Chapter 11

Laura was the first to wake up amongst the two of them. She found herself still lying in Andre's embrace and she blushed hard. She wanted to check what time it was but the alarm clock was on the drawer at Andre's side of the bed which she couldn't reach. She saw that Andre's phone was on the drawer that was on her side of the bed and she reached for it. Andre had told her a lot of things about him including his phone's password so she unlocked it but she was rather shocked at what she saw. It was her picture!; it was the picture she sent to him later when he asked. 'For no reason at all' he said.

Try picture this:

She was in front of a restaurant she went to with her cousin and his fiancee for lunch. She was wearing sky blue oversized high-waist jeans as usual and a white short sleeved tight fitting crop top. She wore white sneakers and she let her hair down as well. And to complete her look she wore a sky blue coloured nose mask and a white baseball cap as well and she had her hands in her pocket. She was dressed in only sky blue and white. This was one of the days she went all out with her casual looks. She looked like a model. Almost everybody wouldn't realize it was her except for those very close to her and that was one of the reasons Andre used this picture.

This was the picture he used as his home screen wallpaper. Laura was very impressed and she kept blushing nonstop. She carefully left his embrace and she went ahead to brush her teeth. After that she went out of their room, Andre hadn't shown her around yet so she didn't even know where the kitchen was and she was planning to surprise him with her cooking once he woke up. She sighed in frustration as she climbed down the stairs.

"Good morning young miss." She heard the voice of a woman before her gaze landed on her. She was a little short, beautiful and plump woman of around forty years of age. She had short chestnut brown hair and brown eyes as well.

"Good morning ma'am." She replied as she smiled politely. She was already downstairs now. 'She must be the housekeeper Andre was talking about.' She thought.

"I'm Lisa, the housekeeper. I just arrived a few minutes ago.The young master has told me about you. You must be the young master's wife."

"Yes. I'm Laura. it's nice meeting you." She smiled at the woman again.

She seems very kind and nice. Such a good match for the young master' Lisa thought.

"Can you please show me where the kitchen is?. I've not been shown around since I just arrived yesterday night and I want to cook for Andre ti surprise him before he wakes up." Laura explained the reason she was walking around the house at such an early hour.

"Ohhhhh... it's okay let me show you. Let's go." She said as she lead the way to the kitchen. Laura was amazed again as she saw the kitchen. It was white line the rest of the house and it looked like it had never been used before.

"Does no one ever cook here?" She let her curious mind take over here.

"I cook here once in a while. The young master doesn't eat homemade meals that much even after old master and madam told him that it isn't good for his health. He's just so stubborn." Lisa sighed.

Laura vowed to herself in her mind to never allow Andre to eat out anymore except if there was no other choice. She would make it part of her daily schedule to cook for him from now on. "But since you don't cook often, how will I get the ingredients I need to cook for him."

"And that's why I'm here. I already thought about this before coming this morning so I got a few foodstuffs just in case. I'll go buy the other things later today since you're here." Lisa says as she showed her the things she bought while Laura nodded after seeing that they were enough for her to make a sumptuous meal for him and in no time at all she started cooking while Lisa helped her out with a few things. After a while Laura sent Lisa away, claiming that she like handle everything alone.

Andre woke up to find that Laura was not in his arms anymore and where she slept was cold which meant she had woken up a long time ago. He checked the time and widened his eyes in surprise. He had never woken up that late before..... even on weekends. Seemed like Laura was his sleeping pill after a tiring day. He checked Laura in the inner room and bathroom while using the opportunity to brush his teeth. He figured out that she must be downstairs and she must either be having her breakfast or gossiping away with Lisa.

As he opened the door to step out of the room , a salivating aroma filled his lungs. He followed the scent all the way to the kitchen. And there his wife was, slightly swaying her beautiful body and singing along to the song she was playing on her phone. Laura loved music so much to the extent that she couldn't do without playing it every morning, and well old habits never die. Andre didn't know how long he stood there for and Laura didn't notice him either as she he had her back against him and she was so engrossed in her cooking and singing. He finally went and hugged her from behind. "Good morning" He said in her ears.

Laura gasped and stiffened her body when she felt someone home her bit she immediately relaxed when she realized that it was Andre. She turned off the stove and moved to another side of the kitchen counter. She turned over to meet his gaze and he trapped her in between his arms by placing them in the countertop. She smiled at him. After their discussion the night before, she was more free around him by now.

"Good morning. I'm already done here, why don't you go have your bath and then come down to eat" She suggested.

"Hmmph... your husband came all the way down here to wish you a good morning and you just send him away to have a bath?" Andre grunted, acting like a spoilt child.

"But then what am I supposed to do?" Laura shook her head at his childishness.

"Give me a reward." He showed her his mischievous smirk.

"What reward?" She asked as she raised one of her eyebrows.

"A kiss of course... try to keep up." He said as he gently flicked her forehead. Who would have thought the cold and tyrant boss would act this way.

Laura's face flushed. She knew she couldn't escape and when she met his expectant gaze, she decided to give in but not without turning the tables on him a little. She raised her feet up and proceeded to kiss his cheeks. Andre's once expectant and happy face was immediately replaced with a disappointed one. But then he thought of another trick.

"Well you've taken your time and energy to cook for your husband dear wife, si this husband of yours is going to give you a reward as well." Before Laura knew what was happening, Andre lowered his head and slammed his lips on hers. Laura just stood there like a statue, her eyes widened and she wasn't responding. After a few moments, Andre said he was satisfied for now and that he would go to have his bath, leaving to the frozen Laura alone in the kitchen.

Before the end of the day, Andre stole a few more kisses from Laura. He stole one as a reward for making a delicious breakfast, another to give him 'concentration' ( as he said) when he sorts out the documents his assistant brought that morning, another one as a reward for him for a job well done with his documents, another for a delicious lunch, another for a good dinner, another one as a reward from him because she helped him dried his hair, another as a reward for himself for helping her dry her hair and the last was a goodnight kiss that lasted longer than the rest. Well what could Laura do other than try to keep up?.