Forbidden Heat novel Chapter 291

I woke up, feeling quite lazy but strangely very satisfied. As my brain transitioned from the dream world to reality, I remembered memories of how I made love with Reiner yesterday before we fell asleep together. I bolted up in bed as I felt around the bed with my hands. Reiner, he’s not here.

Did he leave? Where is he right now?

A sense of illogical paranoia started to fill me up inside. Although, I knew that it was irrational, I couldn’t stop myself from panicking.

“R! Where are you?” I called out loudly.

I heard the sound of a door closing before I heard his reply.

“I’m here. Sorry, Natalia. I thought you were still sleeping so I went to peel you the apples that Laura got from yesterday…” Reiner replied before smiling comfortingly at me.

“Oh…” I said softly.

“You don’t need to panic,” Reiner said calmly.

“I thought you had left…” I admitted.

“Well, I haven’t. Some apple?” Reiner said as he came to stand next to my bed. I could sense his presence nearby before his hand reached out and patted my shoulder.

“Umm…let’s go see the doctor soon. I want these eyepatches removed,” I said impatiently.

“We still have time before the appointment time,” Reiner pointed out.

“I can’t wait…to see you…” I mumbled, voicing my honest desire.

I heard Reiner heave a sigh before I felt him leaning in closer to me and I lifted my arms. His arms circled my body before he lifted me up and led me to the wheelchair. Smiling a little to myself, I enjoyed the feel of his arm around me. So, Reiner decided to do as I wanted in the end.

Reine helped me into my wheelchair before he pushed me along the hallway and on the path to the doctor’s office. It was the first time in many that the ride there wasn’t in silence. I could talk to him now and it made me silently wonder if it had been him behind my wheelchair all along.

During the short ride to the doctor’s office in the wheelchair, I had a chance to reflect a little. I was still uncertain about many things, my feelings included. However, there was one thing that I was now certain of.

I’m still in love with Reiner. I’m just as in love with him as before…or even more so…

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“It’s going to feel uncomfortable. Your eyes haven’t been exposed to light for many days so please take it slow…” the doctor warned as he began to remove the eyepatches away from my eyes.

It felt very exciting to get my eyesight back. I didn’t care much about the pain of discomfort that I would feel as long as I could see once more. Also, I couldn’t wait to see Reiner’s face. There were so many things that I wanted to do with him once I could see him and when we returned home from the hospital.

“How is it? Let me know if it hurts?” the doctor said, caringly.

He was right, it felt uncomfortable. The light felt blindingly bright. Too bright.

However, my eyes slowly adjusted and although things were blurry at first, my eyesight adjusted and soon enough, everything seemed decently sharp and well-focused.

“Thank you, Lucien,” I thanked him.

“In light of the recent incident, I have no choice but to put some restrictions on you for your own safety,” Lucien announced.

It wasn’t surprising. I had expected something along these lines. I would be lying if I said that I didn’t see this coming.

“I understand,” I replied obediently as I nodded my head.

“You will be required to have a bodyguard with you at all times…even while you sleep, you will be guarded. You are not allowed to leave the house without a bodyguard. You will not attend any public events without my explicit permission. You are not allowed to make any new acquaintances unless I have explicitly allowed you to do so. Is that clear?” Lucien stated his conditions firmly.

“Yes, Lucien,” I replied obediently.

It wasn’t like Lucien was going to take no for an answer. I knew Lucien very well so I knew that no one could negotiate with Lucien right now. His terms are firm and final.

“You refused to take on a new bodyguard the last time that I offered and look what happened. Now that we’ve managed to get Reiner back from the Elders, I hope that you will be obedient under his observation,” Lucien said, clearly upset.

“Yes, I will be. Please do not worry,” I replied.

“I am worried for you because you don’t worry enough for yourself,” Lucien said bluntly.

--To be continued…