Chapter 35

It's been a month since I got discharged from the hospital.

We were in Andrei's condo. With everything that happened between us, I felt like I wanted to do everything to make it up to him.

I was watching Andrei and Adrian, who are busy watching cartoons. In the few weeks that we've been together, it was only then that I realized how close they truly were.

Was I so focused on working that I did not notice?

Andrei suddenly turned to me, causing our eyes to meet. He smiled at me and then whispered in the air, "I love you..."

My face automatically warmed up so I averted my eyes. I listened to his weak laugh, which caused me to look at him and frown before I walked to the kitchen to arrange what we were going to eat.

A few seconds later as I was setting the table, I heard their footsteps approaching.

Andrei's sturdy arms immediately wrapped around my waist and kissed me.

"I love you, wife," he whispered softly.

Instead of responding to him, I just kissed his cheek and gently let go.

"Let's eat," I said smiling.

I could see the sadness on his face and I knew what the reason was. Instead of focusing, I just let it go.

I just smiled in my mind when I remembered all my plans.

I will make sure everything will be special.

We enjoyed eating because of our son's good chatter. I still have a lot of admiration for our son, he is only three years old, but he is so mature compared to other children.

"I'll bring you somewhere tomorrow," Andrei said smiling as he looked at the two of us; we had just finished eating and were now in the living room.

I frowned at him and raised an eyebrow. "Shopping?" I asked him and he immediately shook his head.

"It's a surprise," he said, his smile could not be erased.

My son, who was focused on watching TV, immediately applauded when he heard that his father had a surprise.

We were in the middle of that excitement when the doorbell rang. As expected, Andrei looked at me in confusion.

"Are you expecting anyone at this time?" he raised an eyebrow at the question.

I shook my head innocently, so he voluntarily stood up and walked towards the door.

"Delivery for Sir Andrei Villa Cruz," I heard the man say.

Surprisingly, Andrei accepted the box, and signed the paper given to him. The delivery boy finally said goodbye, so he closed the door.

His green eyes stared at me as he walked back, as if digging into my mind. I just sighed before simply tapping my son.

Adrian quickly stood up and said goodbye to urinate, so Andrei's brows furrowed.

"What?" I laughed because I could not explain his reaction.

He lowered the box on the table and then took a cutter on the top of the refrigerator.

He opened it quietly and carefully. I stopped laughing as I watched him check it.

The box, which was the size of a shoe box, was full of confetti. Once he got to the contents of it, he saw a bottle with a rolled letter inside.

He looked at me again; I just shrugged. He removed the bottle cap and removed the paper. He opened it slowly, then his eyebrows collided into a frown before looking at me.

"Congratulations? For what?" he asked.

Adrian suddenly came out of the room and ran to his father. Andrei quickly put it back, and kissed our son's cheek before handing him a small object.

"CONGRATULATIONS DADDY!" Our son's happy cry made me laugh.

I could see Andrei stunned while looking at the pregnancy kit our son gave him. With tears in his eyes, he turned to look at me.

I slowly approached him and kissed him on the lips for a moment.

"I'm one week pregnant hubby," I happily announced while staring at him.

He quickly hugged me with our son. I listened to his weak swearing and gratitude. I giggled.

"Fuck! Thank you Lord," he mumbled again.

"Are you happy Daddy?" Our son asked kindly, Andrei immediately nodded in response and kissed him on the forehead.

"So much my son, so much." He whispered sincerely before looking at me again.

"Will brother Adriel be happy too?" my son asked. Andrei's eyes immediately widened and he turned to look at our son.

"Yes baby, brother will be happy too, because you have a baby sister," he said.

I mentally rolled my eyes. I was only a week pregnant, but he was already saying that he wanted it to be a girl.

"I'll protect her Daddy, Mommy. I will be a good brother for her. I will not fight her, I will take care of her like the way I cared for Daeshaia, right Mommy?" He said innocently.

There was something warm inside me, in Andrei's reaction I knew he felt the same way. We kissed our son on the forehead at the same time and hugged again.

"You will, baby...you will," Andrei and I said together.

A few more minutes passed and I decided to put Adrian to sleep, because the night was getting darker, while Andrei stayed in the living room. It was not difficult for me to put my son to sleep, because it looked like he was really hit by drowsiness. So after I arranged for Adrian to lie down, I went out to the living room again to accompany Andrei.

Even though he was not smiling, there was a hint of happiness in his eyes. He raised both his hands and motioned for me to sit on his lap. I immediately obeyed. He hugged me while I sank into his chest.

I always really liked the smell of him. I could feel him kiss my head before squeezing his face against my neck.

"Thank you, baby. Thank you," he whispered.

"As if you didn't expect that to happen," I said sarcastically, which made him laugh.

He slowly met my eyes and then sniffed. "I told you I can't let you go," he said.

I rolled my eyes and leaned on him. "That's why you made me pregnant," I said, and he laughed again.

"Damn it. Why are you so sexy?" he huskily said and dug his head into my neck again. I just smiled at what he said.

We remained in that position for a few minutes. We embraced the quiet atmosphere together.

"Hubby," I called his attention as I looked at him.

"Hmm?" he responded and looked at me.

"How did you know? I mean how did you know everything about the past?" I asked him.

He paused for a moment before resuming stroking my hair.

"Just before we got married, your daddy asked me to keep my eyes on you. If you think about it, it's normal for a father to worry about his daughter, so I just let it go," he told.

"Until one day, I noticed that someone always seemed to be following us. I ignored that at first, because maybe they were just my business opponents who were looking for something to ruin me, but I was completely surprised to realize that you were being watched by them. When I saw him in your office, I felt that something was really wrong with him. So on the spot, I told him about our marriage. It was funny to think that he was shocked and hurt by that, but he hid his real emotions, he expected that." He continued and kissed my neck.

"That's why I arrested one of the people who was watching you that same day, and I found out that he was the one who told them to. In fact, it is said that since Rozz left, he has been watching over you, so no wonder he knows everything that happened to you." He added.

"Until the scandal happened. He moved so fast, I did not expect that he was ready to destroy the two of us. Yhanna told me the whole truth the day you sent me out of the hospital; at the same time the doctor told me that something allegedly triggered your stomach to cause the miscarriage of our child." I could feel the sudden sadness in his voice so I hugged him while remaining submerged and listening to him.

He kissed my forehead and exhaled. "I immediately investigated that moment, and I found out that he had ordered a waiter to put drugs in the water you were drinking. That's where I put everything together." He finished and gently pulled my face to him.

"I love you so much Cassandra. I will never be able to fool you or trade you for someone else. You will always remember that." He said full of sincerity and love.

Tears welled up in my eyes due to the sweetness of his words. I also touched his face and gently touched my lips to him. He immediately responded to my kiss. When we were satisfied, I slowly turned my face away from him to meet his eyes. I smiled as I caressed his cheek to the side of his eyebrow.

"I have loved you so much, Andrei, ever since. And that did not go away, even though I was angry with what I believed. I love you so much Andrei. I love you my husband." I said, I feel like I poured all my emotions out at that moment so that he could feel the love I was referring to.

He stilled a bit, he was tearfully looking at me. When he recovered from the shock, he hugged me tightly.

"I thought I would never hear that again. I also waited for almost a month to hear that from you, I thought you were tired of me, and just forced to be with me," he said at length full of bitterness.

I laughed.

"I'm sorry, and if I scared you. I love you so much Andrei," I said.

"I love you so much baby," he replied as he hugged me tight.