He felt guilty, but he is the only child and his mother died. He's only a half-brother to the others. Inwardly he didn't feel ready to be a father as for now, he's affectionate starved, only wanting father's approval, but his distant father could not tend to him as much, often leaving him alone to learn to fend for himself which he did when he becomes an adult.

The love Leanne gives him is all the love he has ever learn to accept, to hold as his own, and perhaps filling in absence and emptiness. He loved his family, but Leanne stirs his passion and it felt new and raw.

And he needed to slow down. His heat wanes because his heart wanted more. Besides the meal that fills him.

"Yes spend the day with me." He murmured, almost purring. At that, he doesn't hesitate to wrap his arms around her for a cuddle. "We can make it together you and I."

More purrs, "I love you." He said.