“I gave my word - I walked away from Mystic Falls, never to come back. It was a deal made easily and kept easier still. Perhaps she will visit, but I doubt she will, and I’ve yet to give up my desires while waiting on a woman. Even one as rare for her time as Caroline.”
He wouldn’t apologize to his brother.
But he’d apologize to his son.
While no one saw how he was to Marcel -

He never wished that kind of pain on the child he saved.
“Ignore the screaming.”

“Tick-tock, Love. It would be wise if you state why you’re sniffing around my home.”

And by home, he meant the entire city of New Orleans.