Chapter 37: My Bodyguard
“You with Reiner? I chose him to guard you. He will keep you safe from any random men. See you at the lab.” Edward. So, this is what he had planned all along? Using Reiner to keep tabs on me when I’m not with him. What a heavy price to pay for my lies.
“Yes,” I replied to his text simply.
Now back to Reiner. What should I talk about?
“Reiner, your full butler uniform is a little bit much. Starting tomorrow can you dress perhaps a bit more casually to blend in better?” I suggested. Afterall, it’s not like I want the whole world to know that I have a butler shadowing me everywhere.
“Sure, I’ll wear a suit starting tomorrow, Miss Natalia” He replied, acknowledging my words as his command.
“I mean, it doesn’t need to be a suit every day. You can adjust your outfit to sort of match what we’ll be doing based on my schedule. Oh, and please just call me Natalia,” I told him as I turned to look at his face for the first time since we left Lucien’s study. His serious face as he watched the road is quite attractive...
“As you wish,” Reiner replied shortly.
That was the end of that. In the end, we didn’t exchange any more words between us the whole ride to the lab.
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**A week before**
A very tall man with a large build, bright red hair and piecing blue eyes stood in the middle of Edward’s office.