Chapter 4. Separate Lives

It’s been exactly one month since Reiner moved out of Lucien’s mansion and stopped being my butler and bodyguard. Yes, unconsciously I had been counting.

“Natalia…are you even listening? Natalia…” Edward said as he waved a hand in front of my face.

“Oh, sorry. What?” I said as I snapped out of my thoughts.

“Why are you so s****d out?” Edward asked, looking quite concerned.

“Umm…sorry. What were you saying just now?” I asked as I blinked my eyes rapidly to regain focus.

Edward sighed so loudly that I felt extremely guilty. I had decided to meet up with Edward today to discuss some career plans. Edward truly came prepared with a pre-selected list of potential job opportunities that he thought were aligned with what I was looking for. While he was going through the list of job openings and the pros and cons of each opportunity, I just zoned out on him.

Unfortunately, unlike before I didn’t have that much motivation to find a job or to do anything for