Chapter 1131 I need to set up the stage first
*Knock* *Knock*
"Who is it?"
Riona questioned as she heard a knock on the door.
"It is me, Mother-in-law."
A frown appeared on Riona's face when she heard Nux's voice. She opened the door and seeing her daughter's husband standing in front of her, a frown appeared on her face as she questioned, "Is there something you need?"
"Can't I visit my mother-in-law just to catch up, without a specific reason?" Nux questioned back with a playful smile on his face.
"Hmm? That's odd." Riona narrowed her eyes. Unlike Olivia, who started blushing the moment Nux smiled at her, Riona's resistance was stronger. After all, it was not the first time she was dealing with Nux.
"What's odd?"
"I don't recall us being so close. In fact, I sometimes had the impression that you were avoiding me."
Riona wasn't wrong.
For Nux, dealing with Riona was not an easy job. As mentioned before, his mother-in-law was beautiful, however, because of Amaya, he had to hold back. It was similar to the situation where a man avoids his crush in order to not leave an awkward impression.
Yes, even someone as shameless as Nux had his awkward phases.
Now, however, things were different.
The 'chains' that were holding him back had now disappeared. Rather, those chains had now turned into the very thing that actively pushed him forward.
"What? I left such an impression. No way, don't you know? I really like you, mother-in-law."
"Is that so? I am flattered."
Riona chuckled.
"Are you not gonna let me in? Don't worry, I won't eat you.
Not anytime soon, that is."
Riona momentarily frowned, however, thinking that Nux was joking like he usually does, she just chuckled and, "How can I not let my favorite son-in-law come in? You didn't even need to ask. There is no need to be formal with me, now is there?" Riona copied Nux's playful manner as well.
Nux's smile widened, "I knew I was your favorite."
He completely ignored the fact that he was the only option the woman had.
Riona chuckled as she let Nux in. She then offered him a seat before sitting in front of him and serving some tea.
"So? How come you suddenly remember your mother-in-law?" Riona questioned.
"Nothing much, as I said, I am just here to catch up. 150 years is a long time, how have you been?"
"Well, I was missing my daughter dearly, but since she is back, I am happy now." Riona replied, then, a frown appeared on her face and, "There is one thing I do not understand though and I actually wanted to talk to you about this. It is actually good that you came here yourself."
"Oh? What is it?" Nux asked.
"It is about Amaya. She seemed... a little different. Did something happen between you two?"
Hearing those words, a perverted smile appeared on Nux's face, "Come on, mother-in-law. Even though you are my mother-in-law, you shouldn't try to peek into your daughter's special moments now should you? She may not look like it, but Amaya is quite shy.
But to answer your question, yes, something did happen between us and as always, it was amazing. I am coming here after spending 5 hours with her, actually.
Now don't ask for more details, because I won't give you any. Ask your daughter instead."
"..."
Riona didn't know what to say.
This was not what she was talking about...
Seeing a funny expression appearing on Riona's face, Nux couldn't help but chuckle, just as he expected, teasing his mother-in-law was fun. A more mature Amaya, he could definitely get addicted to this. Nux's golden eyes shined intensely.
Obviously, Nux knew what Riona was talking about, when Amaya visited him before, she came after avoiding her mother. For a loving mother like Riona, it was definitely a big blow. Riona must be extremely worried right now, therefore, Nux decided to lessen her worry and come off as a more dependable man.
"Don't worry, mother-in-law. Amaya was worried about something, I promised her to deal with it, so she is fine now. She is currently sleeping, but once she wakes up, I will tell her to visit you.
She also has a lot of things she wanted to tell you. Even while we were training, she wouldn't stop telling me how she wanted to see you."
"Stop lying to me. That girl would never say those things, especially when she is with you. I don't want to admit it, but I already know that she prioritizes you over me." nOve-lb/In
"I mean, you will lose if you try to contend against me, that's a given.
After all, Amaya has already fallen deep into my trap and I don't plan on returning her to you. She is mine."
Nux smiled.
"You are selfish." Riona pouted.
The two then laughed out loud.
"Anyways, the thing she is worried about..." Riona's face suddenly turned serious.
"Is there something I can help with?" She questioned, wanting to help her child.
"Hmm? Well, yes, you do have a role to play in that." Nux nodded.
"Really?" Riona's face brightened up in an instant.
"Mhm."
"What do I have to do?" She questioned, her eagerness to help could literally be seen on her face.
And she was supposed to be a woman who was good at hiding her emotions.
'She is a good mother.'
Nux acknowledged in his head.
Then suddenly, his perverted mind pictured the mother-daughter pair together in not a very family-friendly way and his heartbeat quickened.
'Shit...'
He cursed inwardly.
Nux still couldn't believe that he was stepping into that zone.
The man of culture inside him was ecstatic with excitement. It was getting harder and harder to control it, however, Nux, who had now trained for more than a hundred years, had better control over himself.
Containing his excitement, he glanced at Riona with a serious look on his face, and,
"Just leave everything to me."
"But I want to help."
"I know, you will be playing your part soon, I promise, I need to set up the stage first."
"What...?"
Riona had no clue what this man was talking about.
