Reiner - His Home


    “This ce is your home?” I asked curiously.


    “The entire ind actually…” Reiner muttered.


    My eyes widened in shock as I stared back and forth from his face to view outside. I wasn’t sure what I


    had in mind regarding where Reiner came from and his home, but this clearly wasn’t it. Was he born


    and raised here on this ind?


    Finally, the car came to a stop and the doors were jerked opened by armed men that were standing


    outside. Reiner got out of the car, and I did the same. At least, guns were not being pointed at us


    anymore. When I got out of the car, I came to face with an enormous mansion in the French riviera


    style. I don’t want to sound like a snob but since Reiner was hired by my family as a butler, I never


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    imagined that his house would be asrge as Lucien’s if notrger.


    My eyes scanned thendscape of therge mansion and the vast garden in front of me before


    returning to Reiner’s face. Reiner stood with the sun shining in his red hair as he also took in the sight


    of his home. I wondered how long he had been away from home. Had he returned here at all since he


    started working for the Rosenhalls?


    So many questions gued my mind and once again I was reminded that I knew very close to nothing


    about Reiner and who he was. A small smile curved my lips, this was the perfect opportunity for me to


    learn so much more about him. Better than asking him to tell me, I could see and feel things for myself


    this time.


    “We better head inside. The king is waiting for us,” the man said as he walked on ahead of us.


    “The king?” I asked in confusion. Did this ind have its own royal family?


    “Don’t pay attention to it. It’s not a title, it’s my father’s nickname around here…” Reiner exined like it


    was no big deal.


    “We’re about to meet your father? What about your mother?” I asked as I walked excitedly at his side.


    I could feel that Reiner seemed on edge, and he wasn’t in the mood to answer any of my questions. On


    the other hand, I was so excited that I could hardly contain myself. I mean, I’m going to be meeting


    Reiner’s parents. Doesn’t this seem a little like…the whole ‘meet the parents’ thing?


    The interior of the house is very much as regal and luxurious as the exterior. If I wasn’t used to seeing


    this stuff, my eyes would have popped out in awe. Learning point number one, Reiner came from a


    very wealthy family. How wealthy or what they did to earn this much money, I didn’t know…yet.


    Suddenly, the man leading us came to a stop in front of a veryrge wooden double door and I was


    immediately reminded of the entrance of Lucien’s study. I bet Reiner’s father is waiting beyond this


    door. I wished that I had a mirror so that I could at least check that I looked presentable. First


    impressions do matter so…


    “Try not to speak to him…” Reiner hissed a warning close to my ear.


    I was about to turn to ask him why when the door opened, and Reiner dragged me after him inside.


    The room was muchrger than Lucien’s study and decorated with manyrge oil color paintings and


    chandeliers. Arge sofa set sat in the middle of the room and a veryrge worktable was locate to one


    side.


    The man that led us to the room didn’t enter with us. Once the door closed behind us, Reiner strode in


    confidently and that was when I realized that there was a man and a woman seated on the sofa. The


    man had the exact same hair color as Reiner and although he was seated, I could tell that he was a


    veryrge man. Strong genes indeed, that man must be Reiner’s father. The woman next to him was


    very beautiful even at her age and I had a feeling that I had seen her somewhere before, but I wasn’t


    sure.


    Reiner and I approached the sofa and with a nod from Reiner, I sat down next to him on the sofa


    opposite his parents. I felt so nervous that I found it a little difficult to breath while my fast-beating heart


    made me feel ufortable. This is definitely the ssic ‘meet his parents’ situation that I’ve seen so


    many times before in television series. What am I supposed to say?


    “Wee home,” the woman spoke up first before smiling our way.


    Reiner’s father had a very stern look on his face, and he didn’t seem to be in a good mood. Lacking the


    knowledge of the history between these two men, I had no idea how to react. Thinking back on


    Reiner’s warning, I decided not to say anything and just smile politely.


    “How rude of you not to introduce the girl that you’re with to us…” Reiner’s father said with a frown.


    “Why do I need to introduce her? Didn’t you order for her to be brought here?” Reiner replied, clearly


    dissatisfied.


    “You go by Reiner now, right? I’m King, Reiner’s father and this is my wife,” the man introduced himself


    before smiling a little at me.


    “Hi hi. You can call me Queen,” the woman said cheerily.


    “Nice to meet you. I’m Natalia…” I introduced myself politely.


    I introduced myself before presenting them with my wless smile while conveniently leaving out my


    anymore.


    “Why did you have her brought here?” Reiner asked his father again.


    “You know when I ordered the package, I never dreamt that my son would be the one to deliver it. Isn’t


    all just a super big coincidence?” King said, feigning innocence.


    The package…does he mean me? I thought Zak had arranged to send me here to be with Reiner, but I


    never heard about Reiner’s father ordering me. Why is he even referring to me as a package?


    “It’s fate, my dear…” Queen said in her sweet voice.


    “Oh, yes…fate…” King said as he nodded in agreement.


    --To be continued…