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.