Forbidden Heat R18-Chapter 532: Reiner – My Bold Decision

“I just...didn’t know how to bring it up. I feel so bad...so guilty...” I confessed honestly.

“There’s nothing for you to feel bad about. You’re over thinking things, Natalia. I’ve very happy living here with you. I’ll be happy wherever as long as we’re together,” Reiner said comfortingly.

“But things are so hard on you. You have to work so much harder...” I whimpered in between my sobs.

“That’s true but I’m willing to work a little harder so we don’t have to live apart. I know you’re working hard too and you’re trying your best,” Reiner said calmly as his large hand continued stroking my back.

“I’m sorry...” I apologized again because I didn’t know what else to say.

Even if he told me that he was happy and fine with being here, I still felt responsible for the additional hardship that I put him through.

“We’ll make it through this as well as everything else. So, please stop crying, Natalia,” Reiner whispered lovingly before he placed a soft kiss on my forehead.

Now that we were talking about this, my mind immediately went to the future. What does Reiner want for our future? What do I even want?

“I was thinking a little about the future...” I began before I wondered how I was going to put this for him.

“What about the future?” he prompted.

“Well, you know...what happens after we’re done sorting out this orphanage business...” I replied.

“And what have you decided?” Reiner asked curiously.

“I’m not sure but I figured that I shouldn’t decide on my own...so...” I said before smiling at him.

He’s my husband so unlike how I entered into this project, I’m going to ask him for his thoughts on the issue properly this time around. Yes, I have learnt my lesson.

Reiner’s reaction was very different from what I had expected. He looked at me with a blank look before he frowned and shook his head slightly at me.

“You’ve come this far, and we’ve come this far. Tell me what you really want to do, Natalia,” Reiner said sternly.

“I’m not sure...” I murmured.

“Really? I think you already know what you want to do, right?” Reiner said before he smiled at me knowingly.

Sometimes, I get this feeling that Reiner knew me better than I knew or understood myself. Maybe he was right. Maybe I already knew but I was just too much of a coward to face it and voice it.

“R...” I called his name softly as I tried my best to hold back my tears.

“Yes?” Reiner responded.

“I think...I want to take over the management of all orphanages permanently...if possible...” I stated my wish.

Reiner stared at me with round eyes. I could tell that he was surprised, and honestly, I was also surprised too.

“I might not be ready to do that right now but sometime in the future, when I’m ready, I want to run the orphanages and fund it...” I stated what I wanted in a shaky voice.

I was sure that that was what I wanted. However, it felt more like a dream than a goal. It was my responsibility to make my dream more realistic, and then, I could fully call it my goal.

“Fund it?” Reiner asked.

“Yeah...” I replied with a small nod of my head.

“You mean with the money that Lucien gave you?” Reiner asked as he seemed to connect the dots.

“Yeah...that money,” I confessed softly.

Lucien did tell me to use the money how I wanted, right?

From the moment that I accepted the money from him, I never thought of using the money for myself. His fortune is massive, too massive for me to even think of spending it all. However, if I were to spend it on a good cause to help the children in need, then it might be worth it. Now that I have voiced it, I realized how passionate I was about this cause. I’m going to talk to Lucien about this later on after I get Reiner’s permission and thoughts.

“Do you...think that I’m crazy?” I asked softly.

Reiner seemed stunned into silence, and he hasn’t said anything yet. He probably thinks that I’m insane and my idea is crazy. I sighed softly but I wasn’t willing to give up on this dream just yet.

“Not at all. I think that it’s a wonderful idea for a very noble cause, Natalia,” Reiner replied as he placed his large hand on the top of my head.

His blue eyes came closer to my face. He smiled charmingly at me as he stared deeply into my eyes. His smile was so warm and genuine that it reached his eyes and made it seem to sparkle so captivatingly.

“Really?” I asked in disbelief.

“Of course. If that is what you want to do, then I’ll support you. Let’s make it work for us,” Reiner said encouragingly.

My lips broke into a broad smile at his words as relief flooded my body and replaced the guilt that I had been harboring. I turned in his arms and threw my arms around his neck and pulled him into a tight hug as I started giggling happily.

“Thank you, R! I love you so much...I can’t even describe how happy I feel...” I cried out happily.

Reiner’s body shook a little as he started laughing. His large hand continued to stroke my back comfortingly. The warmth of his embrace and the generosity of his words filled me with so much joy.

“It’s too early to celebrate. This is going to be very difficult for you to achieve...” Reiner warned solemnly.

“I know but I still want to give it a shot. I might be able to do it now but over the years, I think that I’ll finally get there...somehow...” I replied.

“Somehow...?” Reiner muttered as he shook his head.

“We can figure it out as we go along, right?” I suggested brightly.

“I guess...” Reiner replied softly before he smiled adoringly at me.

I placed my lips firmly against his as I kissed him lovingly. His soft and warm lips made me feel even better.

“Let’s be together always,” I stated my wish with all my heart.

--To be continued...