Chapter 111 - Part 2: Astrids secret (2/2)

"Long live the empress!" one even shouted, imitating those who lived in the ancient past, this earned him a chuckle from Astrid.

"Until next time, everyone!" she replied one last time before exiting.

"Your Highness, where have you been?" she asked worriedly. Logan hasn't returned home for three weeks after the banquet.

The man ignored her, not even a glimpse was given to the dainty woman who is wearing black silk lingerie, her cleavage exposing every time she moves.

Finally! He returned in their bedchamber.

He grabs some files hidden in a secret vault underground, and said, "I'm quite busy, I needed these files for the new drug we are developing" was the only thing the escaped his mouth.

"But what about our honeymoon? You never touched me" Astrid replied, sulking.

"We already have an heir, there's no need for that anymore" the emperor replied in his icy voice. "If you want to satisfy yourself, you can hire another man to do so" he added before closing the door.

What he said crushed Astrid's heart into pieces.

"WHAT'S THE MEANING OF BECOMING YOUR WIFE IF EVEN YOUR BODY I CAN'T HAVE?!" she screamed frustratedly as she began throwing everything that her eyes sees--pillow, lamp, and even the framed picture of her marriage, the one she painted for weeks.

Getting her mobile phone, she hurriedly dialed the only person who will always help her, 'this is what you want Logan, do not blame me for being unfaithful to you!'

After three rings, the person from the other line answered.

"Astrid, what's up?" it was midnight and the phone ring has awoken him.

"Where are you? C-can I go there?"

The man stands up, what is Astrid planning? Yawning for a bit more, he groggily replied, "Sure" even though the Alutia empire is a four hours flight from Theavarian.

Astrid hurriedly went off, grabbing only her white trench coat, she did not even clean the mess she made in the room.

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"Are you sure about this, Astrid?"

Grayson Rowan voice occupied the whole room, his brown tantalizing eyes and chiseled jaw made Astrid gulped nervously, why is it only now she realizes how attractive Grayson is?

She handles the contract which is freshly signed.

"Y-yes," she replied while looking down, "Then you must keep in mind the rules," Grayson said, standing up from his swivel chair.

"Number one, no one will know about this contract, not even Brielle," he said, closing the distance, lifting Astrid's chin and making her look into his bright brown eyes.

"Number two, you will come here only when I permitted you to do so" his rough hands tucking some of Astrid's loose hair.

"And lastly, no strings attached" he finalized before sealing their contract with a kiss, thus, the start of their dirty little secret.

She was an empress of the Theavarian Empire yet her body belongs to the emperor of Alutia Empire.