"What happened to Lilian? Is she okay? Wasn't she supposed to train me on weekends?" Stella asked. She was sitting on the couch of his study, her feet were placed on the table before her as she was busy reading a novel.
It was already evening, but Adam was still busy with his work. Stella was feeling bad about it. It was Sunday and the poor guy was working. If she knew that spending a couple of days in Hawaii will end up increasing his workload when they return, she would have dragged him back right after landing.
"No, she won't. I changed my mind." Adam replied as he picked up his mug and took a small sip of his coffee. He looked at her for a second before shifting his eyes back to the laptop
"So I won't get any training. It means no early morning exercises." A smile bloomed on Stella's face. Going to the gym every morning was too tiresome for her. She only got an off today, that too because it was already noon when she woke up.
Adam could feel the happiness in her voice. "When did I say that?" He replied without looking up from his laptop.
"You just said that she won't be training me and that you changed your mind." She replied, pursing her lips in a pout.
"I said she won't be training you. I didn't say you won't be getting any training. She's going to be busy in the coming days. So, I decided to find a new trainer for you. He will be coming from tomorrow and you will be getting trained daily, not just on weekends." He added with a smirk.
"That's not fair." Stella muttered under her breath as she picked up her mug from the table.
"Sweetheart! You need to be become strong. You need to learn how to protect yourself. Do you want me to worry about your safety for the rest of our lives?" He looked up from his laptop and saw her sulking like a child as she took small sips of her tea.
Stella pouted but still shook her head in a no. Of course she wouldn't want him to worry about her. He already had too much on his plate, and she understood that.
Adam looked at her intently and heaved out a long tired sigh. He could allot some bodyguards to her for protecting her, but that would be like putting a free bird in a golden cage with all the monitoring. And he wouldn't want his little elf to be caged even if it's encrusted with rubies and diamonds.
'I am sorry love, but you won't get a choice in this matter. I will make it up to you.' He thought to himself before turning his attention back to his laptop.
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"Sweetheart?" Adam called Stella who was busy with cutting through the steak before her.
Stella hummed and looked up at him.
"I need to go somewhere after the dinner. Blake called me saying it's important." He added as his hand reached up to her face.
"I may return late. You won't mind that, will you love?" He asked her caressing her cheek.
"He has Lillian now, why is he asking my man out?" Stella frowned as she stabbed her steak with her fork.
Adam left out a hearty chuckle which made Stella's heart miss a beat.
"Don't ever laugh like that before other girls. I don't want any other girl's heart skip a beat like mine does." Stella narrowed her eyes at him.
"You don't have to worry about that baby girl. It's only around you that I smile and laugh like that." Adam replied as he patted the tip of her head.
"You smile and laugh with Blake." Stella raised an eyebrow at him.
"He's my childhood best friend love." Adam gave her a cheeky smile. "And you smile and laugh with Scott. At least Blake is of the same gender as me." He added with a smirk.
Stella pursed her lips in a pout before replying back to him. "Blake can be an exception."
"Scott can be an exception as well." Adam kissed the side of her head.
"And you can stay out late. Just don't drink too much and don't drive back yourself even if you have a single glass of alcohol. Ask Edward to drop you off." Stella gave him a warning glare. "And stay away from girls."
"You don't have to worry about that." Adam replied as he tucked some loose strands of hair behind her ear. He sometimes wondered how they manage to escape from her bun every time even though they were long.
"Finish your steak now." Adam added.
"Who was the one to interrupt me in the first place?" Stella shot him an accusing look before turning his attention back to the steak which was calling her.
'The chefs here are so good. I wish I could just kiss their hands.' She thought inwardly, fully aware of the fact that if she said it out loud, the man sitting next to her may drown in vinegar.
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"Sleep now." Adam snatched away the novel from her hand. "Why are you always reading something?"
"I don't have any office work to do and I get bored easily." She replied to him.
"You don't have any office work 'left' to do because you finish it way ahead of time." Adam raised an eyebrow at her.
"As if you don't do the same." Stella replied, sticking her tongue out.
"I am the President of the Corp. I am supposed to be doing that." Adam retorted back, shaking his head sideways.
"I am the President's assistant. I am supposed to be doing that as well." She cheekily smiled at him.
"Yeah, yeah! You are the President's girl, you are allowed to do whatever you'd like to." He patted her head before pulling up the duvet upto her chin.
"What's with you sleeping with my pillow when I am out?" He asked her as his gaze landed on his pillow which was being crushed in a tight hug.
"It smells of you." Her reply melted his heart.
"Sleep now, my little elf." He said as he kissed her forehead.
Stella hummed and closed her eyes. She had somehow gotten used to the nickname.