Behold, in front of Laura was a moderately big white mansion. It looked so simple yet so elegant and beautiful.
"Welcome to my house... Well it's our house now." Andre said as he stood be hind her. They were both now standing in front of 'their' house😁.
"It's beautiful...." ' And in my favourite colour' Laura said the remaining words in her head.
"You can come in." Andre opened the front door for her to enter the house first.
Laura was left dumbfounded when she saw the interiors. If the outside was elegant, the the inside was triple-elegant. Everything in the house was shining and white in colour. From the stairs to the furnitures and the tiled floor, not a single thing had another colour other than white. It was simply amazing....
Andre told fger that he would show her around the next day since it was a weekend and it's late already so they proceeded to their room.
"Do you live alone?." Laura asked him on the way to their room after noticing that she hadn't met anyone since they arrived at his house.
"No, I can't say I live alone. Since I'm not a fan of having servants around me, mum insisted that I at least have one housekeeper. I gave her two days off yesterday so she's gonna come back tomorrow. You'll meet her by then.
"Ohh.. okay." Laura and Andre were more familiar witg each other now so they communicated better and she had to admit that he was actually a good man.
Andre led her into their room. The room was very big and also coloured white. The white colour made everything look modest and cool but if one had a closer look, one would know that everything in the room were very expensive. Attached to the room was a walk-in closet. In short, the room was heavenly and looked like it belonged to an angel. Laura couldn't keep her mouth shut anymore and she just had to complement him her own way.
"This room look so amazing, it gives the perfect home vibe." She said with a smile.
"Thank you." Andre replied. By now, he was standing behind her. Even though Andre didn't want to admit to himself, he liked Laura's scent; floral and whenever he was behind her, he would be able to inhale her scent.
" There's a walk-in closet over there and the bathroom as well. Why don't you take a quick shower, you must be tired. One of the servants from granfather's house came to arrange your clothes. I'll wait here in the room." He told her.
"Okay." She said as she went to the walk-in closet. She found her clothes neatly hanged and folded in the wardrobe. She took one of her shorts and her oversized t-shirts and she laid it for her to wear when she's done with her shower.
When she entered the bathroom, she made sure to lock the door. Yes, he was her husband now, but she would definitely feel awkward if she was naked around him. She was almost done under the shower when she remembered that tonight was their wedding night, she choked on the water that was flowing down her head. Her heart was racing as she thought about a lot of things, but one thing she knew for sure was that she was not ready for it and she was definitely not in the mood. She hurriedly got out of the room and she wore her clothes. Laura was a person that found it very uncomfortable to wear her bra whenever she wanted to go to sleep and now her nipples outlined on her oversized tshirt.
"Damn provocative things" She mumbled. She grunted in pain and annoyance as she tweaked them.
"What are you doing?." Andre was wondering what Laura was doing since she had spent more than enough time freshening up so he decided to check up on her. When he got to the inner room, she had her back to him and she was doing something he couldn't decipher so he stepped closer to find out. But her she was grunting, mumbling and tweaking her nipples.
Laura almost staggered but Andre was quick to catch her. 'I pray he didn't see what I was doing..' she thought as she closed her eyes. "Nothing.." She gave him a nervous smile.
"Okay, I'll join you in a few minutes. I also have to take a shower."
Laura went inside the bedroom and quickly laid herself on the bed and covered herself with the duvet. She wanted to pretend to be asleep so there would be no intimacy between the both of them.
Andre came inside the room around ten minutes later. He had already dried his hair and he was wearing a simple t-shirt and trousers. 'Wait... she's asleep?' He thought as he saw Laura on the bed with only her head poking out from under the duvet. He walked to her side of the bed and he sat down beside her. Laura felt his weight on the bed and she's scrunched her face. 'Ohh... she's definitely pretending' Andre thought again.
"Laura?" He tapped her. When she didn't respond, he rained on her parade. " Cut the acting, I know you're not asleep.."
Laura didn't think twice before sitting up and staring at him in shock. "B-But how?...."
"You're such a bad actor, how wouldn't I know?"
Laura suddenly changed her expression to that of a child that was caught doing something wrong by her father. She stared at her fingers and started playing with them.
"I know what you're trying to do" Andre told her she looked up to meet his gaze, she returned her gaze back to her fingers almost immediately. " I know you don't want us to be intimate yet and I understand. All of this is still sudden to you. I mean three weeks ago, you were still my secretary and I was your boss but now we're husband and wife. The circumstances changed within a short period of time and that's why I'm not going to do anything if you don't permit me to. So be rest assured that I won't do anything to you while you're sleeping or unaware. Okay?" He explained to her and he stood up to lie down on the other side of the bed. He turned off the lights and the dim nightlights were the only things illuminating the big room.
Laura continued staring at him as he lied down on the bed, covered himself with the duvet and closed his eyes. She finally lied down beside him and she hugged him for a while before releasing him, even she was amazed at her bravery. "Thank you." She said. Andre opened his eyes and met her gaze. She continued what she was saying " I know you've started helping my dad with his company and I'm very grateful for that. I'm so happy that he doesn't look tensed up anymore." Her voice cracked as tears welled up in her eyes. Andre didn't say a word, he just kept staring at her. " Thank you for understanding that I want to take things slow and steady as well. Thanks a lot." She gave him a genuine smile as she turned her back to him even though she knew she couldn't sleep yet.
For a while, Andre didn't say anything and he kept staring at her back. He knew she couldn't sleep and neither could he. He then pulled her closer to him and hugged her from behind. He placed her head on his chest and curled his hands around her waist. He breathed in the scent of her hair.
"Go to sleep now. You won't look good in the morning if you don't get enough sleep. Goodnight." He said to her as he closed his eyes and he continued holding her in his embrace.
Laura stiffened at first because Andre's actions were sudden but after some time she loosened up and started to enjoy staying in his arms. "Goodnight" she said to him as well. And as if magic sleeping dust was sprinkled on the both of them from above, the two of them drifted off to sleep.