“Fine…” I muttered before stuffing a spoonful of food into my mouth and began munching on it.
Reiner watched me with amusement in his eyes before he started to laugh softly at me. Despite what he said, I could feel that he was at least slightly happy to hear that from me. He was right about him being healthy, though. Reiner was much healthier and fitter than I was. While living together, I didn’t fail to notice how disciplined he was with taking care of his health. He was discipline about everything including his diet, his workout routine, and he still continued with his training even though he doesn’t go on missions anymore. It came to no surprise as to why Reiner’s body was in good shape and so was his mind.
“Can you help review my report after dinner? I’m almost done so I really want to get your thoughts,” I requested.
“Sure. You don’t have to worry too much about the language and such as long as the truth is there and it’s concise,” Reiner replied reassuringly.
“I’m a little nervous. This is my first time sending a report directly to King so…” I confessed softly.
“You’re right. I’ll help you,” Reiner agreed without pause.
“Thank you!” I thanked him cheerfully.
After dinner, Reiner sat at the table while I stood by his side as he read the report that I had typed up. Although I made sure to include all the necessary facts and our observations, I wasn’t confident whether the report would live up to King’s expectations. There was also the issue of me worrying endlessly about what would happen to Celine and her team. Although I knew that they were in the wrong here, I still felt bad for exposing their wicked scheme. I had no idea what punishment would await them if King were to find out about what they had been doing.
“Overall, it seems ok,” Reiner commented with his eyes still on the report.
“Really?” I asked excitedly.
It had been a while since I had felt so relieved to get something right. Reiner turned to smile a little at me before he turned back to the report.
“We counted some of the inventory in the storage room, right? Why don’t you add a table of what we counted and what was recorded in the report here just so he can see the difference for some of the items,” Reiner suggested as he pointed to the screen.
“Oh, I see. That’s a great idea. I’ll do that,” I quickly agreed.
“Great. That should be it. Quickly shoot it over in an email to King so you can finally relax for the day,” Reiner said in a gentle voice before he got up from the seat.
“Thank you, R,” I thanked him sweetly.
“You’re welcome,” he replied casually before heading out of the room.
After adding in the table just as Reiner had suggested and reviewing it, I sent my first ever direct report to King while keeping my fingers crossed. Everything is going to be ok, I repeated to myself in my head over and over again.
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“Done with your report?” Reiner asked as he poked his head in after opening the door a crack.
“Yes. I just sent it off to King so there’s nothing that we can do now except for keeping our fingers crossed,” I replied with a tight smile.
Honestly, I felt nervous although there was nothing that I could do about it now. It was a strange feeling to have everything so out of my control, but somethings are just like that and I had to find a way to live with it and to deal with my own anxieties.
“Great. Time for a bath. Come with me this way,” Reiner announced before he began pulling on my arms.
“A bath?” I said in slight surprise.
I let Reiner pull me up to my feet and then he quickly led me out of the room. His large hand pushed slightly at the small of my back as he urged me towards the bathroom. He seemed overly enthusiastic and that made me wonder what was waiting for me or for us in the bathroom.
“What have you been up to while I was working?” I asked teasingly.
“You’ll see soon enough,” Reiner replied before he bent down and kissed the top of my head softly.
Reiner opened the bathroom door and ushered me in. I didn’t have to see the bath to know that he had prepared something special for me. The moment that I stepped into the bathroom; the smell of roses enveloped me. My eyes widened at the pleasant surprise before I turned around to face Reiner who grinned at me mischievously. I sniffed the scent of roses before I found myself smiling gleefully at him.
“It smells so sweet…” I commented as my smile widened.
“I thought you would like it. Rose petals and rose essence should help you relax after such a stressful day, right?” Reiner coaxed as he ushered me closer to the bathtub.
“Wow…these are so pretty…” I murmured in awe when my eyes dropped to the bathtub.
Bright red rose petals floated on the water’s surface in the shape of a large heart. I never knew that Reiner was such a romantic artist, but this display truly tugged at my heartstrings, and once again, I found myself wondering what I did to deserve him. Maybe I still didn’t deserve him.
“Undress and get in,” Reiner instructed as his hand moved to my clothes.
Reiner helped me undress while I acted like a helpless child who couldn’t do that much by myself. He loved to pamper me, and I let him do what he wanted. Slowly, Reiner undid the buttons to my shirt before taking it off of me completely. My skirt followed soon after and then his hands were behind my back to unhook my bra. I felt slightly shy when his heated gaze fell on my naked breasts after he had removed my bra to expose my naked upper body.
–To be continued…