ADELE "Adele!" Someone called out to me as they shook my body. "Adele!" It seemed more urgent than before. Okay, I think that voice sounds too familiar. "Wake up or I am going to leave you here," Chris said and my eyes shot open immediately. "What?" I asked with wide eyes and he smiled. "Nothing, it's time to get off the plane," he told me and I furrowed my brows at him. "We have arrived?" I asked and he nodded twice at me. I groaned as I held my right hand over my head. I can't believe we've finally gotten to wherever this is. The flight went on for so long, I almost thought we had missed our way. After I finished eating my steak, I read the first few pages of the magazine and slept off. After a while, I woke up and I saw that Chris was sleeping already. I visited the bathroom, read the magazine, and watched a comedy as I tried so hard not to laugh out loud, then I ate and slept again. "Come on," Chris said before standing up from his seat and I followed suit. We followed
ADELEMy eyes shot open as they trailed back to Chris's face and all of a sudden, he lowered his head. His face is right in front of mine and his eyes stared right into my soul. "What- what are you doing?" I tried asking again but Chris only moved closer.My hands went flat against the cold wall as I pushed my head back more. His face moved closer once again and I gulped. He suddenly tilted his head to the side before sniffing my hair, then my neck. "You don't stink to me," he suddenly said as his breath fanned the side of my neck and I felt shivers run down my spine. I closed my eyes as I felt something stir in my lower stomach. "Are you sleeping?" Chris asked and I opened my eyes instantly. He has moved back from me and I was about to scold him when we heard the ding sound. The elevator. I muttered irrelevant words at him before pulling my luggage out of the elevator. He caught up with me after and we soon found our suite at the left hand side of the hall. I glanced around t
ADELEIt took a long while and Chris still isn't back from wherever it is that he went to. I have finished unpacking my clothes as well as his and placed them in the closet already. I walked out of the room to have a sip of water and I sighed after I was done drinking. I went back into the bedroom before picking up my phone from the bed. I searched for Chris's number and called it and to my dismay, I heard that familiar ringtone resounding loudly in the room. I looked around with my eyes wide open and there it was, the joggers Chris had worn to this place. I walked to it before picking it up from the floor. I searched the pockets and there it was, Chris's phone. Gosh! I feel like I am going crazy right now. I gripped the phone tightly in my hand as I glared down at it with a short hiss. Where did Chris go without his phone with him? God, I can't believe this. He brought me here and he just left like that? He is so going to pay for this.I dropped my phone and his phone on the b
ADELEChris took his seat beside me before standing up again. He carried the cake out of the paper box and put the box on the table, farther away from us. I stared at the cake in front of me before I heard his soft, masculine voice once again. "Happy birthday," he said again and I turned to look at him."Thank you," I replied with misty eyes. I blinked and a bead of tear fell from my left eye. "Why are you crying?" Chris asked before reaching out to clean the tear that had fallen. "I can't believe that I forgot," I admitted and he smiled. "I am happy you did," he replied and I stared at him in confusion. "What?" I asked back and he said it again. "I am happy you forgot about your birthday," he spelled out again and I took in a deep breath through my mouth. "Why?""If you had remembered, then all of my surprises would have been ruined," he said and I bent my head to the side a bit in support."Yeah, it would ruin it all," I replied with a short laugh and Chris chuckled."Wait
ADELE"Veronica remembered it's my birthday today," I said as I tried cutting my steak with the knife."Oh," Chris replied and I nodded. I brought the steak to my mouth before turning to look at Chris. "It is weird that nobody remembers it," I notified as I chew and Chris chuckled loudly. I clicked on the screen of my phone that is on the table and the phone came alive. I still have no notification from any of the social networks I am on. How can that be?"What's so amusing?" I inquired with a raised brow. "Nothing," he said as he looked down at his plate."Chris," I called out and he looked at me immediately. He stared at me for a long time before finally admitting, "I turned off your wifi this morning"My eyes widened instantly when he said it. I knew he did something when I heard him chuckle like that. He suddenly swapped my plate with his and I looked down at the plate in front of me. Chris has cut the steak into smaller bits for me. I smiled when I saw it."I could not let
ADELE"A baby," Chris replied and my eyes widened the more, if that's even possible. I searched his face and they gave no information to me about what he just asked."What?" I inquired back in a very calm voice. I don't know what to think or say about what he just asked. My head is all blank. "I am joking," he said with a grin on his face and I released the breath I did not know I was holding. "God," I sighed before placing my forehead on his. "Do you want one?" I asked, my lips close to his. "Yes," Chris replied and I took my forehead off him immediately. Well, what was I expecting his answer to be?Of course, he wants a baby!"From me?" I questioned without reasoning and Chris smiled. "If not you, then who?" he asked back and I felt that sting at the back of my eyes. My eyes went blurry and I looked down from his face as I closed my eyes. "I am not saying now, like right now. I am just saying that I want a baby with you, in the future." Chris explained and I rest my weight
ADELEI woke up to someone shaking me vigorously. I did not need to be told or notified before I knew who the person was. I opened my eyes slowly before forcing myself to frown at Chris who is standing beside me. "Get up and have breakfast," he said to me and I groaned. I pushed the duvet up to my shoulders before turning to face away from him and dropping the duvet to cover my face."Babe?" Chris called out to me and I moved around impatiently on the bed- not bringing my head out for once- until it was all quiet again. I tried closing my eyes but the sleep won't come and my thoughts went to Chris. Is he gone already? That quickly?I was about to bring my head out of the duvet to check if he is really gone when the duvet suddenly went off me. My eyes widened as I sat up on the bed immediately and turned my head to look at Chris. He has a frown on his face as he gripped the duvet tightly in his hand. "You should have breakfast first," he said in a very cold tone before dropping
ADELE I ended up putting my hair down and combing it before going out of the room. And it's 'definitely' not because Chris likes it down, I just want to wear it down today. That's all.I met Chris standing by the room door and the moment I came out, his eyes trailed all over my body; from head to toe. "Where is the bikini?" He asked and I snapped my head toward him immediately as I glared daggers at him."Underneath the robe," I replied anyways and he took his eyes off my body to look at my face. His hand came up before his index finger settled on top of the bathrobe collar. He trailed his finger over the fluffy material before hooking his finger into the collar of the bathrobe. He tugged the bathrobe down with that one finger and my eyes widened immediately. My instincts clicked in and I brought my hand up to stop the bathrobe from going down immediately. "What are you doing?!" I yelled as I stared at Chris with wide, angry eyes. "I want to see the bikini," he answered with a s
ADELEIt's been a week since the competition. Everything is back to normal and Chris has even gotten up to prepare for work today as well.Oh yes, Bianca's modeling job went down because of what happened at the competition. Apparently, someone had been filming all that happened. She got out of the police jail not long after she was placed in it but I think she has learnt her lesson. Chris walked out of the walk-in closet and I sat up immediately to look at him. I felt a sharp headache and I hissed. Chris got in front of me- at the foot of the bed- in no time as he asked. "Hey, are you okay?" I pushed my hand in front of him to tell him to stop talking. I don't know where this headache came from all of a sudden. "Yeah, I am fine," I replied with a smile as I looked up at Chris. My stomach started making some disturbance and I winced when I suddenly got a stomach ache. I bent forward on my seat on the bed as I clenched the cloth holding my stomach tightly in my hand. "Adele?""So
ADELE"So, why did you do it? Why did you take my artwork?" I asked and she moved in the tight grip of the investigator. She brought her face in front of mine as she spat those foolish, unkind words. "Because I hate you," she replied as she looked into my eyes and I frowned. She moved back as a loud hysterical laugh escaped her lips. The investigators moved his feet while he pulled Bianca after him. She stopped laughing all of a sudden and screamed at the top of her voice. "I can walk on my own!" She demanded to the investigator who held on to her right arm and he let her go immediately. She walked in the front while the two investigators walked behind her. I released a deep breath as they went out of my sight. Chris arrived backstage with the two men who had collected my artwork from me outside the hotel yesterday. They were both carrying my artwork."You are here," I said as he reached in front of me and he nodded. "And let's welcome Mrs. Marvin to the stage!" I heard the Ma
ADELEThe investigators arrived some moments later in a black round-neck top and jean trousers. Two of them went into the hotel while others stayed inside the car, not far away from the hotel. I welcomed them into my hotel room and shut the door. I am only thankful that the event has started, so all the artists are in there. Chris asked me to take my seat on the bed while the two investigators stood in front of me. Chris stood on my left, not far away from the bed and not far away from the investigators. "When last did you see the artwork, Mrs. Marvin?" The nice and calm looking one of the investigators asked. "Uh, yesterday afternoon when I brought it here in my husband's car," I replied and the other one wrote something down. "Your husband explained to us that two men collected the artwork from you," he said and I nodded. "That's right," I replied and the other man wrote something down again. "Can you describe those men?"I nodded and tried to make a good description of them
ADELE"Bianca?" I asked as I squinted my eyes at her and she giggled. "Surprise!" She said back cheerfully and I furrowed my brows at her. What is wrong with her?"Oh right, I did not know you would be here as well," she added in her normal self as she slanted her lips at me. I must say, she is still looking beautiful as always. "What are you doing here?" I asked and she sighed. "I am here for the art competition," she replied and my mouth went round in surprise. I thought she was a model, how can she be here? Or does she perhaps paint as well?"Wha-? How?" I let out uncontrollably and she chuckled again. "Well, I might have lied to my new boyfriend that I know how to paint. Then, he signed me up for this and here I am," she said with a shrug and I nodded at her words knowingly. Well, that sounds like her. "Nice to see you again then," I greeted as I forced a smile at her and she smiled back instantly."Same here," she replied and I hummed before getting into my room. "I wil
ADELE"Chris? What are you doing here?" I asked with my eyes wide in surprise. "Can I come in?" He asked and I moved away from the door immediately. "Of course," I replied as Chris pushed his body in with a sigh. I closed the door and turned around to look at Chris immediately. "I called your phone," he said with a sigh as he sat down at the edge of the bed. "My phone is dead," I replied as I moved forward and stood in front of him. "Oh, I got so worried though," he breathed under his breath and I took my seat beside him. "I know"Chris pulled me into a hug immediately I sat down and I gasped in surprise. I became comfortable in his arms and just hugged him back tightly. "I missed you," he breathed into my neck and I chuckled. "I missed you too," I replied as I rubbed his back with my right hand. We stayed like that for a short while before he finally let me go slowly. "How are you?" He asked as he held my hands in both of his. "I am fine," I replied with a small smile on
ADELE"My artwork?" She asked and I nodded. "Some guys asked for my painting when I got in front of the hotel-," I started panicking as I explained but she cut me off midway. "Oh, those guys. I forgot about them," she replied and I took in a deep breath, waiting for her to continue. "They collected mine as well, saying they had somewhere allocated for each artwork," she added and I released the breath I was holding. "I guess that is how it works then," I said with a smile and she nodded. "Yeah"She faced the stage before turning to look at me again. "I am Veronica," she introduced herself as she stretched her hand which had three rings on them towards me. "Wow," I said out in amazement anyways and her expression turned into one of deep confusion. "You have the same name as my younger sister, that's all," I replied quickly before taking her hand. "I am Adele, Adele Marvin," I said proudly and her eyes widened. "I knew you looked familiar," she said cheerfully with a huge smil
ADELE"He knew my name, it was pretty weird," I came out to Chris as I furrowed my brows at the direction the men had gone in. "Oh?" Chris asked back and I turned to look at him. "Yeah," I nodded and Chris raised a brow. "You realize that is not strange, right?" Chris asked with a chuckle and I frowned in confusion. "And how is it not?" "Because you are pretty popular. At least, a bit." Chris explained before using his index and thumb to hold his jaw as if he was thinking about something."Uhn?" I asked with a raised eyebrow. I am still confused. He brought his focus back to me before explaining more clearly, "You are Mrs. Marvin, remember?" He asked and my mouth went round in shape in realization. "Oh yeah! Yeah, that's true. I almost forgot," I said the last sentence as a silly joke as I chuckled but I don't think Chris understands. He is looking at me in surprise and confusion at the same time. "Come on, I have to get my baggage out of the car," I said as I hit him playful
ADELEIt's finally a day before the day of the competition and I am very excited about it. Chris is carrying the little baggage I packed into the car. The baggage contains the little necessities I might be needing during my stay there. He returned to the art room and I took my gaze off the covered artwork- that is standing against the wall- to him."I seriously can't peep at it?" Chris asked and I rejected the idea immediately. "No! It is going to be a big surprise," I replied with a tired sigh. "Help me get it out of the house?" I asked and he walked closer to where I stood. "Sure!" He replied before holding the artwork from his side. He tried lifting his side and he dropped it back down instantly. My eyes widened in fear when I heard that slight sound it made against the tiled floor. "Don't you dare hurt that thing, Chris, or I am going to get angry at you," I warned with a frown on my face as I pointed my index finger at Chris and he chuckled. "I seriously don't know why you
ADELEI have moved back into my art room since the moment I started working on this competition project. I don't want Chris to see what I am making or it would ruin the big surprise. The competition or event is in two weeks and Chris has really been helping me a lot. He has been buying all the art supplies I ask for while I collect them from him, just at the door of the art room. Then, I shut the door right in his face. It had been fun to shut the door in his face in the beginning but now, I miss him so much, that I close the door slowly. A knock sounded on the door and I raised my head from the painting quickly. Chris is here. When did he get back from work?I dropped my brush in a can before walking to the door. I pulled it open and Chris's face appeared in front of me. "Hey," I breathed out and he smiled. "Hey," he replied before pushing his hands into his pocket. "Dinner is ready," he added as he took his left hand out of his pocket and pointed behind him. "Oh oh, I will b