STELLAS POV.The drive home was longer than usual and no matter how many times I asked Kitty what it was about, she always avoided the question. "Just where is this home that you're taking me. This route is the opposite direction to the villa," I groaned as I finally turned my attention to Lawrence. In my own attempt to uphold my pride, I had ignored him and pestered kitty instead, but my bestfriend appears to have been bribed by her boss' big boss and now she wouldn't tell me. "I told you, didn't I?""When?" I was frustrated and very close to pulling my own hairs out. "In the note, I'm sure you read it," he winked at me though the rearview mirror. "Of course I did, but there was no address in it. You guys are making me go crazy." "Calm down, I said it's gonna be a surprise and you'd love it in the card, didn't I?" he asked and kept his gaze on me through the mirror that I desperately wanted to shatter to pass my agreesion. "Lawrence! You're making me lose my mind," I groaned as
Stella's POV"I can't believe you're making me stay here with you just because you paid my medicals," I whined and dragged my duvet further up to my neck. "It's a win win anyways, I get to see you everyday and you just enjoy my company and more free vacation days, at least until the culprits are found," he said. "I want to return to work. That's what I came here for," I whined. I had returned so quickly with hopes that I could distract myself from everything with work, but I only ended up having a part of that past catch up with me. "Plus that's not all I paid for," he leaned in even closer and I found myself shifting even closer towards the head board until my back was firmly pressed on it. "Why are you moving away, I'm not going to bite, after all, we had something going on before you decided to disappear on me," he said and I frowned. "I thought we agreed to not go there," I didn't want to address what we had, neither did I want to talk about why I left or what mess he had with
STELLAS POVI needed an escape! That mansion was too hot for me to live in. Just the two of us, yet it felt like a lot more. He was literally everywhere I went and I loved everything about that. However, I wasn't sure I could take it in. I needed fresh air, I needed to breath and today just felt like the best day for it. I had an appointment with the doctor to remove the birth control implant, but telling him that would bring up more sensual questions I wasn't ready to answer. Not with the the way our hormones kept flying around and I could barely go half s day without feeling hot and blushing from either a conversation or even his mere presence. He was either in suits for work meetings, wearing sexy shirts or moving without tops at all, just like now. "It's not an option, if you don't want the guards to come with you, then I'm driving you there. It's really unsafe And I would only feel restless until those bastards are caught," he said, but I shook my head. The mere thought of
Stella's POV"Look, I came here to remove the birth control implant, so be careful," I said as I moved to the other side of the car and rolled down the heat. It was a preventive measure so I wouldn't be too caught up in the heat that would build up later. "Ohhh, I see. Is that why you were so embarassed? I thought we were closer than that," he whined as he stared back at me, poker face on, I could not fathom what was up in his mind at that moment, he seemed rather strange for a while, slowly a frown curved up on his face and he smacked his lips together in a stern manner."What are you thinking of? Whatever it is, just get it off your mind," I said as I watched him seductively lick his lips. His eyes remained on me as he continued to draw closer to me until I could only see the bridge of his nose and I had to instinctively arch my back while his hand found my waist and pulled me close. 'Damn it!' I couldn't cuss aloud as despite my words of not wanting him to get any close, I wante
Stella's POVThere was a plane crash! It was tragic, but that wasn't all, it was also personal. I watched in horror as the list of passengers were called continued and I froze at the sound of her name. It felt like I had been stabbed in the throat and all my strength washed away. I lost all sense and felt numb as I made my way up the stairs. My stomach rumbled, but it sounded from afar and the moment I got in the room, I laid my back on my bed and stared up ahead at the ceiling, trying to force my eyes open so the tears did not spill.I wanted to cry, but I still felt like I had to hold it in. And I was like that until night after rejecting lunch and dinner because with the excuse of being tired. Somewhere at the back of my mind, I felt like seeing Lawrence would help lessen this burden, but it seemed like he wasn't coming home. I have into my exhaustion a few minutes after the clock struck twelve midnight. I had barely closed my eyes when I felt another presence in the room with
Stella's POVAs much as I didn't want to return to America until I was sure i could face that family, the only woman who ever treated me well and accepted me after I'd messed up was getting buried. So I had no choice, I had to go. I still hadn't contacted Stella her fiance or her father and I've told Kitty to tell them that we haven't met yet whenever they tried to reach her as well. But I couldn't run away forever. "Your phone is ringing, I think you should pick it. it had been ringing nonstop for some minutes now," Kitty said as she collected the cup of coffee in my hand and handed me my phone instead. My eyes stung as the screen of my phone flashed on so I squeezed it to adjust to the lightening and a smile formed on my face as soon as I recognized the caller. "Is it someone you know?" Kitty asked."Hmm," I nodded and hid my smile as I recognized the number Lawrence used to communicate while we were in the states. "Excuse me," I told Kitty who nodded. She seemed to be glad th
Stella's POVas soon as he stood up to pick the call, I felt another presence. "who's there?" I asked as I peered through the back which was mostly decorated with balloons and the 'welcome to your lovely evening date' banner. "Is anybody there?" I asked again as I wiped my tears and sniffled. I wondered if it was a worker who fell asleep and was too terrified to ruin the date with their presence, "it's okay, you can leave now," I said and walked towards the banner. I sighed and was ready to walk back after getting no response when I heard a ruffling sound and two balloons bursting simultaneously. it started me for a moment, but also encouraged me to further investigate. Anything was worth distracting me at this point so I wouldn't have a second thought by the time Lawrence came back. I walked to the back of the banner and got distracted with the darkness that blinded me for a second. it was late already and except for the street light down, most of the lights in the office buil
Lawrence's POV"why is she acting so weird? Did she really lose her memory? all or half? when will she recover? I'm willing to do absolutely anything to make sure she gets better," I told the doctor who was sitting across me. "I'm sorry, but I can't say for now we'll have to watch her to be able to determine which type of amnesia she has. But for now, she shouldn't be triggered, at least until we complete the treatment with her spine," he said and I sighed. this was simply disastrous. our date had turned into a death sentence and if not for her land on the trash bags loaded by the side of the building, she would have fallen to her death and there would have been more than just a slight fracture.I closed my eyes and face palmed. "who did this? I'd catch them and kill them with my own hands," I hated that things like this had to happen. "if it's as you suspected, I'm sure the police would find the person behind this mischief and bring justice upon them," the doctor tried to comf