Forbidden Heat
Chapter 43: Care For Me
Care For Me
Lucien exited the dining room and came face to face with Reiner. Was he waiting out here this whole time?
“Clean up the mess,” Lucien ordered as he walked passed Reiner without glancing back.
“Yes, Sir” Reiner replied while bowing.
Lucien marched directly to his bedroom. He needed to sort out his emotion and figure out his next move. He instructed all his maids to leave him
alone before he entered his bedroom. Alone and in peace, at last, he could think.
Reflecting back on what just happened, it is clear that | caused a lot of harm to my relationship with Natalia. What the hell did | do! | lost control
completely. Damn Edward! Although her body reacted to the pleasure that | gave her, she was crying most of the time. Her spirit must have been badly
hurt by my actions and words. What | did was foolish. | acted out of jealousy between her and my brother. | still didn’t have proof if they were lovers or
not but seeing the look on Edward's face as he challenged me made me anxious.
| need to find a way to mend our relationship as soon as possible. Natalia must choose to marry me when the time comes...
**Earlier that day**
Lucien came to see Edward at his office in the lab with the intention to terminate Natalia’s internship early.
“Hi Lucien. It's rare for you to make an appearance here. How can | help you?” Edward greeted his brother warmly.
“I'll get straight to it. Natalia wants to end her internship early. She will no longer work here with you,” Lucien stated as he glared into another pair of
green eyes that were very similar to his own.
“I see. Well, that’s a shame. She could have called to let me know that herself. There was no need for you to come all the way here in person, although,
| do appreciate the effort,” Edward replied with a smile.
“Natalia hasn't been feeling well. She’s always been frail so | don’t want her to overwork. | hope you understand,” Lucien started his vague explanation.
more fun for her if she worked outside of the family’s circle,” Edward suggested.
“She doesn't have to work at all,” Lucien retorted.
“| know Natalia is still young and that you want what is best for her. However, you should also consider what she wants for her own life,” Edward said
as he flipped through some research papers casually.
“And you're saying that you know what she wants?” Lucien countered.
Someone’s getting pretty mad, Edward thought to himself. No matter how this conversation ends, Natalia will bear the brunt of
it.
Edward refused to answer or comment.
“Look at me. Did you sleep with her?” Lucien asked as he leaned closer to look straight into Edward’s eyes.
“What sort of question is that?” Edward replied without showing any emotions.
“I told you this before. Don’t answer my questions with another question. Did you have sex with Natalia?” Lucien repeated his
question.
“I’m a gentleman here. I don’t make claims and I don’t refute claims on a woman’s body without her consent. If you want to
know if I ever laid hands on your daughter, you just need to ask her. Speaking hypothetically, let’s say that I did, what would
you have me do? Should I take responsibility by marrying her?” Edward challenged Lucien back with a gentle smile.
“A gentleman? You’re nothing more than a playboy fooling around outside the family’s business! As if you could ever be
successful without the family’s backing,” Lucien yelled at his brother and grabbed him by the collar.
“Just because I’m less discreet about my affairs than you are, doesn’t make me more of a playboy. Whether I’m successful due
to the family’s backing or not is up for debate. What is not up for debate, is the fact that Natalia has a life of her own that
neither you nor the elders should be trying to control. Oh, and enough with the violence,” Edward said calmly as he shrugged
Lucien’s grip off.
“Stay away from Natalia,” Lucien ordered threateningly as he turned to leave.
“That’s up to Natalia,” Edward replied.
Lucien did not look back as he strode impatiently out of Edward’s office.
“Stay out of this room. You all can come back to clean it later tonight,” Reiner instructed the maids to stay away from the
dining room.
Judging from the sounds earlier, Natalia is probably not in a state that the maids could see without starting some twisted
gossip.
She should not be physically hurt to the extent that I needed to intervene but the same couldn’t be said about her emotions. I
have to take her back to her room and keep her away from Lucien for a while until she recovers.
I was prepared for the mess that I would see inside the room but I have to say it looks worst than I had pictured. There were
food, water, broken glass, and broken dishes everywhere on the floor. I found Natalia lying on her stomach unconscious on the