It's going to be tough

The drive to Adrian's penthouse went in silence and soon they reached his place. Clara quickly stepped out of the car and marched to open the back seat door for him.

Adrian stepped out of the car and glanced at her," Anthony can do it for me" he said and walked from there.

Clara watched his retreating back and turned to look at Anthony who passed her a polite smile.

Quietly following Adrian, they stepped inside the house. Arian excused himself and headed to his room to get changed whereas, Clara walked towards the kitchen area.

She didn't want to land in any trouble and quickly wanted to leave home after finishing her duty. Keeping that in mind she entered the kitchen and found Leo busy cooking.

"Is there something I can help you with?" she asked and found the man turn to face her. His lips curled into a smile the second he saw her.

"Miss Clara," he said and let go of the thing he was doing before he fetched a glass of water and gave her.

He had already heard the honk of Adrian's car and he understood that they were back home. But what surprised him was, his young master coming so early and not late at night.

Clara drank the water while her eyes scanned the food that was almost prepared. She couldn't help but praise the man for being so efficient with his work.

"There is nothing to worry about Miss Clara. The dinner is almost ready" Leo answered her question and took back the glass she returned to him after she finished emptying it.

Clara pursed her lips forcing a smile as she could already see that there was nothing she could help him with. She wanted to keep the conversation going so she changed the topic and asked," Uncle Leo, what does your young master prefer to eat?" though she already knew a few things, still she wanted to know more.

It had been four years, and she thought maybe he must've had a change in his preference. It was better to keep her updated just so she could be cautious next time.

Leo had been working for the Emerson's for twenty years before he moved in with Adrian when he decided to shift to this penthouse. Since then he has been taking care of Adrian.

Adrian was a lonely child since his childhood and hardly expressed his emotions. Back then it was only he who was able to feed him without any worry but in these few years, his young master had again started to neglect his health.

However, he wasn't picky and ate everything that was presented to him unless it wasn't spicy. There wasn't anything to worry about but lately, everything about his young master seemed different.

Maybe it was because he took over Skylar Corps or his preference for food changed over time, but whenever he would ask him to eat the food he would politely reject him saying he was busy and he would end up keeping the food back in the freezer.

He didn't remember when was the last time, he had seen Adrian have his meal without any baggage of doing any work. He would always end up skipping the meal.

"Hmm... there is nothing young master does like to eat unless it isn't spicy but-" he paused and looked at Clara who had been attentively listening to him and he cleared his throat," Ahem... but, in these few years, he became very busy and started avoiding having a proper meal. There were times when he fainted in the middle of the meeting and had to be rushed to the hospital"

Clara frowned learning something new about Adrian." Is it that bad?" she asked and Leo bobbed his head.

Clara fell into deep thought. During lunch, he had his entire platter which proved that he wasn't picky with the food but then, her thoughts drifted to the morning incident when he skipped his breakfast because of the meetings he had.

Taking a deep breath, she slammed her palm on the kitchen counter startling Leo, "It's going to be quite tough" she exclaimed and he looked at her in a daze.

His lips twitched as he fought the smile that was threatening to show up, wondering how was this girl going to manage his young master who had never associated with any woman.

But soon, the shine in his eyes faltered when he recalled the time, Adrian spent with his mother. How happy and loving the family they were, but one fine day, she left and didn't return.

There were so many rumors about her having an affair with someone outside the marriage which was the reason for her departure and it eventually led the boy to isolate himself, suppressing his emotions from others.

Clara notices the man turn silent all of a sudden. Snapping her finger in front of his face, she pulled Leo out of his trance," Uncle Leo. Are you there"

Blinking his eyes Leo turned his head looking at Clara in a daze and watched her stare at him with concern," Is everything okay?" she asked finding him still quiet.

Leo could tell that his silence worried the girl and he shook his head before smiling," Oh it's nothing. I was just thinking when will young master come down to have dinner" he lied.

Clara was new here and he didn't want to open up too much that would upset his young master.

Checking the time on her wristwatch, Clara then peeked out from the kitchen's entrance from where she could see the stairs that lead to Adrian's territory.

"He should be down by now" she mumbled looking at the time. It had been over twenty minutes, yet her boss didn't show up.

'Is he okay' she thought recalling Leo's words. It would be surprising for them if Adrian fainted but for her, it was a huge deal. If anything happened to him, she would be fired the very next second and that was the last thing wished to happen.