Chapter 56

"Achilles? Is everything alright?" a soft voice called out from behind the bathroom door.

Diverting my track, I walked over to the closed door and replied reassuringly, "Everything is fine, my love. Why do you ask?"

I heard the water swish for a moment from behind the door before she quietly mumbled, "You were taking a while to put Liam to bed, so I was worried something was wrong."

I chuckled softly. Though she had quite strong motherly instincts, she was still young and had quite an adorably innocent shyness to her.

Leaning back against the wall, I told her, "Liam just wanted to ask me a few questions. He accidentally saw the marks peaking out of your sweater and thought someone was harassing you at work again."

Plop!

I raised an eyebrow at the sound of what I assumed was something dropping into the water.

"Um... W-What did you tell him?"

"The truth. That they are love marks from me."

"A-Achilles! Y-You can't say those types of things to a five-year-old."

A soft smile crept