“I think the one who doesn’t know what she’s getting herself into is you,” I replied before pursing my lips into a tight line.
A look of confusion immediately transformed Rachael’s beautiful face and I knew that she didn’t understand what I was referring to. There were many things that I didn’t know about Reiner’s life and his past; however, I was sure that there was much more that Rachael didn’t know about my relationship with Reiner. For example…
“How many men have you slept with?” I asked.
Her eyes widened and her mouth dropped open in shock at my abrupt and outrageous question. I was glad that I caught her off guard. It wasn’t like having a high number of lovers was my proudest achievements or anything like that.
“…Excuse me?” she managed to say after recovering from her astonishment.
“Tell me, how many men have you slept with? You know…I don’t actually mean sleep, right?” I asked again.
“That has nothing to do with you,” she replied.
Great, that just means not many if any at all.
“What about Knight? Have you kissed him before? Have you had sex with him before?” I asked slowly as I tried to read her reactions.
This girl is beautiful and quite honest. She is probably beautiful inside and out; however, precisely because of that she would be no match for me in this game of love and lust. Who does she think she is? Does she honestly think that she can compete with me? The real question for me was whether or not I still wanted to play this game with her. I sighed, judging from her reactions, she’s never shared any passionate experiences with Reiner.
I wondered what their relationship is really like. Maybe if I really suck up to Reiner, he’ll tell me a little about it. While Rachael still hesitated on what she wanted to say to me, I reached out a hand and slowly placed it on her shoulder. With a gentle smile, I started patting her shoulder as if to comfort her. Her eyes watched me like a tiger waiting to attack its prey.
“Let’s just say that I know quite a few things about Knight that you don’t know,” I said before winking suggestively at her.
“I’ll show you a few things that you don’t know about us…” Rachael growled as her anger took over.
Before I could react, Rachael had grabbed the wrist of the hand that I had placed on her shoulder and her grip was more than a little too tight. I winced at the pain that shot through my arm from her tight grip on my wrist. Her grip quickly tightened, and the pain felt too real and too intense for me to handle.
“Let go…” I whispered.
Instead of letting me go, her grip tightened as she pulled my hand from her shoulder. I could feel the great difference between our strength as she started twisting my arm. Pain shot through my arm towards my shoulders, and I was truly convinced for a moment that she was about to break my arm off. Never in my life had I imagined that I would have to engage in a physical fight with a pro. This was unlike any of the girly fights that I’ve experienced back in my school days when I was bullied by the other girls. She applied more force and let out a cry of pain. Her eyes seemed to bulge out of her socket as she stared intensely at me.
“Stop!”
A familiar voice rang out and I knew that I was saved.
“Knight…” Rachael whispered in shock as she turned around to see the owner of the voice.
Reiner was by my side in no time at all and his large hand grabbed Rachael’s arm. I had no idea what I would do if Reiner hadn’t shown up at the moment that he did.
“Let her go. Now,” Reiner commanded resolutely.
Rachael was clearly shocked at Reiner’s sudden appearance. I guess the time that I had asked him for ran out. Reiner was here to pick me up just like we had agreed. He probably couldn’t find me at our usual meeting place and started walking around to find me. That was when I realized that my phone was probably put on silent and I probably missed many of his calls while I was busy talking to Rachael.
Rachael finally let go of my wrist. Reiner looked from me to Rachael and then back again as if he was seeking for some type of explanation of the situation that he had just witnessed. Reiner probably didn’t expect to see his fiancee twisting the arm of his lover. Things had just started to get interesting. I stayed silent as I waited for Rachael to explain to her fiance why she was twisting my arm.
“Natalia, are you ok?” Reiner asked with concern after Rachael had let go of my arm.
I rubbed my arm a little before nodding at Reiner. Thankfully he turned up in time before my arm got snapped off.
“I’m fine…thanks to you,” I replied before smiling sweetly at him.
Reiner brows knitted into a frown, and I could tell that he wasn’t pleased at what he saw. Rachael’s eyes were on us, but she hasn’t said anything yet.
“Knight, I…I can explain,” she said softly.
“I’m listening,” Reiner replied as he pulled me behind him.
“I just…came here to talk to her…” Rachael said in a shaky voice.
“Then why were you twisting her arm?” Reiner demanded to know.
“I…” Rachael began but then stopped.
Reiner let out a loud and frustrated sigh after Rachael couldn’t quite explain why she was hurting me. It was time that I stepped in as the angel to save the day.
“It’s ok, Knight. I’m sure that Rachael didn’t mean it. It was just an accident of sorts…” I mumbled before smiling a little at him.
“Why did you come here?” Reiner asked Rachael.
“I told you. I just wanted to talk to her,” Rachael replied in a small voice.
“About what?” Reiner asked immediately.
“We’re getting married soon, Knight. So, I just thought that it would be better if there are no distractions…” Rachael said as she tried to convince him calmly.
–To be continued…