Hallucinating

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah." She shrieked at the top of her lungs.

Adam chuckled at her reaction. She looked as if she had seen some ghost. Stella picked up a pillow that was next to her and put it on the phone's screen, covering the camera. She could still hear Adam's laugh bursting through the phone's speaker. It was like a soothing melody to her, but she wasn't in the condition to enjoy it. She hastily made her way to the couch where her clothes were placed. 

Picking up her clothes, she put them on hurriedly. After making sure that she was dressed, she made her way back to her phone. The call was still connected. Adam still had a silly smile on his face. Stella laid down on the bed, picking up the phone. She held the phone before her face. Her lips were pursed in a pout as she was glaring at Adam.

"Why didn't you tell me this before?" She asked him. 

Adam only shrugged in response. "I did, eventually." He gave her a goofy smile.

Stella could feel her anger melting away slowly. How could she stay angry with him? Specially when he smiles like that.

"You are a bully." Stella murmured under her breath but Adam still caught on it.

"When did I bully you sweetheart? Trust me, you wouldn't be able to keep your hands off me the day I actually bully you." Adam winked at her.

Stella could only roll her eyes at him. She knew she wouldn't be able to win against him in a verbal confrontation. So, she decided to keep her mouth shut.

"When will you come back?" Stella asked him.

Adam heaved out a tired sigh. "It will take me at least three more days to wind up things here. The situation is actually worse than it seemed. It's a good thing that you forced me to come here." 

"Three more days?" Stella gave him a sad smile. 

"I can't do anything about it sweetheart." Adam replied with a heavy heart. It's been only a single day and he could see the longing in her face. May be this distance will do them some good. 

"I know it's not your fault. But I will miss you." Stella added with a soft smile on her face.

"I will miss you too my baby girl." Adam replied softly looking intently at her face. Only he knew how bad he wanted to hug her at the moment and keep her in his arms.

Stella could see the tiredness on his face. She had already noticed that he was still wearing his suit. "You should go and freshen up. Eat something then take some rest. No more work for the rest of the night." She spoke up, giving him a stern look.

"No, keep talking to me." Adam replied as his eyebrows furrowed. 

"Adam! Do what I asked you to. And no buts." Stella spoke up, glaring daggers at him. 

"Alright! I will listen to you for now." Adam could only agree with her. 

"Good! We will talk tomorrow." Stella immediately replied to him. Her lips curling up in wide smile.

"You don't have to go to office till I come back sweetheart. There won't be anything for you to do. Just stay at home and relax." Adam spoke up softly. "Take care of yourself Stella." He continued.

"I will, you don't have to worry about me. Just look after yourself. Don't work too much. And you are probably right about the office. I will just keep in touch with Bella and work from here." Stella replied as she nodded her head. There was no need for her to go to the office. Since Adam was not there, she could not do her assistant job. 

"Good night! Sweet dreams." Adam added. "I will miss you." 

"I will miss you too." Stella replied. As she was about to disconnect the call, she heard Adam call her name.

"Stella?" Adam softly called her name, his voice filled with tenderness. 

Stella looked at him, but he didn't continue. She was about to ask him to continue, but he spoke up on his own.

"I love you." 

Stella blinked her eyes several times, her mind was trying to register the words he had just said. She wanted to ask him to repeat what he had said. 'Maybe something is wrong with my ears. Or I am missing him so much that it is making me hallucinate things.' 

Coming out of her thoughts, Stella looked at the screen again only to find that the call was disconnected already. 

She buried her face in her pillow. Her mind was playing the words on repeat. When she was a teenager, she had always expected that her heart would beat like crazy when a boy would say those words to her. But right now, her heart didn't beat like crazy, rather it was at peace. A peace that was causing a warmth spread throughout her body, seeping into her bones. She couldn't describe the feeling in words. Her lips slowly broke into a goofy smile.

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Adam looked at the black screen of her phone that was reflecting his own face. He didn't know why he had called her name when she was about to disconnect the call. Before he could register it himself, the words had rolled off his tongue. The same words which he thought would never be uttered by him. 

He came out of his trance, his lips slowly curling up into a smile. He had found his one true love finally. He only understood his father's word now.

"You just know it." He had told him. And he knew it now.