Chapter 44: Eye of the Storm


    Eye of the Storm


    Reiner is still fast asleep and | was working hard to resist my urge to reach out my hand to touch his


    wonderfully unique red hair. Seeing his face still


    and up close made me realize all the more how good looking he is. His eyshes were auburn, slightly


    lighter and not as redpared to his hair, and


    long. His nose and lips were also beautifully shaped. They usually made him look so manly but right


    now they made him look quite adorably cute. He


    seems to be in a deep sleep so | guess he won''t wake up if...


    | reached out my right hand slowly towards his head until finally | could feel his hair lightly rubbing


    against my fingertips. Wow! His hair is much softer


    than | imagined. This feel a little like stroking an orange little baby fox. Enjoying the sensation, | moved


    my hand closer to stroke his hair lightly.


    Looking at his face, | was relieved that he was still fast asleep. ying and teasing him a bit like this


    was making me feel quite cheerful and | could


    feel asmile on my lips. | stared at his face for a while as | enjoyed the peace and quiet of the night.


    He wouldn''t wake up if | touched his lips, right? | thought optimistically as | reached out my fingertips


    towards his beautiful lips. Please just let me


    touch them softly a little. | brushed my thumb ever so softly on his lower lip feeling its warm and soft


    touch on my fingertip along with the warmth


    from his breathing. He looks so precious in that moment, and | wanted to thank him for taking care of


    me so well.


    “Ah!” | yelped in surprise when | felt something warm and wet on my thumb as Reiner took my thumb


    into his mouth and began sucking it lightly.


    Instinctively, | started to pull back my hand but he caught my wrist with his hand making it impossible


    for me to move. He continued sucking and


    licking my thumb as his now-opened blue eyes gazed back at me. His warm tongue on my skin is


    making my body shiver a little.


    “Are you done ying with me?” he asked seductively after he released my thumb from his warm and


    wet lips.


    “Sorry, | woke you...| mean, when did you wake up?” | asked in a shy voice. He hasn''t been awake all


    this time, right?


    “Actually, | woke up when you woke up. When you first stirred in your sleep, it woke me. I’m a very light


    sleeper. I’m an ex-mercenary, so yeah...” Reiner


    exined as his eyes lit up teasingly.


    “So, you were awake when I touched your hair?” | asked for confirmation.


    “Yup. When you touched my hair, stared at my face, and stroke my lips, | was awake throughout all


    those things,” Reiner confirmed my worst ever


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    suspicion. | felt blood rush to my face and knew that | must be blushing hard.


    “Would you like to confess to me why you were ying with me in my sleep?” Reiner asked in a


    seemingly innocent voice. He must be ying with me


    again.


    “L..thought you looked cute,” | replied, deciding to be honest.


    “Me...cute? That''s the first time someone''s called me cute,” Reiner replied seeming quite confused at


    my words.


    “I mean...you looked cute while you were sleeping. When you’re awake you''re very manly and


    not...cute, | guess?” | tried to exin. | wasn''t sure if this


    was helping.


    “Are you feeling better?” Reiner asked as moved closer to me to ce his hand softly on my forehead


    to check if | had a fever.


    “I''m feeling better. | don’t think | have a fever either.


    Umm...thank you for taking such good care of me. Did you...umm...clean me and change my clothes?”


    I asked with shaky voice.


    I sort of already knew the answer though.


    *..Yeah, I did,” Reiner replied with a tight smile.


    *...S0, you saw...” I mumbled softly.


    “Sorry! I didn’t mean to see you naked,” Reiner apologized as he stood up from his seat and bowed to


    me.


    “It’s ok. I didn’t mean that... Thank you. I wouldn’t have wanted the maids to see me that way...” I


    replied and my voice trailed


    off as my mind recalled how Lucien treated me so roughly.


    I didn’t mind that Reiner saw my naked body at all. I just didn’t want him to see and touch my filthy and


    messed up body. If he


    cleaned me that he probably saw it all, the hickeys on my body that Lucien intentionally left and the


    traces of his seed on my


    inner thighs and legs. He’s probably disgusted with me deep inside and I couldn’t me him. Afterall,


    right now, I feel pretty


    disgusted with myself too.


    I felt tears sting my eyes and I wanted to be left alone now.


    “I’m ok now. I’m going back to sleep. I think you should go back to your room,” I told Reiner as I turned


    by body away from


    him. I hope he would leave soon. I didn’t want him to see me cry.


    “Alright. Goodnight, Natalia,” Reiner replied softly and left.


    After I heard the door to my bedroom click close after Reiner left, I started crying my eyes out. I curled


    myself into a small ball


    and cried silently.


    I love Lucien so much so when he touches me roughly like that I feel so hurt. This is worst than any


    nightmare. Even if I told


    Lucien that I loved him, I doubt that he would believe me now. It also doesn’t change the fact that I’ve


    slept with Edward so


    many times that we might as well be regr lovers. On top of all that, it probably doesn’t matter how I


    feel, Lucien will be


    marrying Ang very soon.


    I just want to get away from here. I hope his threats about keeping me locked up in this house is not


    true. I guess I can still go


    out if I take Reiner with me and that is probably my only source offort right now.


    I’m still crying quite heavily. My body knows exactly what to do to fall asleep again. My body’s just


    going to cry until it shut


    down and went to sleep. I probably want to do just that as well. Wee back, my habit of crying


    myself to sleep. Mum, I just


    want to leave this ce. Maybe Lucien isn’t who you thought he was. Maybe...we’re not really family


    after all...


    It’s so warm. My body was suddenly enveloped in something warm. I opened my eyeszily to realize


    that Reiner was by my


    side and hugging me tightly. I slowly sat up and I could make out his face a bit better in the dark as his


    face came closer to


    mine.


    “Why are you here?” I asked in a whisper. My voice sounds hoarse and it was clear that I had been


    crying quite a lot.


    “Am I supposed to leave you to cry yourself to sleep?” Reiner replied as he hugged me against his


    chest. I could feel his


    warmth and the sound of his strong heart beating as Iid my face against this muscr chest. His hug


    was soforting that


    I felt tears in my eyes once more. With everything going on in my harsh reality, thefort of his arms


    feels like sanctuary.


    “It’s ok to cry.


    I''ll be here for you,” Reinerforted me as his hand stroked my hair tenderly.


    “You don’t hate me? I don’t disgust you?” I blurted out my worries.


    “Is that what’s been bothering you? You’re beautiful. I don’t hate you and you don’t disgust me...”


    Reiner said sweetly as he


    lifted my head from his chest.


    Our eyes met and his face was so close to mine. I could feel his warm breath on my forehead and his


    face slowly came even closer. His arms were now around my waist and pulling me closer to him. I


    hooked my arm around his neck, slowly pulling him down lower as I offered my lips to him. His


    attractive blue eyes were thest thing that I saw before our lips slowly touched.


    His kiss is so warm and gentle. It was slow andforting. He didn’t demand anything from me and we


    just enjoyed each


    other’spany. It was such a chaste kiss but it made me feel so wanted.


    “Goodnight, Natalia,” Reiner spoke softly as got up to leave.


    “Can''t you...stay?” I blurted out my genuine desire. I wanted to spend more time with him but I guess


    my words could be taken the wrong way and I looked down nervously.


    “I’m afraid you won’t be getting much sleep if I stayed. Sleep well, Natalia,” Reiner teased me a little


    before heading out the door.


    We are never going to do anything in that room. Natalia being so unsuspecting and innocent has not


    realized it, but to my


    trained eye, that peeping hole disguised in her wall is such an obvious trick. We will never know when


    someone is peeping in on


    us through that hole. Whoever installed the hole and is using it, must have a very twisted taste. If I


    cover the hole then the


    owner will know that he’s been discovered. I don’t have any other choice, I guess I''ll just have to find


    the right opportunity to


    warn Natalia about it...


    --To be continued...