Iris:
"She is gone," I said quietly.
"Wait, what?" he questioned, shaking his head as he leaned down and placed his hand on the window sill to hear better.
"She had to go back into the woods. Her father is sick," I lied, turning my head toward the window again.
"And what about you? Why are you so down?" he asked, his voice lowering.
I did not respond. I could not. For a mont, I wanted to disappear.
What I went through last night stayed with , and no matter how hard I tried to push it away, I could not.
Not only was I hurt, but others suffered my mother’s actions because of my single mistake of getting intimate with Kash.
"Iris," he said as he gently placed his hand on my shoulder.
I slapped his hand away and stepped off the window sill, moving away from him.
That reaction ca from the discomfort I felt after everything that had happened.
The way Kash was looking at , along with my children, made realize what I had just done.
"It’s okay. I won’t touch you if you don’t want to," Kash replied calmly, not offended at all, as if he understood.
I guessed he could tell sothing was wrong.
"No, it’s just that I thought there was a spider on , and you were trying to take it off, or that you were brushing sothing off my shoulder," I explained, trying to co up with a ridiculous lie while laughing awkwardly.
My children rushed toward .
"Mommy, was there a spider?" Amy asked.
Thankfully, I had been able to fool them into thinking it was about a spider, but deep down, I was still shaken.
"Yeah, it was a big one. But don’t worry, your daddy took care of it," Kash remarked.
Kash stepped ahead and lifted Amy into his arms, keeping one eye on while I stole a glance at him.
"Anyway, what do you say? Should I ask my royal beta to take you guys around and buy you toys?" Kash asked them.
I looked at Kash with worry. However, he made a hand gesture, letting know that Walkin would take care of them, and I knew he would.
Walkin had never really gone against Kash or done anything that was not in Kash’s favor, so I knew I could trust him.
Besides, as long as my mother was not around my kids, I knew they would be fine.
"And we will go check out the blue waters until then," Kash told , watching as I gave him a nod.
That was when the door opened and soone else walked in. Luca. He scratched the back of his neck.
He had probably taken a shower and co straight here, looking for and the children.
"Why the heck were my pants open last night?" he questioned.
It did not only make Kash look at strangely, as if asking what Luca was talking about, but it also made look away from Luca.
If only he knew what had happened last night to him, , and Scarlett. I felt sick.
My mother had not stopped there. I was not the only one she wanted to terrorize.
She used whatever she could to control .
"You were pretty drunk. You must have opened them yourself. How am I supposed to know?" I replied after finally gathering my thoughts and lying.
Feeling guilty, I knew he deserved to know. He was just as much a victim as we were.
"Yeah, I know I was drunk, because when I woke up, my girlfriend had decided to leave alone in the room," Luca comnted.
"Are you guys going sowhere today?" He then asked and I looked at Kash.
"Just so office work. Why don’t you go look around my pack?" Kash suggested.
Luca seed so out of it that he only shrugged and nodded.
"Sure," he replied, then wandered away.
Kash put Amy and Colin down, and after he had arranged the entire day for them, it was ti for Kash and to go out to check the blue waters.
Since it had already been decided that we would check out the area, and Kash had already spoken to Lord Ronald about it, there were no hurdles.
We were asked to wait in the parking lot while the father and daughter arrived to et us.
However, while they were still walking toward us, Kash began fixing his coat.
As he looked around, he whispered sothing to .
"Soone from your family is giving Lara information about your whereabouts," he remarked before finishing with his coat and smiling at Lara as she approached him and held his hand.
I noticed that today he was overly sweet with her, responding well to her actions, probably because he was trying not to upset her and risk canceling the visit.
"Okay, before we go, I would like you all to leave your phones in the car when we get out and walk down the trail. Also, do not try to take the water out. Rember, we are not supposed to take water from the Blue River," Lord Ronald explained.
Everyone nodded while Kash and I quietly shared a glance.
"Okay then, let’s go," he added.
However, just then, my mother rushed out.
Seeing her in front of suddenly made sothing snap, and I unintentionally moved behind Kash’s back.
I knew he noticed because he turned to give a glance before looking back at her.
"Wait for Luca’s arrival, please," my mother stated.
The way she looked at and smirked told exactly what she was hinting at.
"Actually, my daughter and him should spend so ti together as well. Since the two are heading into the next step of their relationship, it would be much better if he also paid attention to the business," my mother continued.
I noticed the way Kash turned his head toward to stare, almost as if waiting for to confirm that what my mother was saying was not true.
"Right, Iris? Isn’t that it? Aren’t you two thinking about taking a step further in your relationship?" my mother questioned in front of everyone.
My presence felt unsteady. With all eyes on , I imdiately started to nod.
"Yes, that’s it," I replied. "We are taking a step further."
The mont I said it, I saw Kash look visibly upset with , and then Luca arrived.
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