Chapter 490 - 488: Your Husband Can’t Be Without You

Chapter 490: Chapter 488: Your Husband Can’t Be Without You

Silence was his only answer.

As Kaelan straightened up, he looked at the Soul Destruction Needle floating before him.

He murmured to himself, "Oh, right. I still haven’t returned the Soul Destruction Needle to that cultivator."

"I suppose I’ll have to give it back the next time we meet."

Kaelan stood rooted to the spot, silent.

He gazed at the spot where Celeste Grant and Javier Sinclair had just vanished, his eyes filled with gratitude. Staring into the empty space, Kaelan whispered, "Thank you."

The day’s events replayed in his mind. He had been facing certain death, yet everything had taken an unexpected turn. He had met his saviors today.

Ever since his clansmen were slaughtered and his loved ones brutally killed, he hadn’t felt a single shred of warmth. But today, he suddenly realized that the world wasn’t entirely full of wicked people. There were still those who would lend a helping hand and show him kindness.

Thinking of Celeste Grant and her companion, Kaelan couldn’t help but say, "They’re truly good people."

Celeste Grant and Javier Sinclair weren’t there to hear him, of course. If they had been, they certainly wouldn’t have been pleased—especially Javier. There was nothing he hated more in this life than being called a good person.

「Meanwhile.」

Celeste Grant and Javier Sinclair had already returned to Ashkaron Palace.

As their figures materialized in Cloud Abyss Hall, they were met with the sound of their daughter’s wailing. It was loud, and she sounded terribly heartbroken.

"WAAH... WAAH..."

"WAAH..."

Hearing her daughter cry, Celeste Grant couldn’t help but chuckle. "Why is she crying again? She’s so young, yet she already recognizes us and cries when she can’t see us. Javier Sinclair, it’s all your fault for always picking her up. You’ve spoiled her. Now she looks for us even at this age." Though her words were teasing, her eyes were full of love for her daughter. ’Perhaps all mothers are like this,’ she thought.

’No wonder they say having a child ties you down; it’s absolutely true. Once you become a parent, your entire world revolves around your child. Even if you have to go out, you wish you could pack them up, bags and all, and take them with you.’

At the sound of his daughter’s cries, Javier Sinclair, who was beside her, shot forward in an instant, leaving only a wisp of black energy in his wake.

’Her child’s father is a complete and utter slave to his daughter.’

When she walked into the bedchamber, she saw a handmaiden holding the baby, trying to soothe her.

"Don’t cry, Young Venerable. The Exalted One and Madam will be back very soon."

"There, there, don’t cry."

"Let me hold you, don’t cry."

The handmaiden holding the baby was sweating from the effort of trying to pacify her.

When she saw Javier Sinclair and Celeste Grant return, the handmaiden excitedly hurried over, still holding the child.

"Greetings, Exalted One."

After a slight bow, the handmaiden quickly said, "Exalted One, Madam, you’re finally back! The Young Venerable has been crying ever since she woke up. She’s already had her milk, but she’s inconsolable. She must be missing you."

’Heaven knows she truly dotes on the Young Venerable; she’s so chubby and cute. But this really wasn’t her fault. The Young Venerable already recognizes people and started crying the moment she woke up and didn’t see The Exalted One and Madam. She was even crying while drinking her milk earlier, which was a strange sight indeed.’

Looking at his daughter’s red cheeks and tear-filled eyes, Javier Sinclair’s heart ached. He reached out his hands. "Oh, there there, don’t cry... My sweet girl, look, Daddy’s here." The moment he spoke, he was in full-on dad mode, an expert at coaxing his child.

"Come, come, let Daddy hold my little Princess." As he spoke, Javier Sinclair took the baby from the handmaiden’s arms.

He was already quite skilled at holding a baby from his experience with their son. It was only in the first two days after his daughter’s birth, when she was so tiny, that he hadn’t dared to hold her. But after holding her a couple of times, he’d gradually gotten used to it.

He held the baby very gently.

Gazing at the daughter in the crook of his arm, he gently patted her little bottom, his voice instantly becoming soft and tender. "No more crying, my sweet girl."

Hearing his voice.

Seeing his familiar face.

Upon hearing his voice and seeing his familiar face, the heartbroken wails of the daughter in Javier Sinclair’s arms immediately quieted down. She just stared at him with her big, dark eyes and stopped crying completely.

Witnessing this, the handmaiden smiled.

"The Young Venerable recognizes you, Exalted One. She stops crying as soon as you hold her."

A smile spread across Javier Sinclair’s face at her words.

He lifted his gaze slightly, his eyes twinkling with amusement, and said coolly, "She is my daughter. Of course she recognizes me. You may go and receive your reward."

"This subordinate thanks you, Exalted One."

The handmaiden bowed and withdrew. Seeing Celeste Grant approaching, she bowed her head slightly. "Greetings, Madam."

"Yes, thank you for your hard work."

"Madam, it is my duty."

The handmaidens took care of the child with utmost dedication. The crying really wasn’t their fault. It was just that her daughter sometimes cried like this when she woke up and didn’t see her or Javier Sinclair.

After the handmaiden left, only the family of three remained in the bedchamber. Of course, they were originally a family of four, but their daughter’s older brother wasn’t here.

Celeste Grant walked over to Javier Sinclair’s side and looked at the chubby little girl in his arms. She reached out to gently stroke her head and couldn’t help but smile. "Baby, Mommy’s here." At the sound of her voice, her daughter’s eyes darted toward her, and then her head turned to face her as well.

Seeing that it was her, the daughter in Javier Sinclair’s arms immediately broke into a smile and made a happy gurgling sound that only a baby could make.

Javier Sinclair said in a low voice, "Your mommy’s here, and now you only have eyes for her. Daughter, Daddy is right here." He spoke to his daughter, and her eyes turned back to him.

Seeing his daughter’s big eyes darting back and forth, the corners of Javier Sinclair’s lips curled up involuntarily.

He said, "So smart. She’s my daughter, after all."

"Well, look who her mother is."

Javier Sinclair’s gaze fell on Celeste Grant’s face as he said in a low voice, "Only a female cultivator as intelligent and beautiful as you, my lady, could give birth to such a smart and beautiful daughter(¬◡¬)✧."

As soon as he finished speaking, Celeste Grant couldn’t help but laugh and pinch his arm. "You’re getting better and better with your words, Archfiend. I still remember you used to say that holding a plain-looking woman like me was no different from holding a rock. Tsk tsk, your words were so venomous back then, like they were dipped in poison."

Hearing his wife bring up his past again, Javier Sinclair just smiled. "My lady, that was so long ago. You still remember?"

Celeste Grant shot him a look. "Don’t you know, Archfiend? Women are experts at digging up old scores. So, of course, I’m not going to forget something like that."

Javier Sinclair cleared his throat and said with a perfectly straight face, "That was then. That’s on the ’ex-husband’ version of me."

’That’s right, just blame the ex-husband version.’

"As for now... holding you, my lady, I feel like I have everything." As he spoke, he leaned in and kissed Celeste Grant’s cheek. "Your husband can’t live without you."

"You’re impossible." Celeste Grant blushed and glared at him. "What nonsense are you spouting! Don’t jinx it. Our family will be together forever. We will never be apart."