Chapter 44. Let Me Take Care of You

Adolphus stopped gradually as he kept his face buried in the crook of her neck. In his deep voice, he said, “When you were not in front of my sight, do you know what was the most tortuous feeling for me?” he inquired.

Iris plainly refused, trying to process what just happened between the two. She didn’t protest him to stop, in turn, she asked for more.

Adolphus then lifted his head and peered into her eyes. “I couldn’t get your scent. I was helpless and restless. I don’t want to live separately from you anymore, Iris. I want you to be mine forever. I want you to marry me,” he proposed her for the marriage and then took the pendant off his neck. He put it around Iris’s neck and met her gaze again.

“You can’t refuse me, Iris. In the beginning, it was a master-slave relationship with you. But now, it has turned into a relationship of lovers. Be mine,” Adolphus said while confessing his feelings for her.

“What about the King, the Queen and the others? They won’t