Andre got home an hour later as he said. He found Laura drinking lime water in the living room. He rushed towards her, dropping the suitcase in his hand on the couch. He started to feel her forehead with the back of his palm.
"Are you okay?. What's wrong?" he bombarded Laura with questions, neither giving himself time to breathe nor her time to answer any of his questions.
Laura looked confused. She was trying to cook for him but she couldn't help but feel nauseated, this had been happening for almost a week but she usually manages to cook for him in the end. She just couldn't cook today, seems like what they say about pregnancy symptoms being more visible when you know you're pregnant is true. She had to leave everything to the housekeeper to do alone. She was taking lime water to help with her nausea when Andre came in and kept asking her questions. She dropped the glass cup in her hand on the small table beside her and faced him.
"Nothing is wrong with me."
"If nothing is wrong with you, why did you go to the hospital?" worry was clearly written on his face as he spoke.
'Heavens help me with my acting.' she folded her hands and knelt in her head, praying. She didn't think she could pull this off, she couldn't believe that she couldn't share this good news with him already, all in the name of a surprise. She knew that it would be worth it when she tells him in a few days but she had so much excitement bottled up in her. She wanted to yell in his ears and tell him that she was pregnant, but she had to keep herself in check. It took every ounce of self-control in her not to burst.
" I was only feeling a little bit too cold this morning so I decided to go to the doctor's, it's nothing much." She chuckled nervously, hoping he didn't catch up to her lie. She knew he was a very intelligent man but he trusted everything she said as well, so he didn't probe much.
He sighed in relief "How are you feeling now and what did the doctor say?"
"The doctor said it's all because of the weather and due to the fact that I have a low tolerance for cold, I would feel colder than usual. Other than that, I am perfectly fine as you can see." she gave him a toothy smile while spreading her arms out.
"I can see that." he gave her a faint smile too.
" Wait... You're not feeling okay, you didn't cook right?" he asked her, trying to feign being upset at her for working while she was not feeling well.
Her radiant face suddenly turned sad "I'm sorry Avi, I couldn't cook today."
He chuckled at how cute she was acting and pinched her cheek lightly. " You're being so cute. I don't have any problems with you not cooking, you are my wife, not my cook okay?" he pinched her cheek again and Laura smiled at how childish and naughty he was.
"You go freshen up while I get our food hmm?" she patted his chest and headed towards the kitchen while he climbed the stairs and went to their room to shower and come to eat.
Not too long after, they were both at the dining table, eating. Andre was noticing that she didn't eat much and she was acting very strange.
"Darling, I've been watching you for a while now, why aren't you eating?."
She looked at him, trying to mask the irritated look on her face. "I'm okay, I guess I just don't feel hungry."
"This has been happening for the last three days, you either way too little or play with your food till I feed you. Oh... I see." He took food from his plate and started feeding her and she accepted the food from it. After a few spoonfuls, she started to feel very nauseous
"Avi, that's enough," she complained, rubbing her throat with her palm.
"No eat a little bit more, or else you'll start to get thinner." he argued as well, he was not going to give in to her.
She was about to argue further but then she couldn't take it anymore. She hurriedly stood up and ran to the nearest guest bedroom on that floor. She went to the room's bathroom and vomited to her heart's content. Andre followed her and helped her.
"You're not feeling good Laura... We'll go back to the hospital." he told her in a worried tone.
Laura widened her eyes, her plan was going to fail and it wasn't even a day yet. "No no, I'm fine. It's because of the food, moreover, I've been given medicines. I'll take them and I'll be fine." After much persuasion, he finally agreed not to go to the hospital. They went back to the dining and she got something spicier to eat.
After their dinner, they both took a walk for a few minutes, and then they went to the study and got busy with their respective work. Andre was finishing his work for the day while Laura was checking for publishing companies. She would glance at Andre multiple times, guilt flashing through her eyes because she hadn't shared a piece of very important news with him. She was done with her research and was only watching documentaries on her phone when she received Ishani's message.
Ishani: So how's it going? *wink*
Laura: Not so good madame.
Ishani: Ahh... why?!
Laura: I don't think I can keep up this act. He's gonna find out sooner than he thought. The symptoms are showing more.
Ishani: Ahh I see, you can't escape that but try not to show them in front of him okay? I'm gonna come over tomorrow too. My leave is ending after the new year so I'm still free.
Laura: It will be nice to have you over tomorrow.
Ishani: Oh yeah. We have to go shopping as well.
Laura: *sigh* okay, I have to go sleep now. Goodnight.
Ishani: Goodnight, take care of yourself.
She turned off her phone afterward. She saw that Andre was also done with his work so they both went to their room to sleep. Mr.Naughty was considerate today, so he didn't stress his wife out. He only cuddled her to sleep.