Forbidden Heat novel Chapter 350

“Well, honestly, I thought you wouldn’t turn up to work if I told you that your new boss is Reiner. I don’t know what happened between you two, but I could tell that you were avoiding him like the plague,” Queen said followed by a depressed sigh.

She stuffed more cake into her mouth, and it looked like she was stress-eating. I followed her example and stuffed a large chunk of cake into my mouth and began chewing on it.

“Maybe you’re right. It’s ok though, I’ve decided to continue working even if he’s my boss. I’ll make sure to do my job well,” I stated firmly.

“It’s good to see that you’re so motivated and determined. I’m quite relieved. I was scared that you’ll just up and leave the island for good,” Queen said before smiling at me.

I watched Queen stab the cake with her fork while I wondered if she had anything to do with the manager and secretary pairing. There was a sure way to find out.

“Please tell me that you didn’t have anything to do with me being coincidentally paired up with Reiner,” I said as I narrowed my eyes slightly at her.

Queen looked at me with wide innocent eyes before shaking her head in denial.

“I did no such thing. Well, I did mention to someone in HR that your character might, you know ‘might’ be compatible with Knight…” Queen said before smiling slyly at me.

Now it was my turn to laugh at how meddlesome the lady sitting opposite to me was. I couldn’t blame her or get mad at her though. She helped me so much and I was sure that she had the right to have some fun. I wasn’t sure about my character being compatible with Reiner though…

“You’re so funny, Queen. Don’t worry, I’m not mad or anything. I was just curious. My first day at work went well although I didn’t get to do any real work,” I told her.

“Don’t worry. You’ll be busy soon enough. Reiner has been swamped with work since he started helping out at the company. He’s back home much later than before. I don’t know what time he’ll be back tonight…” Queen said lazily.

“Really? He mentioned that he had to go out and told me to go home…” I mumbled.

I felt a slight sense of guilt knowing that Reiner was working hard while I practically didn’t do anything today. I better help him out tomorrow…

“You’ll be working together with him now so try to get along, ok?” Queen said with a teasing smile.

She definitely planned this.

“I’ll try. You really caused a big problem for me…” I muttered.

“You can’t blame me. I don’t want some other man to snatch up my future daughter-in-law!” Queen said followed by a loud theatrical laugh.

I didn’t want to believe that she found this funny. This is no joke.

For a moment, I like the idea of having Queen as my mother. She’s an awesome mother for sure and I envied Reiner a little for having a mother like her. Some parts of her made me miss my mother. She reminded me of my mother in some respects.