Forbidden Heat novel Chapter 391

“Ok…” I mumbled.

The line clicked dead, and I looked around the still-empty office as I tried to collect my thoughts. Don’t panic, Natalia. Reiner will be back soon…

How soon? The expert is literally on the way here right at this instant. I looked at the clock hanging from the wall and found out that the expert was perfectly on time. Where is Reiner now?!

“Knight? Where you are right now?” I asked after the line connected.

“I’m in the car. I’m on the way back to the office,” Reiner replied.

“How much longer?” I asked anxiously.

“10 minutes or a little more…depending on the traffic,” Reiner replied casually.

That’s a long time, isn’t it?

“Ok. The expert is taking the elevator up here as we speak,” I reported.

“Good luck, Natalia…” Reiner said.

I stared at my mobile phone after Reiner had suddenly hung up on me. Guess someone just threw me under the bus here.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. The expert is here!

This is it, I thought to myself as I closed my eyes and took in a deep breath. Honestly, I had no idea why I felt so nervous in meeting this expert, but I was nervous nonetheless. I opened my eyes and quickly plastered my most perfect smile on my face before opening the door.

“Welcome…” I said sweetly.

“…Natalia?”

Huh? Why is he here?

My perfect smile quickly transformed as my mouth hung open in shock. The voice that called my name was all too familiar and so was the man standing behind the senior secretary.

“Wow. Do you two know each other by any chance?” the secretary quickly jumped in.

Doesn’t she know how to read the atmosphere or the mood?

“Charles…” I whispered when my mouth could finally move.

Why is Charles here?

“You work here?” Charles asked and it was clear that he was finding it hard to believe too.

I found it hard to believe that the expert that we planned to rely on for our project was none other than Charles. Since we never really talked about our jobs, I didn’t know much about his work, and he didn’t know that I worked at this company. But seriously, this is such a small and round world that we live in.

“Yes, I work here. Oh, excuse my manners, please come inside. I…I’ll serve you tea and…healthy snacks…” I spurted out the first thing that came to mind.

What the hell am I saying? I know that I practiced this but why am I offering healthy snacks to Charles like he was some old professor or something?

Charles laughed a little at me and my nervousness as he followed me into the room. Reiner wasn’t back yet which meant that I had to entertain Charles until he arrived. The woman quickly excused herself, leaving me to take care of Charles. The door closed and it was just the two of us.