Her mind took her down the memory lane. Before she joined Levinson's Corp., she worked for a renowned investment firm. Her ex-boss, Albert, had somehow made a deal with Williamson's Tech. He invested in their upcoming project, not that they needed it. A week before the project came to an end, she had left the firm already. After meeting that sleazeball again in the event that day, she looked into the firm's statistics the very next day, only to find them exactly the same before she had left.
What confused her more was how could their net worth was the same as before working with them? She had seen the contract with her own eyes, and according to it, their net worth should have been at least doubled if not tripled. She knew for a fact that the project was a successful one because she had seen stats related to it. But how did his ex-boss's firm didn't even make a single penny from it. There was no loss, but there was no profit either. She couldn't wrap her head around it.
After recalling the entire thing to Adam, she gave him a worried look. "That is why I am worried."
"You have a point. I know about that project, they launched a new product in the market that caused a hype, especially among the youngsters. If what you are saying is true then something must have gone wrong. I will look into the matter ad go through the contract thoroughly." He nodded his head in agreement. "In fact, you should have a look at the contract yourself."
"It's alright. I trust your instincts. Maybe I am just being too paranoid. Do what you feel like doing. Just be careful." She said stroking her thumb over his jawline.
"I will be." Adam gave her an assuring smile.
"I should head back now." Stella said as she tried to get up from his lap.
"No! Stay." Adam made his grip slightly tighter around her waist, careful enough as not to hurt her.
"But it's inappropriate." She retorted back at his childish behavior.
"I don't care." He replied, unwilling to let go of her.
"But I do. I don't want your staff to think bad about you." Stella tapped on his forehead as if trying to get some sense into it. "I won't be eating lunch and dinner with you today if you don't let me go now." She threatened him knowing well that it would definitely work on the guy.
"Alright. You can leave." Adam replied as he withdrew his hands back. He looked like a puppy whose owner had left him alone by a road in an unknown neighborhood.
Stella chuckled at his expressions as she got up from his lap. After tidying her clothes, she cupped his face. "Behave." She said a single word before giving him a peck on his lips and made her way to the door before he could even react to it.
When Adam came out of his daze, Stella had already left the office. Slowly a smile crept up on his face as recalled her soft peck. It was the first time she had kissed him on her own, though it was just a peck, but it still counted.
With a soft smile on his face Adam buried himself in work.
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Saturday morning,
Stella and Adam were having their breakfast when the heard someone coming in the dining room. Usually, no one was allowed to interrupt them unless they were called. And it was usually the old butler Adam would call over if they needed anything.
They turned their head towards the entrance of the room only to find Blake coming in dressed up in his usual black attire. He had a playful smile on his face which he usually had.
"You guys are having breakfast without me. So mean of you guys." He said taking a seat next to Adam.
"It's not like you told me that you were coming over." Adam scoffed.
"You mean if I had done that, you guys would have waited for me." Blake said as his smile widened.
"No." Adam replied as he continued eating his breakfast. His response made Stella chuckle.
"Ouch! Did you just hear that?" Blake asked with a pitiful expression.
"Heard what?" Stella asked him.
"The sound of my heart breaking." He said dramatically clutching the left side of his chest.
Stella laughed at his remark. "You are funny." She said giving him a thumbs up to which he shrugged.
"My sister's outside waiting for you in her car. She wants to take you out for shopping." Blake spoke up.
"You should go." Adam interrupted before she could reply. "She will probably take you to her workplace." He continued.
"Alright." Stella said as she hurriedly finished her breakfast and headed upstairs to change her clothes.