Forbidden Heat novel Chapter 361

I felt the softness of what must be my bed against my back and realized that somehow, I had arrived back to my room. The last thing I remembered was talking to Reiner in his car while we were driving back from the office to the mansion. If that was the case then sometime during the drive, I must have fallen asleep in the car. Did Reiner carry me back to my room?

He probably did. My eyelids and body felt heavy from sleep.

Drowsily, I opened my eyes a little to see Reiner sitting on the side of my bed. He was looking down at me and when I opened my eyes slightly, our eyes met.

“You’re awake,” Reiner said softly.

“Hmm…R?” I called his name softly as my hand reached out towards him.

My hand reached his leg but stretching out my arm made me wince slightly in pain. My arm felt slightly stingy and sore. Did carrying all those documents hurt my arm? My muscles felt sore, and I couldn’t think of another reason so that must have been it.

“What’s wrong?” Reiner asked and I could hear worry and concern in his voice.

He’s still so caring even though he doesn’t like to show it anymore.

“My arm hurts a little. I didn’t realize it before until I stretched it just now…” I murmured softly.

“Where does it hurt?” Reiner asked as he came closer to me.

“I don’t know. My arm just feels sore. I don’t think it’s anything serious, you don’t have to worry,” I said before smiling weakly at him.

I wasn’t sure if my exhaustion from working long hours was worst or the pain in my arm was worst. From my experience, something sore like this would probably worsen overnight and I would wake up with very sore arms tomorrow morning.

“You shouldn’t have carried those documents…” Reiner muttered.

“I thought you wanted me to…” I whispered as I averted my gaze.

“This is why I keep telling you not to bite off more than you can chew. Stop trying to work so hard,” Reiner complained.

“What is that supposed to mean? I want to work too. I want to be useful…” I said desperately.