The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 260

Chapter 260: HE WAS WORKING ON IT

Cane stirred when he felt Iris moving away from him. He was alarmed, his mind immediately cut straight to the worst case possible and his body reacted, as if he was being attacked.

"What happened?" His lucid eyes scanned his surroundings, but there was nothing. He was safe and there was nothing to be worried about, at least, inside this room, the chaos out there didn’t seep through yet.

"I am going to get some food," Iris said sheepishly, as she pointed at their breakfast. "I am hungry."

Cane finally realized what was going on and that he had overreacted for no reason at all. He then let Iris go and got off the bed to freshen himself up.

Iris still could feel his strong arms that hugged her body all night, she still felt so warm being so close to him, but she couldn’t ignore her hunger any longer... her stomach was rumbling uncomfortably. She didn’t eat much last night as she couldn’t even taste the otherwise delicious spread, because she needed to talk with Laluna during their dinner, someone that she didn’t like to have any conversation with.

The Princess would always find a way to talk about how lucky Iris was to have Cane as her mate, praising the Alpha to the moon and back, which irked her to no end. Iris actually spent the entire dinner trying to mask her annoyance and focus on that difficult task.

Iris munched on her meal when she caught her reflection in the mirror. Her hair! She looked so messy with her curls around her little face, it looked like the mane of a lion. Ugh.

Somehow, her current look made her feel self- conscious and she used her fingers to tame it. Her hair would always look so messy in the morning, but this was the first time she got frustrated.

Right at that time, Cane came out, he had already changed his clothes, as he wore the formal ones, which meant he would go out now.

"Why don’t you eat your breakfast first?" Iris asked when she saw Cane, she tried to tame her hair by tugging on it helplessly.

"I am late," Cane said curtly.

Iris fell silent. She was very familiar with this curt answer and almost pulled a face. When she thought they had made progress, they circled back to the beginning again. She lowered her head and stared at the breakfast for both of them that Hanna had brought this early morning.

However, when Iris thought Cane would leave after giving her that short answer, the Alpha actually approached her and kissed her head briefly, which surprised Iris. She lifted her head and stared at Cane, whose expression didn’t change at all after that sudden act of affection.

"I heard you will need me during the final fitting of the ceremony outfits." Hanna had told him before about this, because she thought Iris wouldn’t bring it up, since she didn’t want to bother the Alpha.