Forbidden Heat

Reiner - Impossible to Please

After a few knocks on the door of Reiner’s office, I finally got a reply that I could go in to the see him.

Just as I had suspected, Reiner was still working and have not left the office for lunch. I walked in to

see him still busy going through some documents on his desk.

“Umm…R, I mean, Knight…are you going to take a lunch break?” I asked.

“No, I’ll eat later…” Reiner replied without looking at me.

He used to tell me that skipping meals and not eating on time was bad but now he’s doing all of those

things. I sighed softly while I thought about how to get him to eat lunch. I couldn’t help but wonder if he

had the same thoughts while he was working for me as my butler. He took care of me so well…

I guess I should try harder too.

“Do you want something? I can go buy it for you…” I offered before smiling at him.

Buying lunch for him should be a safe enough option because I didn’t cook it so he couldn’t complain

much about the quality of the food. It wasn’t like I could cook anyways, and I wasn’t about to bother

trying.

“Ok…” Reiner mumbled.

Wow. He actually accepted my offer. It was very surprising, but I found myself smiling a little to myself.

“What do you want to eat? I’ll buy it for you,” I asked cheerfully.

“Anything…” Reiner replied, his eyes still glued to his work.

“Ok…” I replied softly.

I’m his secretary now so I should at least be able to figure out what he wants to eat for lunch. There

were a few cafes and restaurants in the building and some more restaurants around here. Maybe when

I see the options available, I’ll get a better idea of what Reiner might want for lunch.

…

At least that was what I thought at first. However, when I arrived at the restaurants in the building, the

choices overwhelmed me, and my mind thought up so many scenarios that just made it harder to

decide. If I buy something from the building, would he get bored of it because maybe he’s eaten it so

many times already? What food does he want? Western? Asian? This fried stuff looks good, but will it

be too heavy for lunch?

This is so difficult…

Looking at the time, I was shocked at how much time had already passed by and I still haven’t made up

my mind. That was when I realized that I didn’t have to make up my mind. After all, I could diversify my

risks and order a couple of options instead.

By the time I was done food shopping, I had around four options available from different restaurants

and different cuisines. Seriously, Reiner has to like at least one of them. At least, one of them has got

to be edible on his standards. I didn’t even bother to buy any food for myself, I’ll just eat whatever he

didn’t choose. It was that simple, plus, I wasn’t even very hungry.

“Knight…” I called his name softly as I peeked into his office.novelbin

It was like time had been frozen here because Reiner was sitting in the same place and doing the exact

same thing that he was doing before I left to buy him some food. I brought the bags of food into the

room and placed it on the coffee table located in the middle of the large sofa set.

“Umm…Knight, your food is here. I didn’t know what you wanted so I bought a couple of options…” I

said in a small voice.

Reiner didn’t reply and he didn’t look up at me. I sat on the sofa as I waited for him to finish working. I

wondered what he was working on and why he was so busy. If I asked him, would he tell me?

After around 15 minutes, Reiner finally looked up from his work. I had to say that he had a very tired

look on his face. If I had to guess, I’d say that he hasn’t been getting enough sleep for many days now

and it was probably because of his work. All the more reason why he has to eat and then hopefully get

some rest. Without knowing it, I had begun to worry so much about Reiner, his healthy and everything

else about him.

“Ready for a break? I bought you so much food,” I said as I stood up from the sofa and approached

him.

Reiner got up from his seat and I quickly led him to the sofa. I felt strangely excited to have lunch with

him and maybe it was because it had been a while since we’ve spent some time alone like this. Feeling

a little nervous, I wasn’t sure what to say to him but the silence between us was so awkward that I

knew that I had to say something.

“I didn’t know what you wanted to eat so I bought a couple of options for you to choose from,” I said

before smiling sweetly at him.

Reiner’s eyes scanned the food that I had laid out with complete disinterest before a frowned formed

between his brows. I could tell that he wasn’t pleased with what he was seeing, and my heart sank.

“If you don’t like what I bought, you can tell me what you want, and I’ll go buy it for you now…” I quickly

suggested as I got out of my seat.

“You bought too much food needlessly. Why are you wasting food this way? This place isn’t like where

you come from so you can’t just waste things carelessly like this,” Reiner scolded me harshly.

Honestly, even if what I did was wrong or not to his liking, I never expected for him to scold me this

way. I bit my lips as an uncomfortable lump formed in my throat. My chest felt tight, and it started to

hurt. It wasn’t like I didn’t know what to say or how to respond. It was the complete opposite, I had so

much that I wanted to say that I didn’t know how to put it all into the right words.

Was my mistake so grave or was it just because it was me?

--To be continued…