Reiner supported me literally by supporting my body and comforting it. Everything just hurt my heart. The Rosenhall family is probably in a mess right now. Even if this court case was about Madame Francesca, there was no way that the family and their business wasn’t impacted when such a prominent and well-respected family member got suspected for so many serious crimes. Lucien, Edward, and Zak…just how are they holding up?“Maybe you should stop watching this,” Reiner suggested softly. “No…please let me watch this…” I replied resolutely.There was nothing that I could do to help Lucien and Edward. There was nothing that I could say to support or comfort Zak. The least that I could do was to face the truth head on…and move on…“It’s all good now, Natalia. This is how things are supposed to be…” Reiner murmured close to my ear before he placed a kiss on the top of my head. “I know…I just don’t know how to feel about all this…” I replied truthfully. It felt painful. So painful…Despi
Around a weak later when King and Queen returned, they were back to nagging the two of us about the same thing. Right after our 2-year wedding anniversary, King and Queen began seriously pressuring Reiner and me to have children. With Reiner preparing to take over the business from King and me figuring out the whole orphanage business, having children was the furthest thing from our minds. Now that things have settled down somewhat, my in-laws were back to applying pressure on us. King had always been outspoken in pushing for us to have children so that there would be at least an heir to inherit this business empire while Queen was a little more understanding. Now that Reiner had taken over the business and my orphanage work had settled down, it seemed like we had run out of excuses not to produce an heir. Dinner with my in-laws quickly became something that I dreaded because I knew what they would talk to us about. It doesn’t matter how good their moods were or what topic the conve
Just like all the time when we arrived on this island, the weather was perfect. Because I wanted to save on Reiner’s energy, I refused his offer to fly us over and had a pilot do the work instead. It was very difficult for me to contain my excitement and I ended up almost running down from the plane when we landed. The orphanage had changed quite a bit compared to the first time that I was here. The most noticeable change from the outside was that the garden was now much smaller and less elaborately decorated. That was one of the decisions that I made to cut some maintenance cost. To compensate for that, a part of the garden had been remodeled into a library and activities room for the children instead. As time went by, the children grew up. From the babies and young toddlers, these children will one day grow into young teenagers and then young adults. As the children grew older, their support and educational requirements also changed. To prepare for that, I had built in facilities
Figuring that there was no point in wondering about it, I quickly followed after her. Kat led me out to the small garden in front of the orphanage building before she urged for me to take a seat on the bench. “What’s up with getting me all alone?” I asked teasingly. Kat sat down next to me on the bench before she seemed to hesitate a little while she gathered her thoughts. Her hands were fidgeting with each other, and I could tell that she was nervous. I decided to wait for her in silence for her to be ready to tell me whatever it was that she wanted or needed to.“The thing is…” Kat began before trailing off.My eyes widened at her as my curiosity started taking over me. What does she want to tell me?“Is something the matter? You can tell me anything, you know. I’ll help you for sure,” I told her reassuringly.“Nothing is wrong. The thing is…Nick and I have decided to get married,” Kat finally confessed with a giddy look on her face. …what?I stared at her face before my hands fl
“I think they are a great match, though. He’s not like any of those bad boys that she’s dated before. I think that Nick can really make her happy,” I said hopefully.“Good for them then,” Reiner commented without much passion.“Oh, one more thing. Kat’s already pregnant with his child so they’re planning to get married in less than a month,” I added before giggling. The joyous look on Kat’s face when she told me about her pregnancy truly stuck with me. I’ve never quite seen her happy in that way before. It was like I could tell from the look in her eyes that she was truly looking forward to the future because she would get to meet her baby soon. Nine months sounds like a long time, but I guess time can fly by just like that as well. I can’t wait to see Kat’s child and lavish the lucky baby with gifts and so much loving attention. Without realizing it at first, I was looking forward to welcoming Kat’s baby to the world with extreme excitement. “I can’t wait to see their baby. It’ll b
“Are you even ovulating these coming days?” Reiner asked, surprisingly seriously. Now that he mentioned it…“Umm…” I murmured. “I take it that you don’t even know that…” Reiner said before heaving a sigh. “We can keep trying until the baby arrives, right? This is just our first trip…” I replied with a smile. “So, there’s supposed to be more…” Reiner muttered softly but I caught every word that he said.“We both worked so hard and we’re freer these days. Going on more trips should be great, right? Maybe we won’t get to travel together as much when we have a baby…” I said in a sweet voice before I continued smiling at him. I looked forward to our trip so much that I spent some time each night packing our bags. Reiner watched me with an amused look on his face almost every evening as I packed and then repacked our bags over and over again. …The start of our trip finally arrived, and I woke up bright and early in excitement. It seemed like no matter how early I woke up; I couldn’t
Reiner turned to give me a funny look before he shook his head at me disapprovingly. “You’ll just end up freaking out,” Reiner said knowingly.“Probably not if we don’t go when it’s super dark. If we go this afternoon, we can watch the sunset and then quickly head back. How’s that for a plan?” I suggested without willing to back down. “If that’s what you want,” Reiner replied with a smile. “It’s a done deal,” I declared happily. “Why do I have a feeling that I’ll be carrying you back?” Reiner muttered but it wasn’t really a complaint.“I’ll try to walk there by myself on the way there. How’s that?” I proposed. “Which just means that I’ll have to carry you back,” Reiner replied in sudden realization. “Do you mind?” I teased. “…No…” he replied quite seriously. …The trek up the hill wasn’t as challenging as I had imagined. Thankfully, the trek resembled more of a walk with a slight incline with steps upwards here and there that I could easily manage. Reiner naturally led the way
“R…” I whispered his name. “Hmm?” Reiner made an innocent questioning sound close to my ear. A shiver ran through my body when I felt something warm and wet running along the length of the side of my neck. He’s licking my neck…His arms tightened around my waist and pulled him harder against his strong and hard frame. The heat and scent of his body enveloped me as his tongue continued flicking its tip against the sensitive skin of my neck. I knew without a doubt now what Reiner was up to and what he wanted. This was supposed to be a baby-making trip, but I never thought that the action would start so soon. “R…we’re in the middle…of the forest…” I protested but my voice came out as a choked-up whimper.“I can see that…” Reiner replied casually like he didn’t see any problem with where we were and what we were about to do at all. It wasn’t like we’ve never done it in the forest before but back then, it wasn’t quite like this.He pressed his lips against my neck and began sucking sof