Forbidden Heat novel Chapter 305

It was always during these enjoyable moments that time seemed to pass by so quickly. Before I knew it the sun had already started to set. I looked up at the sky a little sadly, thinking that the day was already coming to an end.

“You don’t need to look so sad,” Reiner said comfortingly as he wrapped a protective arm around my shoulders.

“The day is coming to an end…time flew by too fast…” I muttered depressingly.

“What are you talking about? This is when we start watching the sun set and once we’re done with that we’ll start a fire and cook dinner,” Reiner said before he flashed me a bright smile.

I guess, the day was far from over after all. I thanked Reiner silently as I smiled back at him and hugged him back. We watched the sunset together side by side. The sky changed colored from blue to a mix of orange and pink and then to dark purple and finally it got dark as the sun dipped below the horizon.

Reiner made a fire so that we could camp out under the stars. I watched as he started preparing the fish that we had caught before in the stream and started to grill them on the fire. Ok, he caught them while I was goofing around and acting useless. Spending so much time outside like this was a pleasant change. Because of my phobia of the forests, this wouldn’t have been possible before this.

“R, come here,” I said as I patted my hands on my lap.

Reiner cocked his head at me curiously, but I knew that he understood what I wanted him to do. He looked hesitant.

“Come here,” I said as I patted my lap again.

With a sigh, Reiner finally gave in. He sat down next to me and then laid down with his head on my lap. I looked down at this handsome face as he stared up into mine with his beautiful blue eyes.

“Let’s watch the stars together, R,” I said as I pointed up at the sky.

We were far from the city so we could see the stars clearly. The trees where we were sitting parted enough for us to get a good view of the sky above. It was a breathtakingly beautiful sight to behold. There were many things that I wanted to say to him, but I decided to keep them for another day. Perhaps, when the stars weren’t so bright and the atmosphere was less romantic, I’ll start saying them. I wasn’t sure if Reiner had anything that he wanted to say to me. We just stayed close together as we watched the stars twinkling in the sky above us.

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Perhaps it was because I was tired or because the trip made me relax but I slept so well last night. For once in a very long time, I woke up uncharacteristically early in the morning. For someone who wasn’t a morning person, I had never woken up this early by myself without the help of the alarm. I sat up in bed and realized that Reiner was nowhere to be seen.

I got out of bed and went out to the living room. Surprisingly, Reiner wasn’t there either. I guess he went out? I bet he never suspected that I would wake up this early. I decided to look around while I waited for him to return. The morning weather up in the mountain felt wonderful. The air felt so clean and fresh, and I could smell nature. There were dew drops on the leaves of the plants in front of the mini-mansion. I crouched down to see the drew drop. This really looked like a scene from some nature documentary that I had seen before on television.

Walking around the well-kept garden surrounding the mansion, I was lost in nature and the peacefulness of the scenery that I didn’t realize that someone had approached me. Looking back on it, I wasn’t sure if I was that lost in the moment or if that person had a talent of sneaking up on other people.