You belong to me and only me

"What's wrong?" he asked, noticing her face.

Astrid said nothing, sniffing, and wanted to run off. But Andrew pulled her in for a warm hug – a gesture that surprised her, making her cry even harder. She thought the hug was for the baby, not her.

She pushed him away and ran to the bathroom, locking the door. Andrew was left confused, wondering if he had done something wrong.

Listening to her cries pained him. He realized he should have been more careful with his words, considering her pregnancy made her vulnerable to mood swings.

Andrew lay on the bed, waiting for her to finish. When she emerged, her eyes were red and swollen. He sat up, looking at her, but she didn't meet his gaze.

Astrid lay down, trying to sleep off her emotions. Andrew woke up at night to care for her, getting water to help lower her fever.

The next morning, Andrew decided to take Astrid out to cheer her up, away from Mira's toxic influence.

When Astrid woke up, she felt sad, but watching Andrew being bathed in the early morning sunlight,the way his muscles were shinning under the sunlight made her smile unconsciously. She watched him as he worked and sipped his coffee casually.He caught her smiling.

"Good morning," Andrew said with a smile.

Astrid quickly closed her eyes, pretending to sleep. Andrew smiled, finding her adorable.

He pinched her cheek and sat beside her, checking her temperature. "You had a fever last night," he said.

Astrid wondered if Andrew had slept or stayed up all night watching her. She felt touched but remembered his care was for their baby, not her.

"You're coming with me to the company," Andrew said, stroking her hair.

Astrid resigned herself to her fate. "Okay."

Andrew's hand lingered, but Astrid turned away. He wanted to ask what troubled her, but the words got stuck in his throat.

They got down for breakfast and met only Mira there. "Good morning," Mrs Lydia greeted with a smile.

"Morning," Andrew and Astrid chorused.

"Andrew I would like to talk to Mrs Lydia in private." Mrs Lydia said.Andrew walked with her to the kitchen while Astrid sat on the dining table with Mira.

"What is it?" Andrew asked.

"It's about your mother," Mrs Lydia said. "She hasn't eaten anything since last night. She won't answer me when I talk or make a suggestion. She isn't coming down for breakfast. I specially served her dinner last night, and this morning, I went there only to find out she hasn't touched her food. She is sad."

"Are you sure that marrying Miss Walton was a good choice?" Mrs Lydia asked when he didn't say anything

"My mother is never sad; she is just angry that I married Astrid Walton," Andrew replied. "Give her time to adjust; she will go back to her normal self."

Andrew walked away, and met Mira eating while Astrid folded her arms and glared at Mira.

When Astrid saw him, she stood up. "Darling, I don't feel like having this for breakfast," she said as she touched Andrew's chest while looking at Mira. She was furious but had a fake smile on her face.

"Let's go; I will buy you whatever you want to eat," Andrew said.

As they both walked away, leaving Mira alone, Astrid didn't want to eat because Mira was at the dining table, and she was the only one there, so she could have dropped something in her food. So she decided not to touch it.

"What would you like to eat?" Andrew asked as they got into his car.

"Nothing; I'm not hungry," Astrid replied.

"Are you sure because you didn't eat anything last night?" he asked.

"Yes."

Andrew said, "Look, you didn't eat last night, and today, this morning, you are not having breakfast. You must eat."

The employees looked at both of them in awe because no female has been able to get close to Mr Thompson, only his secretary. They even thought he would end up with Ms. Kimberly or have an office romance with one of them.

Astrid was bored of watching him work. He said he wouldn't spend much time, but he was working non-stop. His secretary, Kimberly Evans, kept bringing files and questions, stacking his emails full of messages that needed approval.

She stood up and decided to walk around his company and look around.

She left, and Andrew didn't notice that she stood up. He didn't even notice that she left.

She couldn't believe that this was how she'd be living under his supervision. She came to the company with him, then sat and watched.

As she passed Ms. Kim's office, she didn't see her. She didn't even see her. Then she started wondering if she was dead.

Until she saw George flirting with one of the female coworkers. George was always afraid; he wasn't good with words, not to mention girls.

She watched them flirt with each other before she decided to walk away. But George saw her and excused himself. He came out and grabbed Astrid's wrist and took her down the stairs.

Then he placed her against the wall.

"What are you doing with Andrew?" George asked.

"Does it concern you?" Astrid said.

"We're still engaged," George said. "So I am authorized to know who he is to you."

"I'm not engaged to you anymore," Astrid said.

"What you saw that night wasn't true. Mira and I did nothing; it was all acting. Where were the cameras?" Astrid asked.

"Astrid, we can't seperate like this," George said.

"George!!" Astrid called loudly which startled George and attracted the employees.

"I don't wanna listen to any of your lies! Get out of my way!" she said.

"Who's giving you such bravery to raise your voice at me?" George said as he started strangling her, making it difficult for her to breathe.

Suddenly, a fist from Andrew landed on George's face, which made him fall.

"Are you okay?" Andrew asked Astrid.

As George tried to stand up, George wanted to fight back but he remembered his father's words: "Don't get on Andrew's bad side." he decided that today wasn't a good day to talk about their corporation plus the pain from Andrew's punch was severe so he decided to go back and come back later for Astrid.