The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 531

Chapter 531: MISUNDERSTANDING AND CLARITY

While the tonic prepared for Cane was to help him with his fertility issue, the tonic meant for Iris was simply to nurse her health, so she wouldn’t fall sick easily, which was proven to work wonders on her.

However, hearing what Cane said, she felt her heart being stabbed with a dull knife as she kept apologizing again.

"No, Iris. Stop." Cane didn’t tell her this to make her feel bad, he only wanted her to be aware of this and to find out whether they were on the same page about having the baby, since they had never talked openly about this.

Yet, he didn’t expect the effect of what he said to be so great on Iris, as she literally took it so hard and blamed herself

"Please, don’t." Cane kissed her to stop her from apologizing, as she felt so horrified.

"I didn’t mean it, Cane."

"I know you didn’t mean it."

"I am not lying."

"You are not a liar, Iris." Even if she did lie to him, he would know immediately, as she was not good at keeping secrets from him.

However, it didn’t make Iris stop crying and Cane was not sure about what to do. He started to think that he had talked to her too harshly. But, he was certain that he didn’t even raise his voice when he told her off about the alcohol.

Cane then put aside the bed tray and hugged her. He waited until she calmed down again, because she was too emotional right now.

Based on what he knew about her, his mate would tell him what she felt at some point, thus all he needed to do was to wait until she was comfortable enough to talk about it.

"Did I say something wrong?" Cane asked, he cradled Iris in his arms, as he kissed her hair and knuckles, his way to tell her he was not mad at her.

"The thought of you thinking that I don’t want a child with you hurt me," Iris said between her tears. "I didn’t do it on purpose, I am really stupid for not thinking it through."

"Enough with that self degrading word, Iris," Cane said sternly yet gently. "I don’t want to hear that."

Iris stopped talking altogether, as she rested her head against his chest and stared at the scenery outside of their window. They stayed like that for almost an hour. They felt the silence between them was very comforting and she liked to be held like this.

"Iris, I asked this only to make sure there is no misunderstanding between us." Cane was the first to break the silence between them, as he played with her hair.

There were so many things that needed to be done, but here they were, trying to comfort each other and get to the bottom of their own problems first.

"I remember how my mother got really sick when she was pregnant with my twin siblings. She was sick for the first four to five months, before she got better and I still remembered the smell of blood that came from her room when she gave birth." Cane adjusted his position when Iris lifted her head and stared at him, as she listened. "I don’t know how it feels or how much it will hurt, but I know it will not be easy for you and I don’t want to put you through something that you don’t want."

Iris shook her head. "No. I want it," she said adamantly. "I want it, Cane."

Whether this was because of the sense of obligation for the women in this realm to give birth to continue the bloodline or Iris was just being a shell of herself, who used to try to please everyone, but the thought of having a child that resembled her or Cane warmed her heart greatly. It gave her happiness just thinking about that.

"Okay." Cane smiled and kissed his mark on her neck.

They had come so far to this point, where they could talk about their feelings openly. A lot of things had happened and a lot had changed them, and they were grateful to still have each other as a comfortable place to be vulnerable in this world, where you were not allowed to show a speck of weakness.

"Let’s try it again, shall we?" Cane asked, kissing her chin and Iris had to bite her lip to stop herself from smiling.

However, as if the timing couldn’t be worse, she felt something trickle down between her legs, it was not because she was getting wet.

"Ah..." Iris grimaced when she felt her period come and Cane chuckled.

"I think your body is still upset with me for making you cry early this morning."

Iris laughed with him as well, her heart felt so light and she couldn’t believe that they just had a heartfelt conversation and almost had a misunderstanding between them. It could be fatal if they didn’t clear things up immediately.