The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 228

Chapter 228: A MISTRESS

Iris didn’t know what happened yesterday night at the dinner that she didn’t attend, but what the King said threw her off guard.

King Aeon talked in a way that insinuated the young woman named Nala had pleased Cane and they had a good time. She was not that naïve to not know what he was trying to imply.

Her heart skipped a beat when she imagined what might have happened between them.

Iris was well aware that she shouldn’t develop such feelings, since this was what other women felt whenever their man took mistresses. It was a tradition, so the bloodline wouldn’t die, since they said blood was thicker than water, but to its irony, siblings would kill each other for highest power.

More so, their mate bond was not something that happened because both of them wanted it. Neither of them consented to it. It happened because Iris was at the wrong time and wrong place that night.

Meanwhile, Cane kept holding her hand, even when Nala came closer to him and despite Iris’ effort to retract her hand away from him, he held her firmly.

What is it? Is he afraid that the dark wisp will appear?

Iris finally stayed silent, but her expression showed how she felt. It was hard to hide it. On the other hand, she should have known her position, even clearly when Aria was still Cane’s mistress, but she didn’t think much about it, since Aria was with Cane even before she met him.

But now it was a different thing, Nala looked perfect. She was tall and elegant. She was also not deaf like her. More so, she was not a runt. All of a sudden, Iris felt a burst of jealousy that she couldn’t explain gnawing at her heart, something that she had never really felt before.

Yet, there was nothing she could do when Nala came closer to Cane and smiled sweetly at the Alpha.

Nala remembered how she was so scared of him yesterday night and didn’t dare to do much to attract his attention, but right now, she was under the pressure to impress him and make him want her, so she could be his mistress.

It was an order that her father got from the King and she should execute the plan well, or else, her father wouldn’t have a good time in the court if he incurred the King’s ire for failing this plan.

"Should I sit next to you, Alpha?" Nala looked more confident now. This was the second time she met him, thus the scar on his face was not as intimidating as before. She had prepared herself for this. "I would love to accompany you."

Nala didn’t even spare a glance toward Iris, who was sitting next to Cane, as the people around the table cheered for her, provoking Cane to take her there and then, telling him how attractive she was.