Chapter 377: Reiner - Acting Normal
The door closed behind me with a small thud as my body froze in place and my face felt numb.
“Good...morning...” I replied softly after regaining my composure.
That was all I could come up with to say to him. Why was Reiner standing here in front of my door?
“Good morning, Natalia. Are you going to work today?” Reiner asked flatly.
Is that another way of asking me why I wasn’t at work yesterday? I took in a deep breath and stood up a little straighter.
“Yes, of course. Umm...thank you for waiting for me. Shall we?” I said as I tried to act natural.
I didn’t wait for Reiner to say anything in response before walking past him along the hallway that would lead us to the stairs. My mind screamed all the way to the stairs as I wondered why he had to appear in front of my bedroom like that. Honestly, I wasn’t planning on avoiding him or anything. I had work to do, and I was going to do it.
Act natural, Natalia.
I repeated this to myself with every breath that I took until we got into the car together. Needless to say, the atmosphere in the car was tense. Reiner obviously wanted to know why I didn’t turn up to work yesterday and that question just hung in the air between us throughout the whole ride. He didn’t voice the question and even if he did, I wasn’t sure if I could answer it directly and honestly. How does ‘I quickly hunted for a place so that I could move out of your mansion as soon as possible’ sound?