Forbidden Heat novel Chapter 352

After a few knocks on the door of Reiner’s office, I finally got a reply that I could go in to the see him. Just as I had suspected, Reiner was still working and have not left the office for lunch. I walked in to see him still busy going through some documents on his desk.

“Umm…R, I mean, Knight…are you going to take a lunch break?” I asked.

“No, I’ll eat later…” Reiner replied without looking at me.

He used to tell me that skipping meals and not eating on time was bad but now he’s doing all of those things. I sighed softly while I thought about how to get him to eat lunch. I couldn’t help but wonder if he had the same thoughts while he was working for me as my butler. He took care of me so well…

I guess I should try harder too.

“Do you want something? I can go buy it for you…” I offered before smiling at him.

Buying lunch for him should be a safe enough option because I didn’t cook it so he couldn’t complain much about the quality of the food. It wasn’t like I could cook anyways, and I wasn’t about to bother trying.

“Ok…” Reiner mumbled.

Wow. He actually accepted my offer. It was very surprising, but I found myself smiling a little to myself.

“What do you want to eat? I’ll buy it for you,” I asked cheerfully.

“Anything…” Reiner replied, his eyes still glued to his work.

“Ok…” I replied softly.

I’m his secretary now so I should at least be able to figure out what he wants to eat for lunch. There were a few cafes and restaurants in the building and some more restaurants around here. Maybe when I see the options available, I’ll get a better idea of what Reiner might want for lunch.

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At least that was what I thought at first. However, when I arrived at the restaurants in the building, the choices overwhelmed me, and my mind thought up so many scenarios that just made it harder to decide. If I buy something from the building, would he get bored of it because maybe he’s eaten it so many times already? What food does he want? Western? Asian? This fried stuff looks good, but will it be too heavy for lunch?

This is so difficult…

“I didn’t know what you wanted to eat so I bought a couple of options for you to choose from,” I said before smiling sweetly at him.

Reiner’s eyes scanned the food that I had laid out with complete disinterest before a frowned formed between his brows. I could tell that he wasn’t pleased with what he was seeing, and my heart sank.

“If you don’t like what I bought, you can tell me what you want, and I’ll go buy it for you now…” I quickly suggested as I got out of my seat.

“You bought too much food needlessly. Why are you wasting food this way? This place isn’t like where you come from so you can’t just waste things carelessly like this,” Reiner scolded me harshly.

Honestly, even if what I did was wrong or not to his liking, I never expected for him to scold me this way. I bit my lips as an uncomfortable lump formed in my throat. My chest felt tight, and it started to hurt. It wasn’t like I didn’t know what to say or how to respond. It was the complete opposite, I had so much that I wanted to say that I didn’t know how to put it all into the right words.

Was my mistake so grave or was it just because it was me?

--To be continued…