Chapter 496: Reiner - Some Closure
I had to choose, and I have already chosen. There is no point in trying to learn how things are on the other side.
“Goodbye. I hope you come back to visit us soon. Have a safe flight,” I said while trying to look cheerful.
My brave front probably could have fooled anyone except for Lucien and Reiner. Lucien nodded his head at me before pulling me into a hug.
“Be happy and don’t let anyone bully you...” Lucien whispered into my ear.
It sounded like a joke, but I knew that he was dead serious about it. Lucien was always and will probably always be overprotective.
“Please take care...” I whispered in return.
After showing me one last smile, Lucien got into the car that would take him to the airport. I had no idea when I would get to see Lucien again. As if there was an understanding between us, we never agreed to keep in touch on a regular basis.
...
There was just a small break between our wedding and the honeymoon trip that we had planned. It didn’t take us long to agree on taking a private vacation together to one of King’s private islands. Reiner got King’s approval quite easily which came as a pleasant surprise to me. Despite King’s strict and overbearing attitude, I was sure that he was a very kind man at heart. He just needs to work on his way to openly show it.
Reiner used the time between our wedding and our trip to clear up some work so that everything would run smoothly in our absence. The honeymoon trip was planned to last roughly a week so that meant that we had to tie all loose ends before heading out. While Reiner was busy with work, I managed to find some private time to finally open that small box that Zak gave me as my wedding present.
I felt extremely guilty hiding in our bedroom while Reiner was away to open Zak’s present. It felt like I was hiding something from Reiner and that didn’t sit well with me. However, the fact was that I was indeed hiding something from him and no matter how many times that I kept telling myself that I would tell Reiner later, it didn’t make me feel any better about it.
Here goes...