Forbidden Heat novel Chapter 395

“Your boss seems overly protective of you. I never imagined that Knight would be a boss like that,” Charles said with a teasing laugh.

I served him his beer before he invited me to take the seat opposite him at his table. Charles had probably figured that if he made sure to be the first customer of the night, he could get some time to chat properly with me while the bar wasn’t too busy. I took the seat as invited and smiled at Charles. I knew that sooner or later; he would ask me about Reiner.

“You’re right. I’m sorry that things got a little awkward back there…” I apologized softly.

“I found it very surprising at first, but it actually makes a lot of sense. I would feel the same way if I had a secretary as beautiful as you,” Charles said and the way his eyes met mine told me that he wasn’t just joking around.

I didn’t miss the hidden meaning in his words, and I wasn’t so dumb that I couldn’t read between the lines. Now, what and how much should I tell him?

“I’m not so sure…about that…” I mumbled softly after breaking eye contact with him.

Not sure where I should look, I glanced down at my hands that were clenched together on my lap. I wondered what Charles was thinking or feeling and how he could appear so calm and collected. Perhaps what happened didn’t have any affect on him at all. It would be great if that was the case.

“Is he the reason why you were so distracted the other day?” Charles asked suddenly.

I glanced down because I couldn’t meet his eyes. Charles was very perceptive, and it seemed like he had seen through everything including my own confused feelings. I knew that I couldn’t lie to him, so I didn’t even bother trying.

“Yes,” I confessed in short.

I wasn’t sure what I expected Charles to say, so I was a little surprise when he didn’t say anything, he just nodded and took it at face value.

“I’m not surprised that he is interested in you the same way that I’m interested in you,” Charles said with a thoughtful face.

Once again, I was surprised that he didn’t seem bothered. However, I think he got it a little wrong because Reiner didn’t think of me that way, although, I’ve confessed to him a couple of times directly and indirectly.

“Knight isn’t interested in me. He…doesn’t think of me like that,” I quickly corrected.

“What makes you think that?” Charles asked as he arched an eyebrow curiously at me.

“Well, he told me as much…” I replied in a soft mumble.

“I see. Well, if I were you, I wouldn’t be so sure…” Charles said with a small laugh.

Halfway through the night, my feet were already killing me, and my arms felt like they were going to fall off. I never had a moment of break and I kept thinking to myself that I should tell Jamie that we were understaffed. He should hire more people. Seriously, I made it my number one agenda to talk to Jamie about this when we had free time.

“Kat stopped flirting and came over here! Help me out…” I snapped at her.

She looked at me with wide, innocent eyes, as if she didn’t know what I was talking about. However, she did wave goodbye to the hot customer that she was chatting to and proceeded back to the bar to help me serve food and drinks. By closing time, I was fully exhausted. I couldn’t wait for the last of the customers to leave so that we could close our doors and I could change out of my clothes.

The high heels that I had on were killing me and I promised myself that when I get my paycheck, I would invest in more comfortable high heels. My feet were not used to wearing shoes made of synthetic leather. I guess I really need to invest and cough up the price genuine leather shoes. I flopped down on an empty chair as I sighed.

Jamie walked in at that perfect moment, and I thought that this was the perfect opportunity for me to talk to him.

“Jamie, I think we’re overworked, and we’re understaffed,” I said while trying not to sound too whiny.

“I agree. I almost died out there. We need more people here, Jamie,” Kat quickly supported my point.

--To be continued…