Virgin blood

Xavier's POV

Xavier Knight was looking at the blood stained white bed sheets with a blank expression. He showered and ready for the day in his signature suit which highlighted his broad shoulders and narrow waist. Despite wearing a suit, nothing could hide the bulge in his biceps when ever he moved or picked up something. This man is tall and pure perfection wrapped in a suit.

"Mr. Knight, shall I allow the ladies to inspect the sheets" Xavier's assistant, Luis Carson requested.

A curt nod from Xavier was his answer before he turned his back to the bed and walked out of the room.

Luis understood the meaning and opened the suite doors wider, so that the second generation woman from the Knight family can inspect sheets.

"Look at that stain. It proves that she is pure and wouldn't stain our family lineage" one of the ladies whom Xavier recognized as his second aunt said haughtily.

Xavier ignored them and walked out of the suite with Luis following after him.

"Mr. Knight, you have a meeting with the Clinton's at 10.30 followed by..." Luis was stopped when Xavier raised his palm.

"We are going to the hospital to visit the younger daughter of the Jones" Xavier interrupted him.

Luis looked surprised. This is so out of character for his boss to change his schedule like this. This was supposed to be a business marriage. Xavier only met Natasha twice before the wedding. All the wedding arrangements were made by Natasha while Xavier clearly mentioned that he doesn't have time for all that. He even arranged a meeting with overseas clients at midnight, right after his supposed wedding night. Luis was not surprised. He has been following Xavier for 5 years now. So he knows Xavier perfectly. Xavier Knight is cold, calculating and all he cares about is work. He is a machine who does nothing but work. That's the reason the Knights group is sitting at the highest point of the pyramid. And Xavier's authority in the Knight family is unbiased.

"Ahh..ok Boss" Luis replied with surprise.

'Boss is doing something for courtesy? Since when did the boss started following the social norms? Looks like boss likes his new wife' Luis thought.

So he texted Baron Jones about Xavier's visit.

....

In the Houston university, Iris was summoned back to the hospital urgently by Candace.

"But mom, I have classes now" Iris tried to explain.

"Iris, Xavier Knight is coming to the hospital. It was you who was supposed to be sick. He cannot see Natasha wearing hospital shrubs. Come here in ten minutes. You know we will be ruined if he suspects anything. You understand that right?" Candace refused to listen to reason.

In the end Iris was left with no other choice but to rush to the hospital, leaving a bewildered Sara behind.

By the time she finally reached the ward where Natasha was resting, she felt something was off. Everything was silent, unlike that morning where Candace was on the phone and Baron left the moment Iris arrived. Now, it was too quiet to be normal. But she ignored it. The most important thing now was to go inside before Xavier does.

In her haste to rush inside, she didn't notice the person standing right in the middle of the room when she entered. She went and hit his rock hard frame with full force.

"Ahhh.." she gasped as her body bounced back from the force and she started going down. If not for that strong but very familiar arm wrapping around her waist and pulling her back, she would have hit the hospital floor unceremoniously.

Her soft curves hit the hard ridges of Xavier Knight.

Her eyes widened with shock and panic. His now very familiar scent hit her senses like a hard slap. For the first time, she met his gaze, dark, and intense. She felt like he is pulling her into the vortex of his gaze. The images of their night bombarded her mind, making her face turn crimson. She didn't notice thw hard tick of his jaw, and how his gaze turned cold.

She pulled away from him and took a couple of steps back to create distance between them. Her heart is pounding so hard, that she almost didn't hear when Candace called her.

"Iris, didn't the doctor asked you to rest? Where did you go?" Candace demanded.

Iris looked at Candace with a blank stare. She doesn't know how to react and what to tell at that moment.

"Mom, didn't i already told you? She said she wanted to go to her classes. She went to change" Natasha lied smoothly. Natasha is now wearing a blue sleeveless sheath dress, looking like the high profile socialite that she is.

Iris nodded hastily. She looked like a deer caught in headlights. She kept her head down, not daring to look at the man standing infront of her. She could feel his piercing gaze, dis

"Iris, did you forget your manners. Greet your brother-in-law. He came all the way here to visit you today" Baron Jones instructed his younger daughter.

"Thank you for your concern Mr. Knight" she whispered softly. If it was not so quiet, no one but Xavier could have heard her. His voice was that soft.

"I exchanged my vows with Ms. Jones yesterday. So why am I still Mr. Knight to you? Are we not a family, Kitten?" Xavier murmured calmly.

When Iris heard that endearment from last night, her eyes turned wide and immediately her gaze lifted from his shining sleek black shoes to his intense piercing black eyes. Her heart is pounding is so hard, that she is sure that he could see the fear brimming in her Grey orbs. Her bow shaped plump lips parted with shock.

"Kitten?" Natasha inquired.