Chapter 237 - Seems So Real (1/2)

Adam was sitting on the couch while Stella was busy going through some emails while occupying the CEO's chair. Doing work while being pregnant wasn't an easy job for her as she was almost always either tired or sleepy. She still couldn't believe that she had slept for three hours straight, that too during the day time. As a result of her sleepiness, the office hours were over a long while ago and she was stuck in here, finishing off her pending work.

Her eyes drifted off across the table, landing on the couch which was on the other side of the room. A faint smile hugged her lips as she gazed at her man who was helping her out with her work. 'It's actually his work that you are doing right now.' Her subconscious decided to take a peek out and nagged her.

She frowned as she scolded her subconscious for being so bad with her timing. She just wanted to steal a look at him every now and then while he was oblivious of it. But Adam was very much aware of those little glances that his dear little wife was stealing. He just decided to turn a blind eye towards her actions, letting her enjoy her time as she continued to work.

A light knock on the door disturbed the duo and brought them out of their own thoughts which were occupied by their better halves. Stella looked up from the table, her eyes landing on Adam, only to find that he was already staring back at her.

She was about to ask him who might be knocking at the door at this hour since except the security guards everyone else must have left by now as it was already late in the evening. The words got stuck at the back of her throat when she saw him silently asking her to stay quiet as he pressed his index finger against his thin lips.

Adam got up from the couch and walked up to her desk, keeping his steps as light as he could. He walked around the desk and came to a halt when he was next to her. He pressed a number of keys and the screen on the monitor changed to a CCTV footage showing multiple angles and multiple corridors in small windows. He again pressed some other keys and the footage of the corridor before her office was pulled over the screen, showing in a much bigger window.

There stood a man dressed in a completely black attire and a black leather briefcase in his hands. He didn't move from his spot or tried to knock at the dark wood door again. He just stood there motionless. One could even mistake him as a mannequin which was mistakenly placed there.

Pressing a few more keys, Adam zoomed in on his face and his facial expressions relaxed a little bit when he saw the familiar side profile. The man finally turned his head to his left and looked directly at the CCTV camera, nodding his head as if he was greeting the person on the other end.

”It's alright. I know him.” Adam patted the back of her head as he walked to the door and opened it. He made sure to open it in such a way that he himself wasn't exposed to the corridor before the office room. He wouldn't like it if someone hacked into the company's security system and got a proof about him being alive. He couldn't let it happen, at least not yet.

The man looked at the door which opened from the inside and walked inside in silence. He himself didn't turn or speak, until the door was closed. He looked ahead towards the woman who was sitting behind the desk and gave her a firm nod.

Before he could greet Stella, Adam stepped forward and blocked his view. He put forward his hand and motioned towards the bag, silently asking the man to pass it to him, to which the man complied right away before he turned around and walked out of the office without waiting for Adam to say anything.

With the briefcase in his hands, Adam walked inside the resting lounge while Stella continued to look at the bizarre scenario which was unfolding right before her eyes. She wanted to get done with her work as soon as possible so that she could go back home and rest. But she could no longer focus on the emails as her curiosity was getting the best of her mind.

Shrugging her shoulders, she gave up on her work and decided to follow Adam inside the room as he had left the door open on his way in. Once she was inside the confinements of the room, she closed the door and locked it from the inside. She heaves out a loud sigh as her eyes roamed around the room, looking for Adam. Her eyebrows furrowed when she didn't see him inside.