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Chapter 66
Chapter 66
Stella's POV.
After Rose left to head to her husband's Company, I went back to my own office.
I suddenly didn't feel like doing anything though there were lots of work to do I just wasn't in the mood to work.
I felt kinda moody and lonely, I needed someone to talk to.
I had been an introvert all my life not because I chose to but because that's the only way I can live with myself.
Years ago when I fell pregnant all the friends I had abandoned me so I was left alone to think and fend for myself.
As time went on I began to get used to being alone but all this changed when Rose became my artist.
She was nice, caring, and easy-going so we often talked about a lot of things, and then I started to feel much better.
I didn't know that I had gone so used to Rose's presence that I have started to
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