You Can Do As You Please

"Adam!" She called him as she entered the study only to find him going through some papers.

"Why do you have to work during the weekend too?" She pursed her lips as she made her way towards him. 

"I was getting bored, so I thought why not do some work." He replied with a shrug. 

"I brought something for you." Stella showed him the shopping bag with a smile. She made her way towards him. 

Once she was next to him she extended her hand. "There you go." She said passing him the bag as she leaned against his study table.

"Katherine got me a bunch of dresses both formal and casual, even though I declined her many times but she didn't listen to me. So I had no choice but to give in. I thought I could at least pay for them but she didn't let me." She rambled as he took out a shirt from the bag. "But this one's from me. I had to argue with her for ten minutes before she let me pay for it." She added pointing to the shirt in his hand.

It was a dark maroon button down shirt. On first glance one would find it very simple but if you observe carefully you could see that it's buttons were not normal black ones but rather made of black crystals. 

"Do you like it?" Stella asked him with hopeful eyes. 

"I-I do." Adam gave her soft smile in return.

"I know you probably don't wear dress shirts of this color but I loved this one as soon as my eyes landed on it. And I knew it will look good on you." Stella said giving her a toothy smile.

"But this isn't something cheap." Adam added as he traced his finger on a button. 

"Yeah! But It's not like that I can't afford it Adam." Stella said with a pout.

"You didn't have to spend on me." Adam gave her a sad smile. "Come here." He opened his arms after putting the shirt back into the shopping bag.

Stella jumped right into his arms, wrapping her arms around his neck. Adam held her waist instantly, he wouldn't like it if she fell and hurt herself. Stella was straddling him now with her knees on either side of his legs. 

"Thank you so much for the shirt. I love it." Adam spoke up as he rubbed her back softly. 'Just like I love you.' He thought the latter to himself.

His lips broke into a stupid grin as he realized what had he just thought.

"I am glad that you like it." Stella hugged his neck tighter. 

"There's something I need to talk to you about." Adam spoke after a while.

"What is it?" Stella asked as she settled down in his lap, her head leaning against his shoulder where as her legs were dangling from one side of the chair. 

"I want you to stay with me." Adam spoke up as he played with the locks of her hairs.

"I am already staying with you." Stella replied with a confused expression.

"I know. But I want you to stay with me forever." He spoke up making her feel more confused. 

"The police couldn't find the culprit so they closed the case saying it was just a normal break in. You can continue to live there if you want. But I don't want you to. I want you to stay here with me. You already have a room of your own here. You have gotten used to my company as well." He continued after a pause. 

"How can I continue to live here Adam? I have to go back to my apartment sooner or later." Stella replied leaning back a bit so that she can look at his face.

"So you won't stay with me." Adam added turning his head away from her.

"Adam?" Stella called him softly as she cupped his face and turned it towards her.

"You are going to leave me alone." Adam pursed his lips.

"I am not leaving you alone. We will still meet daily at the office, we can go out to places. I am just shifting back to my apartment." Stella tried to reason with the stubborn child before her.

"But I won't be able to have breakfast and dinner with you, I won't be able to spend my nights with you on the rooftop or my weekends." Adam added with a sad expression.

"I-I am sorry but I can't stay here Adam." Stella spoke up softly, caressing his face.

"Alright! The owner of the apartment said that you can shift back after four or five days. They will clean up the place and change all the locks." He replied as he helped her down from his lap.

"You can do as you please." He added looking directly into her eyes before he headed out of the study.