All Chapters of Brother-in-laws dark obsession: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Iris wiggled in bed feeling restless. She couldn't sleep. Whenever she closed her eyes, she saw them. The tribes. Their boisterous laughter, their crude jokes were still ringing in her ear. And the quietness, she remembered how quiet she and Susan had been while hiding behind that boulder for hours. That silence, filled with fear of getting caught was equally worse. Heart racing, nerve wracking, and bone chilling fear. So the silence in the room is make her feel scared. Xavier's presence is making things a bit better, but not completely. Not enough for her nerves to settle. "Can I touch you?" he asked, maybe for the first time. Maybe because he saw how shaken she is. He is trying not to make her feel uncomfortable. As if he sensed her distress. "Yes" she replied softly and immediately. Anything to divert her attention from those thoughts. She heard the doctor prescribing sedatives if she couldn't sleep. But that's the last resort. This time when he slipped his palm underneath her

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

"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

'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

"We need to go there. He needs help" Iris whispered. Mathias shook his head. "Miss Jones, I have seen Mr. Knight growing up. He is tough. If these tribal men thought that they can attack him, then they would be dissapointed. Mr. Knight might have guessed all of this. He wouldn't go unprepared. Just trust him. He might have his own plans" he assured Iris. Iris slumped down by the sliding doors of the backyard, feeling worried and depressed. "Ms. Jones, please don't worry. I am sure Mr. Knight might be safe" Mathias tried to make her feel better. But she didn't reply. Just sat where she was while hugging her knees. "Sister Iris, please don't worry" Susan sat beside Iris, trying not to worry. .... In the forest near the Naga tribe village, the tribal men looked agitated. "I think he might have died out there somewhere. Even his own men couldn't find him" one of the tribal men shared with his lord. The lord didn't forget the humiliation he suffered. He touched his face where Ir