Chapter 90 - Hallucinating (2/2)

”Adam! Do what I asked you to. And no buts.” Stella spoke up, glaring daggers at him.

”Alright! I will listen to you for now.” Adam could only agree with her.

”Good! We will talk tomorrow.” Stella immediately replied to him. Her lips curling up in wide smile.

”You don't have to go to office till I come back sweetheart. There won't be anything for you to do. Just stay at home and relax.” Adam spoke up softly. ”Take care of yourself Stella.” He continued.

”I will, you don't have to worry about me. Just look after yourself. Don't work too much. And you are probably right about the office. I will just keep in touch with Bella and work from here.” Stella replied as she nodded her head. There was no need for her to go to the office. Since Adam was not there, she could not do her assistant job.

”Good night! Sweet dreams.” Adam added. ”I will miss you.”

”I will miss you too.” Stella replied. As she was about to disconnect the call, she heard Adam call her name.

”Stella?” Adam softly called her name, his voice filled with tenderness.

Stella looked at him, but he didn't continue. She was about to ask him to continue, but he spoke up on his own.

”I love you.”

Stella blinked her eyes several times, her mind was trying to register the words he had just said. She wanted to ask him to repeat what he had said. 'Maybe something is wrong with my ears. Or I am missing him so much that it is making me hallucinate things.'

Coming out of her thoughts, Stella looked at the screen again only to find that the call was disconnected already.

She buried her face in her pillow. Her mind was playing the words on repeat. When she was a teenager, she had always expected that her heart would beat like crazy when a boy would say those words to her. But right now, her heart didn't beat like crazy, rather it was at peace. A peace that was causing a warmth spread throughout her body, seeping into her bones. She couldn't describe the feeling in words. Her lips slowly broke into a goofy smile.

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Adam looked at the black screen of her phone that was reflecting his own face. He didn't know why he had called her name when she was about to disconnect the call. Before he could register it himself, the words had rolled off his tongue. The same words which he thought would never be uttered by him.

He came out of his trance, his lips slowly curling up into a smile. He had found his one true love finally. He only understood his father's word now.

”You just know it.” He had told him. And he knew it now.