Chapter 43: Care For Me


    Care For Me


    Lucien exited the dining room and came face to face with Reiner. Was he waiting out here this whole


    time?


    “Clean up the mess,” Lucien ordered as he walked passed Reiner without ncing back.


    “Yes, Sir” Reiner replied while bowing.


    Lucien marched directly to his bedroom. He needed to sort out his emotion and figure out his next


    move. He instructed all his maids to leave him


    alone before he entered his bedroom. Alone and in peace, atst, he could think.


    Reflecting back on what just happened, it is clear that | caused a lot of harm to my rtionship with


    Natalia. What the hell did | do! | lost control


    most of the time. Her spirit must have been badly


    hurt by my actions and words. What | did was foolish. | acted out of jealousy between her and my


    brother. | still didn’t have proof if they were lovers or


    not but seeing the look on Edward''s face as he challenged me made me anxious.


    | need to find a way to mend our rtionship as soon as possible. Natalia must choose to marry me


    when the timees...


    **Earlier that day**


    Lucien came to see Edward at his office in theb with the intention to terminate Natalia’s internship


    early.


    “Hi Lucien. It''s rare for you to make an appearance here. How can | help you?” Edward greeted his


    brother warmly.


    “I''ll get straight to it. Natalia wants to end her internship early. She will no longer work here with you,”


    Lucien stated as he red into another pair of


    green eyes that were very simr to his own.


    “I see. Well, that’s a shame. She could have called to let me know that herself. There was no need for


    you toe all the way here in person, although,


    | do appreciate the effort,” Edward replied with a smile.


    “Natalia hasn''t been feeling well. She’s always been frail so | don’t want her to overwork. | hope you


    understand,” Lucien started his vague exnation.


    “Natalia will be graduating soon. | wonder what kind of jobs would interest her. She doesn''t need to


    work for ourpany, right? I’m sure life would be


    more fun for her if she worked outside of the family’s circle,” Edward suggested.


    “She doesn''t have to work at all,” Lucien retorted.


    “| know Natalia is still young and that you want what is best for her. However, you should also consider


    what she wants for her own life,” Edward said


    as he flipped through some research papers casually.


    “And you''re saying that you know what she wants?” Lucien countered.


    Someone’s getting pretty mad, Edward thought to himself. No matter how this conversation ends,


    Natalia will bear the brunt of


    it.


    Edward refused to answer orment.


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    “Look at me. Did you sleep with her?” Lucien asked as he leaned closer to look straight into Edward’s


    eyes.


    “What sort of question is that?” Edward replied without showing any emotions.


    “I told you this before. Don’t answer my questions with another question. Did you have sex with


    Natalia?” Lucien repeated his


    question.


    “I’m a gentleman here. I don’t make ims and I don’t refute ims on a woman’s body without her


    consent. If you want to


    know if I everid hands on your daughter, you just need to ask her. Speaking hypothetically, let’s say


    that I did, what would


    you have me do? Should I take responsibility by marrying her?” Edward challenged Lucien back with a


    gentle smile.


    “A gentleman? You’re nothing more than a yboy fooling around outside the family’s business! As if


    you could ever be


    sessful without the family’s backing,” Lucien yelled at his brother and grabbed him by the cor.


    “Just because I’m less discreet about my affairs than you are, doesn’t make me more of a yboy.


    Whether I’m sessful due


    to the family’s backing or not is up for debate. What is not up for debate, is the fact that Natalia has a


    life of her own that


    neither you nor the elders should be trying to control. Oh, and enough with the violence,” Edward said


    calmly as he shrugged


    Lucien’s grip off.


    “Stay away from Natalia,” Lucien ordered threateningly as he turned to leave.


    “That’s up to Natalia,” Edward replied.


    Lucien did not look back as he strode impatiently out of Edward’s office.


    “Stay out of this room. You all cane back to clean itter tonight,” Reiner instructed the maids to


    stay away from the


    dining room.


    Judging from the sounds earlier, Natalia is probably not in a state that the maids could see without


    starting some twisted


    gossip.


    She should not be physically hurt to the extent that I needed to intervene but the same couldn’t be said


    about her emotions. I


    have to take her back to her room and keep her away from Lucien for a while until she recovers.


    I was prepared for the mess that I would see inside the room but I have to say it looks worst than I had


    pictured. There were


    food, water, broken ss, and broken dishes everywhere on the floor. I found Natalia lying on her


    stomach unconscious on the


    carpeted floor. Her dress was messy and torn in some ces. Her face and eyes were puffy and red


    from crying. Her legs and


    ass were bared. Not allowing the maids in here right now was definitely the right call. Lucien definitely


    lost it this time.


    I bent down and adjusted her dress to cover her legs before slowly scooping her into my arms.


    I don’t know how long I was unconscious. Probably not for too long. The first sensation I felt was the


    carpet against my face. I


    must be lying on the carpeted floor after I lost my strength. I can no longer sense Lucien in the room;


    he must have left


    already. Thank god. This is probably the first time I felt relieved that Lucien was gone.


    I felt so tired and my whole body feels heavy. I can’t move or get up. The floor is a mess and I feel


    sticky all over. I closed my


    eyes again trying to stay still in order to regain my strength. I need to get out of this room before the


    maids see me like this.


    I felt my dress being adjusted and then my body was tenderly lifted up in the air. Then I felt warm arms


    circling me and


    warmth against my cheek making me realized that someone was carrying me in his arms. This smell,


    warmth and gentleness


    as he handles me; this must be Reiner.


    “Hmmm...” I stirred a bit before opening my eyes slightly. My body felt a little heavy with sleep and I felt


    like stretching. Sitting


    up a bit in the dark room, I could tell that it was prettyte into the night now. I must have been asleep


    for a while after


    Reiner carried me here. I should check my mobile. I reached over to find the switch to themp on my


    bedside table. Fumbling


    around a little before I found the switched and turned themp on.


    The moment that the orange-tinted warm light illuminated the room, I realized that I was not alone.


    Reiner was asleep in a


    chair by my bedside with his head resting next to my leg on the bed and one arm draped over my legs


    as if to make sure that I


    wouldn’t leave the bed. He looks like such an innocent boy when he’s fast asleep which is a big


    contrast to his usual personality


    and his big body size.


    I guess he was here with me all the time after he carried me here. I noticed too that I was no longer


    dirty and in my old


    dress. I was clean andfortably dressed in my nightgown which was probably his doing as well. I


    blushed a little while I


    thought of him undressing and then redressing me. As always, he’s probably just doing his job as my


    bodyguard and butler.


    --To be continued...