Chapter 127 - 126

When Adam woke back up, it was to the sound of Preethi's frustrated groan. He rubbed his eyes awake and asked confused, "What happened??"

Preethi had her head buried in her bag with a very exasperated expression. She kept fiddling around searching for something in each and every compartment in her bag. In the commotion, she did not even realize that Adam had woken up and had actually asked her a question. In her state, she seemed like she was just about ready to tear the whole bag apart.

That's when Adam intervened and pulled on her hands and asked once again, "What happened?? What are you searching for??"

"My keys… I think I did not bring them!!" Preethi at last relented and answered.

"So, ring the bell then…" Adam answered confused.

"Well, nobody is at home. Charan took the kids over to Shreya's and my mum and dad won't be home until morning!!" Preethi answered gloomily.

Adam did not say anything for a while but then asked with a straight face, "You want to stay at my place. It's only about 10 minutes from here."

Preethi gave him a wary look narrowing her eyes suspiciously.

"You don't have to look so suspicious. It was just a gentleman-offer. If you want, I can drop you at a hotel or at some friend's place too…" Adam replied knocking on her forehead with his fingers.

Preethi rubbed the place and pouted puffing her cheek.

"I will go to your house. I don't have any friends…" She admitted in the lowest of voices begrudgingly.

Adam could help but reach out to ruffle her head before driving off towards his own house. And as he said, it took them barely 10 minutes to reach.

Preethi was surprised to see a cozy little house surrounded by gardens and trees. It was actually a tiny terracotta house with a sense of age to it.

"You look surprised…" He asked as he parked the car in the portico. There was a parking space just enough for his car. The left of that space was the garden and in the front were the doors to the house. The house actually looked old.

"Well, I always thought of you as a penthouse apartment kinda guy having people to all your whims," Preethi replied looking around curiously.

"I am not some spoilt tycoon you know. I work for a tycoon. That is all!!" Adam said rolling his eyes.

"Well, that tycoon looked like she saw some ghost when she came to the hospital after getting the call of your accident. So you can't tell me she is stringy with your salary…" Preethi resorted back.

And Adam cannot defend himself there because Shreya was many things but she was not stringy at all. Especially with her pay. So Adam just stayed quiet and opened the doors. The house may be old but the security system was top notch as was instructed by Shreya.

Preethi peeked into the doors even before Adam could actually open them properly. Adam just chuckled and held the doors for her to walk in first.

And inside did not disappoint her after all. The whole place gave a very comforting and cozy feeling. The couch in the living room was brown and bouncy but it also looked worn out. Not to point that it looked old but it was not flashy either. And wooden spiraling stairs led the way to upstairs while the television was hung right under them. Attached to the living room was an open kitchen to its left.

"I will get you some water. Make yourself at home…" Adam said tossing his car keys at the small table in front of the couch and leisurely uncuffed his shirt as he walked towards the kitchen.

A few minutes later, Adam came back and offered her a bottle of water and sat on the couch. Preethi still ran her eyes around the house eagerly. Adam reached out and dragged her to sit beside him and leaned his head over shoulders resting his eyes.

Preethi slightly jerked surprised at first. He never acted spoilt with her before but then looked at his face. He looked tired actually.

"You look beat…" She commented running her fingers under his eyes.

"I pulled an all-nighter yesterday…" Adam replied letting out a yawn.

"Then, go on. Get some sleep now. I will be fine here. I will just sleep on this couch…" Preethi replied concerned.

Adam just shook his head and got up from his place extended his hand towards her. Preethi took it and he dragged her to the stairs.

The stairs came to a small hall and two doors on each side. Adam wordlessly dragged her to the door in the left and pulled her in. From the looks of it, it should be his bedroom. There was king size bed the dead center and a huge row of shelves on both sides. One was books while the other Preethi guessed to be his closet. He made her sit on the bed and went to the closet and came with two sets of clothes.

"You sleep here. The bathroom is through that door and I only have my clothes here. So you have to adjust. They are clean." Adam said handing her a t-shirt and track pants.

"Its okay, Adam. You sleep here. I can sleep on the couch…" Preethi protested but still accepted the clothes. Sleeping in jeans is not exactly a pleasant experience. So she did not mind the tracks.

"You sleep here. Anyways I still have some work to do. So I won't be sleeping just yet. Sleep tight…" Adam said and walked out of the doors without really giving her an option.

Resigned Preethi just changed her clothes and went to bed. Of course, after the nap she had on the car, she had a hard time falling asleep. On top of it, it was an unfamiliar bed. So she kept turning and tossing for a long time to point her throats became dry. She got up from the bed and went down to get some water. But then she noticed that Adam was nowhere to be seen and light was visible from the other room door creeks. She tried the handle and it opened to what she assumed was his study.

There was a table in the center with Adam sitting behind it. But then he was actually lying down on the table fast asleep with his laptop still open and running in front of him. His face for once actually looked relaxed. Not the usual meticulous face she was used to. She reached out and closed the laptop softly and leaned over and pecked on his head before switching off the lights and exiting the room.