The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 515: A NIGHT FOR THEMSELVES (3)

Chapter 515: A NIGHT FOR THEMSELVES (3)

"Well... that’s a turn off." Lou touched his chin, as he stared down at the naked woman before his eyes for a moment and then went straight to the bed. Seemingly, all the mood had gone and this left Nala panicking, because she was afraid she would fail to get this merchant on her side.

She suppressed the feeling of humiliation that dreaded her, she became self conscious the moment she saw Lou’s reaction.

Before this, she had always had men to shield her and they were willing to do that because they wanted her body, thus Nala knew her greatest strength was her beauty.

In this lifetime, being beautiful was the greatest asset that women could have. You could get all the privileges that the ugly ones could only dream of, but it came as a blessing and a curse at the same time.

However, the King had ruined Nala to the point that another man could only see her naked body in disgust while this was something that never happened before. They used to worship her and tell her how beautiful she was.

"W- we can do it from behind, so you don’t need to see my scar..." Nala tried to persuade Lou, but the merchant only closed his eyes when she approached him, which shattered her self confidence even more. Did the sight of her really disgust him?

"Nah. Let’s do it another time. I am not in the mood right now." And after saying that, Lou turned his body away until his back was facing Nala and this hurt her even more.

Her pride was crushed. She, a woman, who always flaunted her beauty, now had a man give his back to her because he couldn’t stand the sight of her.

"O- okay..." Nala held back her tears and put on her dress back.

"Close the door when you leave."

That was just another stab to her heart. This merchant was truly heartless to the bone when he chose not to care.

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Redmond returned so late at night, he was so damn tired and wanted to go straight to the sofa, where he used to sleep. Damn this woman to not allow him to sleep on the bed when it was spacious enough for both of them.

However, when Redmond was about to lie down, he heard a soft whimper from inside the bedroom.

At first, he tried to ignore it, thinking probably Sofia was just having another breakdown and crying again right now. The sight of her crying was not a new thing for Redmond, because he had seen that a few times before. And so, he intended to mind his own business.

Only he couldn’t. Though it was very faint, he knew this cry was so different from the other nights. He was not sure what was so different, but instead of falling asleep and minding his own business like he intended to do, Redmond felt restless and couldn’t sleep no matter how hard he tried.

"Oh, damn it! I must be cursed for having this life!" Redmond grumbled and cursed under his breath, as he pushed himself off the bed and strode toward the bedroom. He slammed the door open in annoyance. "Can you keep it down, please? There is a poor man here who needs his goodnight sleep! I am going to die if I don’t get my sleep, you know!"

But, Sofia only glanced at him over her shoulder while her back was facing him. Her eyes were swollen, as she curled herself into a ball and whimpered again.

This was weird, because usually Sofia would shout back at Redmond and both of them would tangle in a cursing competition against one another, until Redmond walked away and decided to sleep somewhere else.

Yet, Sofia kept whimpering and didn’t mind him at all.

"What happened?" Redmond toned down his voice and walked over to check on her. His anger subsided significantly when he sensed there was something wrong with this woman.

"My foot..." Sofia whimpered, her face contorted in pain and this made Redmond feel a little bit worried.

"Your foot? What happened to your foot?" Redmond immediately pulled away the blanket that covered her and saw Sofia was trying to reach her leg, but because she was heavily pregnant, her stomach didn’t allow her to bend her body to touch her own leg.

"Cramp..." Sofia wept, still trying to reach down, seemingly, to massage her own leg.

Hearing that, Redmond immediately sat down on the edge of the bed. "Which one?" he stared at her feet that were covered under her long dress.

"Left..."

Redmond grabbed her left foot and pulled up her dress to get a better look at it. "How can you have a huge foot like this?!" he was surprised to see how big her foot became. "What is it? Your feet are also pregnant?"

Had Sofia not been in pain, she would have given him a piece of her mind, but unfortunately, she couldn’t do that when she was in so much pain right now and Redmond could help to alleviate the pain, or so she thought...

"It hurts..." Sofia cried softly. She closed her eyes, so the sight of Redmond touching her wouldn’t upset her, but she started to scream when Redmond put pressure on her left foot. "Argh! Are you going to break my leg?!"

Redmond immediately stopped, surprised that it caused her so much pain. "Hey! I am trying to help you, okay! Be nice!"

"It hurts! You are going to break my leg!"

"Great point. I have done that countless times before, it will not be my first."

Sofia opened her eyes immediately when she heard that, she didn’t know what Redmond meant by that, but she had this dreadful feeling, this man could be crazy enough to do that to her, sensing how much he hated to be stuck with her because of the baby.

Sofia was half way to accept that Redmond was the baby’s father and not Alpha Cane, subconsciously, because of the details that Redmond could recall from that night they were together.

"Get out!" Sofia screamed, but Redmond didn’t oblige, instead he took her foot again, but this time, he tried to be as gentle as possible and massaged it clumsily.

"Damn it! I am tired, I want to get a massage too," Redmond couldn’t stop grumbling, but he didn’t stop massaging her feet gently yet recklessly.

Meanwhile, Sofia started to feel better with the way Redmond put pressure on her cramping feet.

"Why are your feet so swollen like this? Will all pregnant women be like this?" Redmond asked, after he finished with his grumbling. It really surprised him to see such big feet. "Did you eat or step on something strange?"

Sofia opened her eyes again and looked at Redmond, who was staring at her feet with this funny look on his face. It seemed he genuinely wanted to know. "Maria said it’s normal for a pregnant woman to get their feet swollen like this. I only need to apply the oil that she had had concocted to make the swelling not look so bad."

"But, they look so bad, like the feet of monsters, only less hairy."

Sofia really wanted to shove her feet into Redmond’s mouth for his comment. "Have you ever said something nice in your entire life?"

"Being too nice will only get you killed in this world, woman. You know that, too, don’t be ridiculous."

Yes, Sofia knew that. There was no place for kindness in this cruel world, especially in the life she had at Alpha Gallot’s pack. If you were not shrewd enough, you would be replaced in a blink of an eye. A mistress was a disposable thing and if it was not for her beauty and youthful body, Alpha Gallot would have long forgotten about her, as she swamped in the pack house that was filled with dozens of women.

"Damn. Don’t ever tell anyone about this, understood?" Redmond glared at Sofia. "This is so embarrassing. No man should massage a woman’s feet," he grumbled, but conveniently forgot that Cane did the same if not more for Iris when she was sick, or the way he treated his mate.

"You can stop now if you don’t want to do it!" Sofia snapped.

"Just shut your mouth," Redmond grumbled, but he kept massaging her feet.

"I am hungry..."

"I am not going to get anything for you! Do you think I am your servant!?"

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Cane took Iris to a beautiful place near the pack tomb, it was around the upper course of the river, the same river that wound down to the Howling Wolf pack.

The river looked so beautiful and the sound of it was better than the sound of the waterfall. It was not as noisy as that, in fact, the sound of it was so calming.

Suddenly, Cane dropped to his knees with his back facing her. "Climb on."

"Hm?" Iris tilted her head, not understanding that.

"We have to cross the river, you will get your dress wet."

"Oh." Iris hopped on his back and hugged his neck, while resting her chin on his shoulder. "But, you will get your pants wet then."

"I will simply take them off later."

Iris frowned. She felt like there was an underlying meaning to his words, but she couldn’t tell what it was, since Cane’s expression remained the same. Did he just tease her? Or maybe it was only her, who was thinking too much.

After Cane secured her on his back, he started to walk across the river. The night was warm enough, thus the water was not really cold.

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