Indian Queen Of Roman Crown (completed)

Bonus Chapter

 (Special chapter on Ritha's pregnancy)

Heavily pregnant Rithambara was having a tough time managing all her emotions. The random jolts of how Justus would react would fetch an extreme amount of anxiety to her.
Augustus had tried to calm her many a times, still, she couldn't come up with the courage to let her son know about pregnancy.

The little heartbeat in her stomach was beautifully rhyming with her happiness chord, yet fear was also an addled factor. She looked at her son, sleeping soundly, next to her.

  Augustus was ecstatic when he found that he was about to have another child and so was Ritha. When happiness settled down, a challenge galloped them. A challenge of breaking down this news to their four year old son, Justus.

      Her husband had his arms wrapped around Justus's little form and he like their boy, he too was sleeping while sleep was miles away from her. They had decided to break this good piece of news to Justus next morning and that was the reason of her anxiety.

No matter how much she loved him and vice versa, she had no Idea as of how would Justus take this news.
Her eyes filled up with tears due to fear of losing Justus's love and despite knowing the fact that it was harmful for her health, she couldn't stop worrying. Exhaling a huge sigh, she went near the window to welcome cool breeze, hoping that it would ease her nerves.

    She savoured every moment, but soon enough, contrary to chillness around, a soft breath tickled the nape of her neck. The comforting warmth was her home, and therefore, instead of shrieking out loud, she leaned back, borrowing stopped from love of her life.

She didn't have to wait long enough for her husband to begin the interrogation, and though he wrapped his arms around her slightly protuted belly, his tone was stiff, " Why are you awake at such an odd hour? "

  A soft smile lingered on her face and she turned around slightly to gaze in heavily coloured blue orbs which was her favourite to look into. They marked a strong presence under the contradicting yellowish flame of lamp.

  She had to cut short her admiration when she observed a twitch in his left eyebrow as it was her cue to omit out her worries. She removed his hands from her belly in order to turn around and face him. Augustus, on the other hand, observed his wife's gesture keenly. Her wheatish fair face was glowing, reminiscing an aura of gold while dark orbs sucked in rays of lamp.

The intensity with which her husband ogled at her, legit wobbled her knees. Biting her lips, she gave him a long smooch on his lips, making Augustus look at her with surprise. She wasn't the expressive one and though his heart fluttered, he knew that she was trying to distract him.

Meanwhile, she tried to keep it subtle, " Nowadays, I don't do anything apart from sleeping and eating, and nothing tires me up, so nights keep me awake. "

   He observed her facial expressions, from the way she wet her lips to slight embarrassment casting reddish hue on her cheeks, he noticed it all. His jaws clenched, and he spoke though gritted teeth, " So now, I'm not even eligible enough for you to share problems with? "

   The sentence was enough to make her gasp, and she quickly opened her mouth to explain, but was curt short when he interrupted, " I can clearly see worry etching on your face. I know it's about Justus . "

  Her eyes cascaded down and tears brimmed on her eyes's edge. She hated being this emotional, but wonders of pregnancy!

Augustus clutched her tight in his embrace and planted a comforting kiss on her forehead, " Love, Justus will adore and love us the same, I promise. Nothing can change your bonding of yours with him, I promise. On top of it, he will love having a younger sibling to play with. "