Forbidden Heat R18
Chapter 421: Reiner - Change of Plans

Chapter 421: Reiner - Change of Plans

Despite how much I wanted to stay cooped up in my tiny apartment with Reiner, I knew that we had work to do. Fortunately, he was my boss at work, and we could spend time together even at work. Work was busy as always but the fact that Kat’s birthday was coming up this Friday did not slip my mind. I did make a promise to myself to get her some good cake. Thinking about it, I haven’t had the time to enjoy any good cake or bakery since my arrival on this island. The only good cake that I had was...

“Natalia...” Reiner called my name.

I looked up from where I was sitting behind my desk to find Reiner standing right in front of me. It was clear from his stern face that he had something to say, and it probably wasn’t good news. I sucked in a breath and held it before smiling at him.

“Yes?” I said inquiringly.

“You have work at the bar tonight, right?” Reiner asked after a brief moment of hesitation.

“Yes, I do. I can’t skip out today because it’s Kat’s birthday...so yeah...” I replied while wondering what he wanted to say.

I hoped that he wasn’t going to tell me not to go work at the bar tonight. Since patching up our argument from last time, Reiner had been quite supportive of my work at the bar. He drove me there and picked me up and had stopped making comments about how I should just stop working at ‘a random bar’.

“I see...” he muttered.

“Is something the matter?” I asked as I stared up at his face.

“Something came up and...I need to go home for dinner today,” Reiner said.

It wasn’t a big deal that he couldn’t drive me. I can manage to travel to the bar and back without him acting as my personal driver but the regretful tone in his voice made me feel warm inside.

“You don’t have to worry about it. I can travel alone just fine. I guess Queen misses you so you should make it back home for dinner,” I said with a bright smile.

Hopefully my smile could reassure him. I also needed to buy cake for Kat’s birthday before heading to the bar so I didn’t mind going alone so that I wouldn’t have to burden Reiner.

“I’ll try my best to pick you up on time,” Reiner quickly offered.

“Umm...about that. Actually, Kat might want me to stay over with her tonight because it’s her birthday and all...” I said with a hopeful smile.

It had slipped my mind that Kat wanted me to stay over with her if possible and I haven’t told Reiner about it. He looked at me with slight concern before nodding his head slightly in approval. I let out a breath that I hadn’t realized that I had been holding. I knew that he was always overly worried about me, and he was putting in effort to compromise for my sake.

“Text me when you get off work and when you’ve arrived at her place,” Reiner instructed.

“Sure. Ok...” I readily agreed.

After work, while I was on my way to buy Kat her birthday cake, I wondered why Reiner looked so concern about heading back home for dinner. Hopefully, things were going well with him and his family. Since moving out, I haven’t visited Queen even once. Although, I had promised to visit her, the situation between Reiner and I made it quite awkward for me to randomly drop by to his mansion to visit his mother. Then there was that issue regarding Rachael. Now that things seemed to be going well between Reiner and me, perhaps, I should aim to visit her soon.

It wasn’t long before I arrived at my destination, the café that Reiner had taken me to on our lunch break together. The café looked as pretty as I remembered it. Simply because I didn’t have much experience with other café on the island and also because I thought that the cake that I had here tasted amazingly wonderful, I had chosen to purchase Kat’s birthday cake here.

“Hello. How can I help you?” a cheerful woman asked when she saw me looking at the cakes on display.

“Yes, actually, I’m looking to buy a blueberry cheesecake for my friend’s birthday...” I replied.

There was no blueberry cheesecake on display and I had a feeling that the store may not have it for sale today or perhaps it was already sold out. I could pick another kind of cake, but I wanted Kat to have a taste of the blueberry cheesecake.

“Sorry but we don’t sell that cake here. We have other kinds of cake though. Our chocolate chiffon cake and strawberry shortcake are very popular,” the woman said with a smile.

What does she mean?

“Really? I had it the other day when I was here...” I questioned with a mix of confusion and disappointment.

“Really? I’m very sorry but as far as I’m aware we’ve never had that on our menu here. I can check with my colleague if you want but I truly don’t think we have it here,” the woman said regretfully.

It wasn’t the end of the world but...

“Oh, I think I remember you...” another woman appeared.

I don’t quite remember her but perhaps she was the waitress that served us before when I was here with Reiner?

“It’s good that you’re here. Can you wait a second please?” the woman quickly said before flashing me a wide smile.

The waitress walked behind the counter and into the door leading to the back. Soon after, another woman that I had never seen before appeared and smiled at me.

“Sorry for the late introduction but I’m the owner of this café. My girl told me that you came with Knight the other day. I couldn’t get in contact with him so maybe he’s busy. If you don’t mind, can I ask you a favor and return this to him, please?”

I looked down at the glass container that she was handing to me. Is this a container of some kind? The owner probably saw my curious and hesitant expression because she hurriedly explained.

--To be continued...

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