I'm your wife

The doctor bow in front of Leo and left the room.

Andrea walked towards Leo and was about to put her hand on Leo's bandaged hand but he moved away. Not giving her a chance to say anything. Before Andrea could say or do anything he walked out of the room and eventually out of the hospital, leaving Andrea following behind but battling to catch up because of the pain in her leg.

Leo called the driver to pick up him before he went to do all the tests. The driver was waiting for him outside the hospital. Leo quickly gets in the car and saw Andrea coming while limping. Leo told the driver to wait for a bit. Andrea saw that Leo didn't leave her alone which warm her heart.

Andrea sat at the back with Leo while the driver stepped on the gas. The drive was quiet. Andrea handed Leo his phone, she was about to say something when Leo signaled her not to talk.

Even when they got home, Andrea was unable to communicate with him. He locked himself in his room and busied himself on phone calls. Andres irritated by his unusual behavior and a little hurt she never had got the cold shoulder from him she needed to talk to him and he was just ignoring her.

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Few days passed and every day was the same.

Leo was in the study room talking to some unknown man and Andrea was standing outside his study room, unable to talk to him. She became more frustrated.

Andrea decided to go to the study room and talk to Leo. She gathered her courage, opened the gate, and just walked in, "Leo I want to talk to you about something."

Leo was shocked by seeing her there. He held up his hand to silence her and gestured the man to leave.

Andrea was standing across the table from where Leo was seated. Andrea waited for Leo to talk to her but he didn't. Instead, he made himself comfortable on his chair, leaning back and feet on the table with a file in one hand and a glass of whiskey in the other. It was as if Andrea was invisible.

After waiting for what seemed like forever, Andrea finally spoke, "Leo, who's that man, why is he here every day!"

Leo looked up from the file he was reading, "Why Princess, why are suddenly interested interest in your non-existing husband of yours."

"He looks like a very shady character, I'm not sure if I like him," Andrea replied.

Leo put down his file and moved closer to Andrea. "Hmmm... you're not sure if you like him...well, after I tell you who he is, you will hate him as much as you hate me!!".

Andrea frowned at him in confusion. Leo continued, "He is Ronald. He is my right-hand man and he does all shady things for me." Seeing that Andrea was still lost, he then added: "He is the guy that helped me beat up your Romeo and throw him off the cliff!!!"

"Stop it Leo!!!" she exploded.

"Stop what, Princess," Leo asked.

"Stop lying to me ...I know everything. I know why you went to meet Damien. I know what he said to you and how the fight began...and I know that you are innocent and I was wrong."

Tears started rolling from Andrea's face and Leo just stood there dumbfounded.

Leo quickly recovered to ask, "When did you find out?"

"Two weeks ago, when we went for dinner at Royal Manor. I heard you and her highness talking," Andrea said while wiping her tears.

"You knew everything and you didn't say a word," Leo was shocked after hearing that Andrea knew everything.

"I needed time to think," Andrea replied.

"And then you discovered that even though I'm not guilty, you still hate me!!" Leo tried to calm himself.

"What!!!"Andrea was even more shocked that Leo misunderstood her.

"Oh don't pretend Andrea, I saw when you entered my room at the hospital, You barely stayed a second," he said while sipping his drink.

"At that time, someone..." she couldn't continue as Leo held up his hand to silence her.

"I know Andrea, I know that you were hurt seeing me alive and sound. You were angry that whoever tried to kill me did not succeed!"

Andrea could not believe what she was hearing. Her tears began to flow uncontrollably.

Leo stand up from his seat and grabbed Andrea's arm, "Tell me, am I right? Tell me, Andrea." His grip on her was tightening.

"NO!!!" she shouted and pushed his handoff.

Leo was shocked for a moment. Then, he became increasingly angry with himself when he realized that he just hurt his princess. He walked over to the wall on the opposite side and punched his fist into it.

"Leo!!" Andrea screamed with concern. Leo, for the third time, held up his hand at Andrea and spoke softly, "You can leave."

"Leo, I'm your wife okay, you cant keep on dismissing me as if I'm one of your employees," she scolded as she took Leo's arm and made him sit.

She started searching for the first aid kit in his study room while Leo was sitting silently. Then she found a first aid kit from one of the drawers and she began applying antiseptic to his wound. Leo could not comprehend anything that was happening around him as his brain shut down with only one line echoing in his head, 'Leo, I'm your wife.'

Seeing Leo completely lost in thought, Andrea clicked her fingers in front of him.

"Done," she smiled as she closed the cap of the antiseptic liquid. He came out of his thoughts more confused than ever when another shocker flashed before him. A shimmer of something caught his eye, Andrea was wearing the bracelet. He was stunned that she was actually wearing it.

Andrea sat down on the chair opposite Leo. There were still so many things that needed to be discussed and clarified. Andrea had just started with, "I want us..." but she had to stop as Leo's phone rang.

He answered his call "Hey Dad."

After seeing Leo started talking to his dad, Andrea walked out of the room, there was no use waiting for the call to end because whenever dad phoned the conversation went on for hours.

Andrea went to her room feeling dejected. Nothing was resolved. The only thing was to wait for the morning.

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The next morning

Andrea woke up earlier than usual. She marched to Leo's study room and almost stumbled, seeing the sight before her. Leo was there with Ronald and also present in the room were eight very large, very tall, very hefty men in black suits. Andrea felt like a mouse as she scurried through the male maze to get to Leo.

She stood close to him and whispered, "Leo, who are the Hulks."

Leo suppressed a smile and began introducing each of the eight men to Andrea. Then, he divided them into two groups of four. One group was Andrea's bodyguards and one was his.

"Okay, so you four need to be with Andrea 24/7, I got it!" Leo ordered the four men. The four men nodded.

Then Leo turned to another group of four, "You guys are coming with me to City," to that the other four men nodded.

"Wait, City K? For what??" Andrea asked.

"Can you guys excuse us," Leo asked the nine men in the room and they all left.

When it was just the two of them, Andrea continued, "Leo, I'm waiting for an answer."

When she didn't get an answer, "King-Smith phoned last night, that's why you're going, right? You know you can't go, you're not well."

Leo raised his eyebrows at her.

"That sprain in your wrist has not healed yet and then last night, you hurt your other hand. I don't think you should go. Anyway, I'm sure Dad can manage without you. How long are you going for? No, don't answer, because you are not going. That person who is trying to kill you what if they try again...No, they won't, because you are not going!!" She grabbed Leo's collar, "get it!!"

Leo looked down at her hand on his collar, then looked straight into her eyes. She was trembling with anger. Leo very casually lifted his hand to her face and moved the couple strands of hair that had fallen onto her face, to behind her ear. Leo spoke softly, "Careful Princess, I may think you're actually worried about my welfare."

Andrea replied confidently, "I'm your wife and I have all the rights."

Leo was momentarily taken by surprise. He then put his hands on her waist and pulled her closer. Her grip on his collar loosened.

"Well then, if we're talking about rights then I, as your husband, have rights too," he announced. They were so close to each other that they couldn't avoid eye contact, their gazes interlocking.

Andrea seemed to know what he had in mind as she looked a down, fixating her eyes on Leo's lips. He copied her move and subtly took the lead, closing the remaining gap between them.

She could feel her skin getting hotter from his breath as their noses scratched against one another before they finally broke the last barrier.

Their lips touched...