Reiner was always thinking of me and doing his best to protect me. How could I be so ignorant and stupid?!
Reiner, when will you come back? I want to see you so badly right now…
Rachael was still going off about something that I couldn’t quite understand but I knew that it wasn’t something good. By that time, I no longer heard a word that left her lips. My mind was already made up as to what I wanted to believe, and I couldn’t control how I was feeling.
“Thank you so much, Rachael! Thank you…really. Thank you so so much!” I cried out as I got up from my seat and ran to her side.
Before she could snap out of her shock, I had thrown my arms around her body and was hugging her tightly. Tears stung my eyes and when I closed them, the warm wetness of my tears traced lines down my cheeks. I hugged her tighter to me while her arms started to push me away from her body. That only made me try to hold on tighter to her.
“Thank you…thank you so much, Rachael. Thank you for telling me all this…” I kept on saying as a mix of happiness and relief flooded every cell of my body.
When Reiner mentioned that he had something that he would tell me someday soon, I had dreamt up many nightmarish scenarios. I also thought that it would be something that may put our relationship under risk or something that may force us to part ways. Never did I think that it would be a reason that would bring him to me and keep us together.
Finally, I understood what was going on and it was all because of her. Despite her not-so-well intentions of trying to stir up trouble between Reiner and me, what she told me finally made me understand Reiner so much more. I felt so relieved that everything was starting to make sense to me now.
“What are you doing?! Let go of me. Stop this now!” Rachael screamed quite loudly.
Her hand wrenched mine away from her body. She was so strong, and she managed to overpower me so easily. After successfully pulling me away from her body, she looked at me with utter shock on her face and I couldn’t blame her for her reaction. It was quite obvious that the reaction that I had wasn’t what she had in mind when she turned up here to break the news to me.
“Thank you, Rachael. I’m so happy right now…” I said as I continued to sob before I raised my hand to wipe the tears of joy from my eyes.
“Have you gone out of your mind?!” she yelled right into my face.
Still sobbing and not quite knowing how to explain what was going through my head to her in words, I just shook my head slightly from side to side. Rachael was mortified as she continued to stare at me while I struggled to balance between sobbing and giggling in delight. When I managed to control myself, I headed back to my sofa and took a seat. Rachael returned to her seat as well and I could feel her eyes on me as she waited for my much-needed explanation.
‘I want you to remember that no matter what other people say or tell you, I love you. I really love you,’
That was what Reiner told me after he told me that he had many reasons for marrying me and some of those were selfish reasons of his own. I chose to believe him, and I didn’t mind at all that he had other reasons besides love. As long as there was love, I couldn’t care less about his other reasons.
“Actually, when Knight asked me to marry him, he told me that he had many selfish reasons for doing so. Of course, he hasn’t gotten around to telling me what some of those reasons are, but he did tell me that he loves me. He told me that no matter what other people might say to me, he wanted me to believe that he really loves me and that is exactly what I’m going to do. I want to believe that Knight loves me,” I explained patiently.
We’ve been through so much together and I started to appreciate all the pain and tears that I went through now. It all made me stronger, and it made the bond that I shared with Reiner that much stronger as well.
“Was that why you were laughing and crying like a fool?” Rachael snapped.
“Yes. I’m so in love with him that I’ll probably believe every single thing that he tells me,” I replied before I started giggling again.
I didn’t expect Rachael or anyone to understand me and it wasn’t my responsibility to make sure that they understood. I understand everything now. Now all I need to do is wait for Reiner to come back home.
Rachael looked at me stunned and speechless while all I could do was smile kindly at her. One day, I hope that she finds the one for her too.
“Thank you for coming to see me today. I’m not sure if Knight had the time to catch up with you but if you want, you can always drop by anytime,” I said, and surprisingly, I meant it.
I knew how hard it was to give up on someone that you really love so I could more than understand what Rachael was going through. It may have been because of her honestly and basic trickery that I started to develop a liking towards her. If she is precious to Knight as his little sister, then she should be precious to me to. I liked her, she was simple to deal with unlike the other women that I have had to deal with in the past.
“Bye! Don’t speed on the road!” I called out after her when Rachael suddenly grabbed her handbag and stormed out of the room.
There she goes. Waltzing in and out of the mansion like a cyclone. Maybe I’ll keep an eye out for hot and decent guys for her. Playing the matchmaker would be a fun pastime for me.
–To be continued…