Chapter 130 - 129

Preethi's eyes batted a few times before actually opening fully but then the thing that fell into her eyes was the image of Adam comfortably sleep beside her on the same bed. They both were sleeping on their respective corners so they were quite of bit of space between them. But still, Preethi on impulse lifted her legs to send him flying off the bed. But then her legs stopped at the last moment seeing his state.

Preethi reached with her hands and poked on his cheeks and whispered annoyed, "Good thing you look like a half-dead person… or else you would have ended up tasting the floor right about now…" And he did actually look like a half-dead person. Even though he was asleep, you can see his exhaustion and fatigue in just one glance and Preethi was way too familiar with his look. So she just let him be.

She then got up and stretched her arms and legs yawning. She then quietly slipped out of the room.

Just as she stepped out, she noticed that the study room she found Adam in yesterday night was actually tidied up now. All the files and papers were stalked into two neat piles on either side of the table while the laptop was running over some data.

Preethi figured Adam must have woke up in the middle of the night and completed his work and came to bed so exhausted that he did not even notice that a person was already sleeping on the bed. God knows she had done that. At the hospital, she would end up taking naps in all sorts of places without really thinking about it.

She then strolled over to the living room. The noise of the downpour of rain instantly reached her ears as soon as she stepped down. But Preethi did not bother with it and stayed in the living room and looked around. Unlike what people generally presume of a bachelor's pad, this place was actually maintained properly. Every single thing was kept in their respective places and she can't find a single speck of dust anywhere around which was more than she could ever say about her own room or her house for that matter.

She washed up and went to the kitchen in search of something to eat. And not so surprisingly, the fridge was packed with all the staples and essentials and the kitchen looked like it's been used regularly. But then her own skills in the kitchen are less than satisfactory so she just took out a loaf of bread and put it on toaster while making herself some coffee on the side.

But to her surprise just as she was finishing up her breakfast, the bedroom doors clicked and Adam walked out of it like a damn zombie with both his hands extended in his fronts and eyes closed. And Preethi could actually guess what was happening.

Akil does this almost every Sunday. Whenever he had to pee, he would walk around with his eyes closed so that he doesn't fully wake up and then he can go back to sleep. But watching a grown man do it… let's just say she was having a hard time holding her laughter.

Adam had successfully navigated to the kitchen without any hitch which was not really surprising seeing as this was his house but then the problem was, Preethi was sitting there on the counter just below the cupboard.

So when he cracked his eyes so slightly to search for a glass he was met with a girl sitting on his kitchen counter muffling her laughter.

"What the hell!!" Adam startled widening his eyes and jerked backward almost falling down on his butt. Thankfully he caught himself at the last minute.

"pffft…." Preethi broke out into a laughing fit at last not being able to suppress them any longer. She laughed till her stomach actually started to ache but she still could stop herself since Adam's face from when he walked out of his room to when he looked at her as if she was a house ghost or something… they just kept playing on repeat in her head.

Adam stood there in front of a very hysterical Preethi extremely annoyed with his hands folded in the front. He patiently waited for her to stop her fit but she just kept pointing her fingers at his face and kept on laughing. And his patience was draining. So he just strode to her and lifted her off of the counter in one clean sweep.

Preethi instantly stopped her laughter and yelped surprised.

"Adam… Idiot." She scolded him immediately circling her arms around him.

Adam crashed them both on the couch and hovered over her with a smirk and asked smugly, "Not laughing anymore ah??"

Preethi could have actually come up with a witty come back if only they were not so damn close. Adam's whole body was practically plastered against hers and she could feel her heart pounding against her ribs as she stared at his eyes dumbly. Her lips quivered when she felt his warm breath against them.

She did not know how her breakfast suddenly ended up with her being pinned under him.

Adam, on the other hand, was finding it hard to pierce his eyes away from hers. All of his sleepiness somehow flew out the window in an instance. He was not exactly planning on things ending up like this. He just wanted to stop her and maybe tease her a bit. But the way she was staring at him… his brain went blank for a second. He had never been this close to a woman before.

Minutes ticked by… neither of them moved a muscle. Even the air felt like it stood still for a second there.

It was Adam who came out of the trance first. He gave her a soft kiss on her lips and pulled back. He then helped her stand on her feet.

It was not that he did not want to do anything more. God knows he wanted to. But then he had already crossed a line when he shared a bed with her without even realizing it. So he was already expecting some backlashed for it. So he did not want to push his luck just yet and ruin anything. Especially when their relationship still lacked any sort of strong emotion or trust. And he was the one who invited her over to his house, so he did not want to act irresponsibly on an impulse and make her regret coming here. So he made her stand and then retracted back to the room to freshen up.

Preethi on the other hand just stood there deep in thought. She could not understand the disappointment she was feeling right at that moment. She did not know what she was hoping for. But this sudden prang of disappointment left her confused.

'What did you want him to do you exactly?' asked herself. But the question just left her feeling more complicated.