The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 448: OH, DID I HURT YOU?

Chapter 448: OH, DID I HURT YOU?

AIris refused to look at Cane. She pressed her face against his chest, while Cane hugged her. He then simply ripped off her dress, so he could get rid of it, before he ran the water, after he managed to get her out of her dress.

Meanwhile, Iris still refused to look at him, though she was cooperative enough to let Cane get herself out of her dress. The water turned warmer when Cane dropped more flame stones into the water.

Iris lifted her head and her body moved out of instinct when Cane brushed away her hair. She didn’t want him to look at her back.

"It’s okay." Cane leaned over and kissed the tip of her nose, as he pulled her head to rest against his chest again.

Iris obliged and let Cane spread soap on her back. "Is it there?" she asked.

She knew what Cane was looking for and because she already knew about it, there was no need for him to deny it. "No. Your scars covered your back."

"It’s ugly, right? It’s disgusting." Iris didn’t hear what Cane said, she only spoke what was in her mind out of her insecurity. She didn’t want him to stare at her ugly back, whether the mark was there or not.

Cane pushed her forward, but kept her within an arm’s length, as he stared at her. "Do you also find my phallus disgusting?" What was the difference between her back and his phallus when both those parts of their bodies were covered in scars? "Or, do you find my face disgusting instead?" There was a visible scar on his face, a reminder of what horrible nightmares Gerald had put him through.

Realizing what Cane meant by that, Iris looked mortified. "NO! No! I didn’t mean it that way." Iris raised her hands to cup his face, as she whimpered. "I am sorry. I didn’t mean it that way."

Cane took her hands and kissed her palms. "Don’t say anything like that. You are mine and I take offense when someone talks bad about what is mine, including you. Understood?"

Iris bit her lip and Cane pinched her chin, waiting for her reply.

"Your answer, Iris."

"Okay," she said in a small voice.

Cane leaned over to kiss the tip of her nose. "Everything about you is beautiful, Iris. I will never ask for more, you are more than enough for me."

Iris smiled softly, she felt a little bit better reading what Cane said.

The Alpha then sat her on his lap, and again, Iris could feel that thing nudging her bottom. "Mm... Cane..." She was not sure how to bring this up.

"Hm?" Cane asked, as he took some soap and started to rub it on her shoulders.

"Why don’t you... mm, why didn’t you... you know..." Iris bit her lip again. "You are still hard..." She blushed when the words finally left her lips and Cane only chuckled.

"Thank you for pointing it out."

And after that, he didn’t say anything and focused on his task to clean her up, he didn’t forget to brush his palm against her perky nipples innocently every now and then, while Iris kept struggling to get her point across.

"Cane, why didn’t you... why didn’t we..." Iris stared at Cane and realized he was intentionally ignoring her. "Cane!"

"What?" Cane tilted his head, as he rested his hand on top of her bare thigh under the warm water, but even so, Iris could still feel the heat from his skin.

"Why didn’t you..."

"...Fuck you?" Cane raised one of his brows, and his choice of words left Iris stunned. "What? Did it ring a bell?"

"Cane... you knew?"

Cane knew what she meant. "Yes, I knew." He knew what Lu had been doing when he took over his body. That damned lycan! "If he tries to do anything like that again, you stab him with the dagger I gave you, understood?"

Iris pursed her lips. "Doesn’t that mean I have to stab you?"

"Hm, even so, do it."

"No."

Cane stopped what he was doing and stared at Iris seriously. "This is not a request, Iris. I don’t want to hear a refusal. If something like that happens again and you can’t get away from him, stab him. I don’t want him to touch you."

Iris crossed her arms stubbornly, and without her realizing it, her movements pushed her breasts up and this was a tempting sight for the Alpha. "No. Actually, it’s still you who will touch me, right?"

"Iris, I am serious." Cane’s voice was dark and demanding. "He will not touch you, even with my body. No questions and I don’t accept ’no’ as an answer."

Iris was slightly taken aback with how stern Cane was. He had never been so demanding like this. "Okay." She promised him, but there was no way she would stab him.

Unfortunately, she didn’t know what the future would hold for them.

"After all, I will never do that again to you," Iris added in a small voice. Now, she knew for sure what would happen when she saw the shifter’s spirit beast. She would never do that again to Cane.

"Okay. There is nothing to be worried about then." Cane didn’t have any intention to give up his body to that damned lycan again, especially when he lusted over his mate. He then continued to take care of her hair.

"So, can you see the mark?" Iris asked, playing with the soap suds, as she stared at Cane. She liked it when he massaged her scalp.

"No. If the mark is indeed there, I think the scars covered it."

"Oh." Iris put some suds on top of his head and Cane smiled at her childishness. "How can you take back your body from the lycan?"

"Because I am angry," Cane said. He still could feel his desire for her, but he didn’t want to disrupt this serene moment. He had never done anything like this before and having a conversation while bathing was different. Or, maybe it was because of the person he was having a conversation with.

"You are angry because he touched me?"

"Hm." Cane massaged her scalp and she purred like a kitten, which made him smile and peck her lips.

"So, you do know what he was saying and what he was doing when he took over your body."

"Some of the time, yes."

"Why didn’t you take your body sooner?"

"Because I don’t have the energy to do so." He felt so lethargic whenever he tried.

"Cane."

"Hm?"

"What is your plan with... her?" Iris spread soap on his shoulders and started to run her hands on his skin, but Cane stopped her. He wanted this peacefulness to last a little bit longer.

"I will use her to get to Alpha Gallot," Cane replied lightly. He remembered what he told Sofia this morning.

"How?" Iris asked again.

"Deceiving an alpha by trying to trap them with their firstborn is a crime, especially when it involves royal blood," Cane said simply.

"I think, sometimes, you need to elaborate your plans to Ethan and Jace more. The two of them looked so defeated and stressed when they couldn’t ask you for instructions." Jace had talked with Iris about this before. The Beta literally asked a favor from Iris for bringing up this topic in front of Cane and Iris thought she really needed to mention it. With Cane gone, they had been at a loss and there would have been a lot of things at stake if they couldn’t make a decision as soon as possible.

But, the problem was; they didn’t have any idea which direction or the whole picture of Cane’s plan was.

However, Iris didn’t want to step her over boundaries and start telling him what he needed to do, because she herself didn’t know any better.

"I will think about that," Cane said, he actually considered the suggestion. The Alpha then attentively washed her hair.

Both of them felt comfortable being naked with each other like this, she didn’t mind him touching her, neither did he.

"Cane."

"Hm?"

"Why didn’t you make love to me earlier?" Finally, Iris could ask this question, though she was trying to hold back her embarrassment.

"I will, Iris, but earlier, my intention was to please you."

Iris bit her lip, she glanced down and she still could feel his hardness. How could he hold back for so long? Didn’t it torture him? Amee said he couldn’t get it down once he got hard. How would he take care of it?

Iris didn’t even want to think Cane would ask someone else to help him with this problem, though she knew, the ridiculous thought, was only her jealousy that was talking. How long did he plan to be like this? Would he be like this during dinner with the King too?

"Should I please you in return now?"

Cane chuckled, he stopped what he was doing and stared at his mate with amusement in his eyes. "How do you plan to do so?"

Iris didn’t know... but, she saw it once, she did this to him. Even though she didn’t like to remember that certain event, she thought it could help.

"Like this?" Iris moved a little bit back from his lap and then wrapped her hand around his hardness, which made Cane gasp in surprise, he didn’t expect her to do this.

"Iris!" He gripped the edge of the bathtub, while Iris moved her hand up and down, trying to figure out what she was going to do with it. Cane hissed dangerously.

"Oh, did I hurt you?"

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