was so emotional that he pulled Isabella up to her feet and hugged her tight.

Surprisingly, Niklaus who gave the pep speech was the one who ended up crying while Isabella, the listener, consoled him.

”Come on, old man, stop crying else people might begin to think that we're having a burial instead of a wedding,” Isabella told Niklaus, causing him to chuckle.

And that was the scene Reina walked into when she came to check up on Isabella. With a smile on her face, she walked over and engulfed the both of them in a wide embrace.. It felt good.