The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 448

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.