LOGIN'Were you not scared for your own life?' Iris wondered while looking at his sleeping face. He was alone when he found her. He knows the tribal people would be nearby even though they were not visible. Still he challenged the tribal lord. Its either Xavier is confident or reckless. She doesn't think he is the reckless type. Xavier Knight is calculating and decisive. He doesn't do anything with out thinking. To survive in the Knight family alone with out the support of his parents must not be simple. Iris still shuddered just remembering the table full of the Knights who were not looking at her, but felt like scanning her worth to stand infront of them, let alone dine with them. If not for Xavier, she is sure she would have been in tears in the first five minutes. 'How did you survive the Knights? They looked scary. But you just didn't survive them, you somehow managed to trample them with your authority. How did you manage that? If you could control the Knights, then you must be sc
In Louisville, Iris sat on the edge of her bed feeling overwhelmed. After leaving Xavier's study, she spend time with Susan chatting over mundane things. 'Sister Iris, Mr. Knight is very patient and tolerant towards you. If it was anyone else who barged into his study the way you did, they would have ended up crying by now. Mr. Knight treats you well. Looks like he loves your sister very much, that's why he is very caring towards you' Iris couldn't shake what Susan said casually. She felt like a cheater for hiding the truth from Susan who is treating her genuinely. Even if she wanted to tell Susan, what can she say? No matter however she explained her situation, the truth won't change. She cheated Xavier. But somehow he didn't punish her for that. "What are you thinking?" his deep tone made her jump. She was so lost in her head that she didn't notice when he entered her room. She thought he was still in his study discussing things with a group of men in suits. They were planning
"This is inappropriate" Iris resisted. As much as he is making her feel special, and as much as he is pampering her, still this is not the way you touch your sister's husband. Despite everything he has done for her, the fact that he still brought her here to use her like the others still stung. "We have already crossed all the lines of being appropriate, with the blessings of the Jones no less. So lets not talk about that now. You were asking why I brought you here, so why not stick to that?" he murmured with a hint of amusement in his gaze. She looked away at his words. "To answer your question, no, I did not bring you here for this. It's not important why, but not for this. I just wanted you to stay home and not cause any trouble for me and for yourself. I don't wanted you to be bored either. So I thought you can go through these files instead and keep yourself occupied. As a law student, I was hoping that you could find things which the others couldn't. These are legal document
"What is that all about?" Iris inquired Susan curiously. Susan sat up quietly and looked around to make sure they are alone. "You didn't know?" she asked while looking at Iris expectantly. "Didn't know what?" Iris replied with confusion. Susan gave her a thoughtful look. Whatever she found on Iris's eyes, she started speaking. "Mr. Knights grandfather, Mr. Sutton bought a huge patch of land near the Naga tribe lands. They seemed to have an agreement with the Naga tribe agreeing that they don't have a problem if Mr. Sutton started mining minerals worth billions there. But after Mr. Sutton's death, somehow that agreement copy went missing from the original folder. For years Mr. Knight tried to search for the missing documents all around the banglow, mostly in Mr. Sutton's room. But they came back empty handed. So Mr. Knight thought about providing water supply to the Naga tribe in exchange for a new agreement. But this morning Mr. Knight exchanged that bargaining chip to allo
Iris found herself cleaning the old files some of which aged 20 years or older. They are not filled with dust or anything, but they are all cluttered together without a proper arrangement. So now her task is to arrange them neatly on the shelves from older to new based on the dates on those files. 'No wonder Susan was scrubbing the floors. Looks like that was her punishment for wandering around into danger yesterday' she thought. Because this is her punishment from Xavier. She didn't complain. He stuffed her inside his study for the entire day, but she has work to do to occupy her. Sitting idle would have been a much worse punishment. "Sister Iris?" she heard Susan's voice coming from just outside the study. "In here" Iris called out to let her know where she is. To her surprise, Susan came crawling inside. "Why are you crawling like that?" Iris asked with amusement. Susan sat down on her hunches with a huff. "Scrubbing floors is way too hard. And what's worse, dad is monit
"Miss Jones" Marthias called Iris. She pulled back from Susan and smiled softly towards Mathias, who was watching Susan and Iris with soft paternal affection. "Mr. Knight wants you in his study" he relayed the message from Xavier. Iris nodded and went to meet Xavier. But when she went closer to his study, she froze with fear. The Naga tribe men were standing outside. "Miss, please come inside" Ethan urged her. Her legs refused to budge. Fight or flight instinct took over. She took a step back and was ready to run when she heard Xavier's voice. "Kitten, come inside" three words, but a solid command. Reluctantly, Iris went inside with legs shaking and palms sweating. Inside, she found the Naga lord, which made her shiver with fear. Ethan closed the door after him while Iris froze after taking just a few steps inside the room. When she refused to walk any closer to that man, Xavier came towards her instead. He grabbed her arm gently and escorted her towards the Naga lord. "No







