Chapter 259 - A Guilty Child (2/2)
After a minute or two, Stella finally answered him. ”After I found out about the babies I decided to shift to the penthouse. I asked Blake to help me with it as I couldn't do it on my own. He is the one who actually found that penthouse and asked someone to not only renovate it, but incorporate technology in it as well.”
After a pause, she continued. ”The reason why I made the decision to shift from the mansion, was you. It wasn't easy for me to live there when every single inch of the place reminded me of you. It reminded me of how you were gone, or went missing. All the time I spent with you there, it came rushing to my mind. Especially after finding out that I was pregnant, that too with twins. I wasn't supposed to stress as it wouldn't be good for the babies. So I decided that it would be better if I shift somewhere else.”
After listening to the woman in his arms, •Adam• pressed a lingering kiss on her forehead and hugged her tighter. He wanted to offer her some comforting words, but he knew it would not make up for the pain she suffered then.
”I won't say that shifting to a new place completely helped me then, but it did help in decreasing the bouts of loneliness hitting me. I wanted to send Uncle Rob to the old mansion as I didn't want him to be there all alone, but he turned me down, saying that he would prefer to stay there and look after the mansion until we return.” She added with a sad smile. ”So, I pay him a visit every now and then.”
”As for why there are no maids back at the penthouse. I didn't want many people around me. So they just come early in the morning, and leave after cleaning up the place and taking the laundry with them. And since Uncle Rob assigned them for me, I trust them.” She continued to answer the bunch of questions he had thrown her way earlier.
•Adam• just hummed in return after hearing her. A frown marred his forehead when he felt her moving in his arms as she moved away from him. He was about to question her sudden actions, but she beat him to it.
”That reminds me, I haven't paid him a visit since you came back. Damn! What must he be thinking about me? We should pay him a visit tomorrow. It's Sunday anyways, and we don't have much work left.”
”Yeah! We should.” He replied to her with a firm nod. ”I owe him an apology as well.”
”Are you going to accompany me as your own self?” She questioned him, furrowing her eyebrows.
”No. But he would see through this right away.” He answered her, pointing his index finger towards his disguised face. ”I grew up before his eyes. Moreover, he is way smarter than you are, definitely not easy to fool.” He added the latter part with a smirk.
”Did you just call me stupid?” Stella narrowed her eyes at him.
”When did I say that?” He blinked his eyes a couple of times, acting out all innocent. ”I just said that he's smarter than you. If you consider yourself to be stupid, I don't have a problem with that.” He shrugged his shoulders.
She looked at his face with a baffled expression. She so wanted to wipe off that smug look from his face. ”You…. You are the one who's stupid.” She clenched her jaw and threw a couple of harmless punches on his toned chest, causing him to let out a hearty laugh.
'I promise that I won't make you go through it ever again, my baby girl.' He thought to himself as he continued to gaze lovingly at her figure as the woman refused to stop with her punches, not that he minded them. As long as it wasn't his injured shoulder which was taking the blow, he could still take a professional fighter's punches.
'I really need to hit the gym again.' He made a mental note. It was better for him to get back into shape again as soon as he could. He couldn't fight the war with this unfit body. An entire month's rest had really hit his body hard, especially after all those injuries.
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