Stella woke up late the next morning. She got out of the bed lazily scratching the back of her head. She glanced at the peach colored wall clock stretching out her arms, but her arms stopped midair when she realized the time. It was over ten o'clock already.
"Shit!." Cursing herself she left the room, running out in her disheveled state. As soon as she made it out of the door, she ran into something hard. She looked up and saw a pair of gray eyes looking at her, filled with playfulness.
"Where are you running to?" Adam asked her, raising a brow in the process.
"Office. Late." She said taking in deep breaths and rubbing down her nose to ease the pain.
"You needed some rest, so I called in for a day off for you. Don't worry." Adam gave her a polite smile.
"Thank you so much." Stella replied. "By the way, why aren't you in office?" She was confused about why he was still here.
"I decided to take off as well. There was nothing much to do for today anyways." He replied.
"But aren't you the Boss?" Stella asked, to which he replied with a smirk, "I am the boss, that's exactly why I can take off."
"And what is it with you and running into me?" He asked with his brows furrowed seeing her still rubbing her nose.
"It's not my fault that you always stop before me." Stella retorted.
"Well, then be careful of your surroundings." Adam scoffed. "I was about to knock on the door when you opened it. Go and freshen up, I am waiting in the dining room for you." He said turning around and going downstairs. Stella looked at his shrinking back, shrugging off.
After fifteen minutes or so, Stella came down, almost running. "Sorry for making you wait." She said, taking the seat opposite to Adam.
"It's alright." Adam smiled at her. He gestured to the maid standing by to serve breakfast.
Soon they dug in, enjoying the western breakfast which included Spanish omelette, french toast, fresh orange juice, milk and cornflakes along with a coffee for Adam and an English tea for her
"Isn't it too much for two people?" Stella couldn't help but ask looking at the various dishes served before her.
"I didn't know what you have for breakfast, so Uncle Rob prepared a bunch of breakfast dishes." Adam replied.
Stella nodded and continued to eat. The rest of the breakfast went in silence.
After finishing his breakfast, Adam looked at the girl before her who was now taking small sips of her English tea. He picked up his coffee mug, taking sips leisurely he spoke up, "Let's go."
Stella raised her eyes to look at him. "Where?" She asked with confusion.
"I will show you around." He replied only to get a nod from her.
After getting done with their breakfast, they made a tour of the house with Adam leading the way.
Stella was utterly awestruck by the interior of the place. Even though the place was huge, it still had a cozy and warm touch to it.
Adam would look at her every now and then, looking at her mesmerized expressions. 'She looks so adorable with those hazel eyes almost popping out.'
"Who's the interior designer and architect of this place? I am definitely going to hire them to build my house in the future." He heard her speaking out of nowhere, breaking the silence as they were headed to the front garden.
"I am sorry to say but that's not possible because they are long dead." Adam chuckled. "My grandfather was the one who built the place actually, he himself was the architecture. Later on Dad made some changes to the theme and stuff. So, you can say that he was sort of the interior designer of the place." He continued.
"I am sorry." Stella said, realizing she shouldn't have said it.
"Why are you being sorry silly girl?" Adam knocked on her forehead.
She shook her head sideways giving him a sincere smile, "I am glad you didn't do anything to the place. Otherwise, it would have looked boring and dull just like your office."
"Whatever." Adam rolled his eyes at her. 'My choice isn't that bad.' He thought.
"Feel free to use the place just like your own." Adam said looking at the water fountain in the front porch. They were now seated on a bench in the garden, next to each other.
"Thank you." Stella thanked him only to get a scoff from him which she ignored. She was really thankful to him. No one has treated her this good after her parents.
"Adam?" She spoke turning her head to her side, looking at him.
Adam shifted his eyes to her, "Yes, Stella?"
Stella looked at him for a while, deciding to finally ask him what she had been wanting to ask since last night, she spoke slowly, "Why did you lie to me?"
Adam furrowed his brows at her question. "What? About what?" He was confused completely. He couldn't remember lying to her about anything so far.
Stella was quiet, gazing into those deep gray eyes which somehow made her feel safe. She finally opened her mouth after a minute or so which felt like an eternity to Adam. "Why did you lie to me about where you live?"