Where are you going?"

"The lunch break is over now and Mrs Delancy's class will begin in about five minutes?" She said looking at her wristwatch.

"I have called a meeting of the entire staff so the lectures will not be conducted." He let go of her wrist and wrapped both hands around her waist and pulled her closer. "Just stay here and take a rest."

"Ok." She answered in normal toning and suddenly her mobile rang. It was a call from Emily. When Avery received the call, Emily asked her if she could ask Alex if there was going to be anything important in college other than the lecture. Because she desperately wanted to go back to the hospital.

Although Avery's mobile was not on the speaker, Alex's sharp ear heard what Emily had said. He snatched the mobile from Avery's hand and answered himself.

"There is nothing important. Go to the private parking lot. My chauffeur will drop you at the hospital."

"Thank you." After saying these two words, Emily cut the call. Throughout the conversation, she didn't mention about the hospital but still, Alex understood her feelings. She felt grateful.

Alex returned the mobile to Avery and gave her a lingering kiss on the forehead. She also wrapped her hands around his torso and leaned in his touch. "I will call you after the meeting, you will have to come to the auditorium hall of section A." He said brushing his lips against her forehead.

"Ok." She answered and buried her face in his chest.

.....

Avery was peacefully napping on the King size bed. Taking a nap in the afternoon was rare for her but today she was sleeping very peacefully.

In her deep slumber, she felt something on her cheek.

She scrunched her nose and turned her face.

But when that touch didn't stop, she slowly opened her eyes. Now she was facing the other side, and after blinking several times, she finally opened her eyes wide. There was no one in front of her but then she felt a family presence behind her and she turned her face. Alex was sitting in front of her who was looking at her smiling.

"You came." She said as she rubbed her eyes with her fists to get out the rest of the sleep.

Alex grabbed her hand and pulled it away from her eyes. "Don't rub too much. Your eyes will be red."

"You said you would call." Alex leaned over her and began to rub her soft cheek with his thumb. "I was going to do it but I thought of coming here personally." His voice was so low that only she could hear it.

'When did you come?"

"Before twenty minutes."

" Why didn't you wake me up?"

" Because you were sleeping like a baby, I didn't want to disturb your sleep. But get up now. There is a surprise for you."

"Ok." She whispered and as Alex walked away from her she went to freshen up in the washroom. When she returned

Alex asked her to sit on the chair in front of the table. Moments after she sat down on the chair, Alex came there with a tray in his one hand.

Without a suit jacket sleeves of his shirt were rolled up to elbows. He was holding the tray in one hand and the other hand was in his front pocket. He was looking like he was doing a photoshoot with the tray.

Her mouth remained open as he placed try on the table in front of her. There in that tray, all the items were made from strawberry. Strawberry Ice Cream to Strawberry Juice to Strawberry Salad to Strawberry jam with bread and pastries. Seeing all that, she couldn't help herself and got up from her seat and kissed Alex's right cheek very hard.

After kissing Alex on the cheek, Alex asked Avery to fetch a bottle of water from the refrigerator before she could take her place, so she ran to the kitchen as she was in a hurry to eat the food made of strawberries.

After reaching the kitchen when she opened the refrigerator door she nearly gasped and put both hands over her mouth in surprise. The whole refrigerator was filled with fresh and red strawberries in front of her chocolate brown eyes. She ran back and stood in front of Alex. He was already looking in her direction like he was expecting her to come back. He was smirking looking at her.

She pointed her hand towards the kitchen. "That's all for me." She was behaving in a way that she still could not believe.

"I don't think there's any other strawberry lover here beside you. So, it's just for you." Alex's words made her smile wide and her eyes shone like stars.

She approached the refrigerator again and picked up the water bottle. She quickly went and placed the bottle on the table in front of Alex with a Loud Thud.

She went back into the kitchen and this time came back with a glass bowl full of strawberries. There was still a smile playing on her rosy pick lips which made Alex's heart glad to see her and his heart was so much more when she unexpectedly sat on his lap catching him off guard.

After returning from the surprise state, Alex immediately wrapped his arms around her waist.

Without wasting much time Avery picked up a strawberry from the bowl and crushed it in half with her teeth. She rolled that piece of strawberry on her tongue and then bit. After feeling a sweet and slightly sour taste of strawberry, she drank strawberry juice remain in her mouth.

"Hmm....It's so delicious." She moaned closing her eyes. The strawberries were still at their natural temperature because they were placed in the refrigerator just fifteen minutes before.

Holding half a strawberry in her hand, she looked at Alex. " It's so sweet." She was about to put the rest of the strawberries in her mouth when Alex grabbed her hand and quickly took her hand to his mouth and ate the leftover strawberry, "Now It's sweeter." Rolling a piece of strawberry in his mouth, he looked at Avery whose cheeks had turned a reddish pink shade due to his action.

She bit her lower lip. She also felt a little embarrassed with a little shyness that she started eating without offering it to Alex. But what was her fault in this because the strawberry was something that always forced her to forget everything.

"What are you thinking?" He asked putting his finger under her chin and raised her face when he saw that she was looking blankly at Strawberries.

"You did so much for me." She pointed her finger at the table. "And I started eating shamelessly without offering you a single strawberry." Guilt flashed in her eye.

Alex felt fortunate as she opened her heart completely this time in front of him but felt bad that she was still holding to the formality of their relationship.

"My dear Ave," He put his head on hers. " You don't have to feel guilty. And drop this formality. I am your husband, not a stranger that you have to deal with me formally and if you don't offer it's not like that I am not going to eat. I can snatch it out of your mouth if I want anything. You got it." He said to her like he was dealing with a small child on which she nodded her head.

She started eating strawberries again and after eating eight to ten strawberries she put a glass bowl on the table and picked up a dish of pastry. This time she fed the first bite of the pastry to Alex and then to herself.

Seeing so many types of dishes on the table, she didn't know exactly what to eat. Because she wanted to eat everything but she knew that her stomach was not big enough to fit everything easily. She knew in that look that if she ate the whole pastry she would not be able to enjoy anything else, and she stopped eating the pastry and looked at Alex.

"What happened, Why did you stop eating?"

"I want to test it all but I know if I just eat this pastry my stomach will be full and I won't be able to eat it all."

"Hmm..." Alex put his finger on his lips as if he was drowning in thought. "You are right but I have an idea."

"Really?" She blinked.

"I'll throw away the rest."

"Nooo..."