515: THE NIGHT FOR THEM (3)

THE NIGHT FOR THEM (3)

"Well… that's a turn off." Lou touched his chin, as he stared at the naked woman before his eyes for a while and then went straight to the bed, seemingly all the mood had gone and this made Nala panicked, because she was afraid, she would lose to get this merchant on her side. 

She suppressed the feeling of humiliation that dreaded her, she became self conscious right now to see Lou's reaction. 

Before this, she would always have a man to shield her and they were willing to do that because they wanted her body, thus Nala knew, her greatest strength was her beauty. 

In this lifetime, being beautiful was the greatest benefit that woman could have. You could get all the privilege that the ugly one could only dream of, but it came as a blessing and a curse at the same time.

However, the king had ruined Nala to the point another man saw her naked body in disgust and this was something that never happened before. They used to worship her and tell her how she was a beautiful creature. 

"W- we can do it from behind, so you don't need to see my scar…" Nala tried to persuade Lou, but the merchant only closed his eyes when she approached him, which shattered her self confidence even more. Was the sight of her really disgusted him?

"Nah. Let's do it another time. I am not in the mood right now." And after saying that, Lou turned his body, so his back was facing Nala and this hurt her even more. 

Her pride was crushed. She, the woman, who always flaunted her beauty, now had a man gave his back against her because he couldn't stand the sight of her. 

"O- okay…" Nala held back her tears and put on her dress again. 

"Close the door when you left."

That was only another stab in her heart when Lou spoke again. This merchant was truly heartless to his bone when he chose not to care. 

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Redmond returned so late at night, he was so damn tired and wanted to go straight to the sofa, where he used to sleep. Damn this woman to not allow him to sleep on the bed when it was spacious enough for both of them. 

However, when Redmond was about to lay down, he heard a soft whimper from inside the bedroom. 

At first, he tried to ignore it, thinking probably Sofia had another breakdown and was crying again right now. The sight of her crying was not a new thing for Redmond, because he had seen that a few times before, thus he intended to mind his own business. 

Yet, though it was faint, he knew this cry was so different from the other night. He was not sure what was so different, but instead of falling asleep and mind his own business like he intended to do, Redmond felt restless and couldn't sleep no matter how hard he tried. 

"Oh, damn it! I must be cursed for having this life!" Redmond grumbled and cursed under his breath, as he pushed himself off the bed and strode toward the bedroom. He slammed the door open in annoyance. "Can you keep it down, please? There is a poor man here, who need his goodnight sleep! I am going to die if I don't get my sleep, you know!"

But, Sofia only glanced at him over her shoulder with her back faced him. Her eyes were swollen, as she curled herself into a ball and whimpered again. 

This was weird, because usually Sofia would shout back at Redmond and both of them would tangle in a cursing competition against one another, until Redmond walked away and decided to sleep somewhere else. 

Yet, Sofia kept whimpering and didn't mind him at all. 

"What happened?" Redmond toned down his voice and walked over to check on her. His anger subsided significantly when he sensed there was something wrong with this woman.

"My foot…" Sofia whimpered, her face contorted in pain and this made Redmond felt a little bit worried. 

"Your foot? What happened with your foot?" Redmond immediately pulled away the blanket that covered her and saw Sofia was trying to reach her leg, but because she was heavily pregnant, her stomach didn't allow her to bend her body to touch her leg. 

"Cramp…" Sofia wept, still trying to reach down to her leg. 

Hearing that, Redmond immediately sat down on the edge of the bed. "Which feet?" he stared at her feet that was covered under her long dress. 

"Left…"

Redmond grabbed her left foot and pulled up her dress to get a better look of it. "How can you have a big foot like this?!" he was surprised to see how big her foot became. "What is it? Your feet are also pregnant?"

If Sofia was not in pain, she would have given him her piece of mind, but unfortunately, she couldn't do that when she was in so much pain right now and Redmond could help to alleviate the pain, or so she thought…

"It hurt…" Sofia cried softly. She closed her eyes, so the sight of Redmond touching her wouldn't upset her, but she started to scream when Redmond put pressure on her left foot. "Argh! Are you going to break my leg?!"

Redmond immediately stopped surprised that it caused her so much pain. "Hey! I am trying to help you, okay! Be nice!"

"It hurt! You are going to break my leg!"2

"Great point. I have done that countless time before, it will not be my first."

Sofia opened her eyes immediately when she heard that, she didn't know what Redmond meant with that, but she had this dreadful feeling, this man could be crazy enough to do that to her, sensing how much he hated to stuck with her because of the baby. 

Sofia was half way to accept that Redmond was the baby's father and not alpha Cane, subconsciously, because of the detail that Redmond could recall from that night they were together. 

"Get out!" Sofia screamed, but Redmond didn't oblige, instead he took her foot again, but this time, he tried to be as gentle as possible and massaged it clumsily. 

"Damn it! I am tired, I want to get a massage too," Redmond couldn't stop grumbling, but he didn't stop massaging her feet gently and recklessly. 

Meanwhile, Sofia started to feel better with the way Redmond put pressure on her cramp feet. 

"Why your feet so swollen like this? All the pregnant women like this?" Redmond asked, after he finished with his grumbling. It surprised him to see such big feet. "Did you eat or step on something strange?"

Sofia opened her eyes again and looked at Redmond, who was staring at her feet with this funny look on his face. It seemed, he genuinely wanted to know. "Maria said it's normal for a pregnant woman to get their feet swollen like this. I only need to apply the oil that she had concocted to make the swollen not look so bad."

"But, they look so bad, like feet of monsters, only less hairy."

Sofia really wanted to put her feet into Redmond's mouth for his comment. "Have you ever said something nice even for once in your entire life?"

"Being too nice will get you killed in this world, woman. You know that, don't be ridiculous."

Yes, Sofia knew that. There was no place for kindness in this cruel world, especially in her previous life in alpha Gallot's pack. If you were not shrewd enough, you would be replaced in a blink of an eye. A mistress was a disposable thing and if it was not for her beauty and youthful body, alpha Gallot must have forgotten about her, as she swamped in the pack house that filled with dozens of women. 

"Damn. Don't ever talk about this to anyone, understood?" Redmond glared at Sofia. "This is so embarrassing. No man should massage a woman's feet," he grumbled, but conveniently forgot that Cane did this to Iris when she was sick, or the way he treated his mate. 

"You can stop now if you don't want to do it!" Sofia snapped. 

"Just shut your mouth," Redmond grumbled, but he kept massaging her feet. 

"I am hungry…"

"I am not going to get anything for you! Do you think I am your maid!?"

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Cane took Iris to a beautiful place near the pack tomb, it was the upper course of the river, the same river that winding down to the Howling Wolf pack. 

The river looked so beautiful and the sound of it was better than the sound of the waterfall. It was not as noisy as that, in fact, the sound of it was so calming. 

Suddenly, Cane dropped to his knees with his back faced her. "Climb on."

"Hm?" Iris tilted her head, didn't understand that. 

"We will cross the river, you will get your dress wet."

"Oh." Iris hopped on his back and hugged his neck, while resting her chin on his shoulder. "But, you will get your pants wet then."

"I will simply take it off later."

Iris frowned. She felt like there was an underlying meaning behind his words, but she couldn't tell what it was, since Cane's expression remained the same. Did he just tease her? Or maybe it was only her, who was thinking too much. 

After Cane secured her on his back, he started to walk through the river. The night was warm enough, thus the water was not really cold. 

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