Forbidden Heat novel Chapter 378

“Thank you for bringing me here. This cake tastes really good,” I said before smiling a little at Reiner in appreciation.

“I’m glad that you like it,” he replied.

“I really like it,” I said as I looked deeply into his blue eyes.

Thank you, Reiner.

Time slipped by as we sat there in silence. Some time, I would feel Reiner eyes on me as I continued to eat the cake. Once I had finished, I realized that we’ve had quite an extended lunch in terms of time.

“Natalia…” Reine called my name softly.

I looked up to find him staring directly at my face.

“Yes?” I replied, wondering what he was going to say.

“About yesterday, where did you go?” Reiner asked.

Was that what had been bothering him?

“Nowhere. I just wasn’t feeling so well,” I replied, trying to sound normal.

“Really?” he asked as his eyes watched me.

“Really. I feel all better now so there’s nothing for you to worry about,” I replied

I lied but it was true that soon, there wouldn’t be anything for him to worry about anymore.

Spending the weekday with Reiner has made it hard for me to go to work at the bar. He drove us to work together and then at the end of the workday, he would drive us back. That left me no room to slip away to work at the bar. If I brought it up again and asked for his permission, we would most likely get into another argument, and I wanted to avoid that at all costs. This problem will go away soon enough anyways.

The weekend would arrive soon, and I would move out of his mansion to start living at my new place. That would mean that we would no longer share a ride to the office or a ride back to the mansion. Naturally, when that happened, I can work at the bar whenever I wanted once again. I should give Jamie a call to apologize for not turning up to work so much this week. At least, I can promise to work both nights on the weekends at this bar. Although that would make waking up on a Monday morning harder than usual…

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