Forbidden Heat novel Chapter 360

For the first time, I felt useful, and I was doing some real work. On top of that, if I can help Reiner figure this out, we would be saving lives. Just like he had said when I first asked him what he was working on. He was right, we would be saving lives.

I felt dead tired when I got into the car and Reiner started driving us home. Despite my exhaustion, I felt very satisfied with how the day had progressed. If only tomorrow would be like this as well, then life wouldn’t feel so hard. I glanced over at Reiner and saw him paying attention to the road ahead. He didn’t seem so tired at all. I hoped that the effort that we’ve put in today will prevent him from spending late nights working alone at the office.

“See, I can be pretty helpful, right? I’m not completely useless…” I spoke up cheerfully.

My voice disturbed the silence in the car and Reiner glanced over at me before a small smile curved his beautiful lips. It’s been a long while since I’ve seen him smile and it felt like a lifetime ago since he last smiled because of me.

“Yea yea…” he muttered but the smile did not disappear from his lips.

His smile made me smile. It was the best reward that I could have ever wished for at the end of a long and tiring day.

“Now that we have the sample data, tomorrow we can analyze it to see if there are trends of any link of causation…” I said thoughtfully.

“You’re right,” Reiner agreed.

“This work is going to be tough, but I bet it’s going to be fun as well...” I said softly.

“It won’t be easy but we should be able to manage…” Reiner replied casually.

“Let’s work to save lives together! Haha…sounds like we’re superheroes of something,” I said before laughing.

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Silence settled in again. Natalia had been silent for a while now and after glancing over at her, Reiner wasn’t surprised to see that she had drifted off to sleep. She must have been tired after all the work that she’d done for the day. It was a short drive away before they reached the mansion and Reiner decided to let Natalia enjoy her rest peacefully.

The guards saluted to him when they saw his usual car arrive back at the mansion before opening the automatic gates. Reiner quickly parked the car before silently slipping out without waking up Natalia. Natalia was still fast asleep, and he didn’t want to do anything to wake her up. It would be great if he could get her to her bedroom without disturbing her rest.