Chapter 333 - I know my wife is very capable. I can vouch.

Since his old house was small and had only one bedroom, Adam actually bought another place. This one was even nearer to Preethi's parents' place and bigger too.

The house had three bedrooms and a study… It also had a big backyard and play space for Akil to play around.

About a month back Adam took them here out of the blue. He did not really say anything to them. He did not even discuss getting another place with Preethi. He just brought them here and surprised them.

Even as they looked around, Adam did not say anything. Only when they had completely looked around did he explain that he was planning on getting this place.

Akil had instantly fallen in love with this place… so, Adam naturally bought it. He then brought Preethi's family also over one day and showed it to them.

"Hey, what are you thinking?" Adam asked hugging her from behind.

The living room in this house was wide and big with a lot of moving space. It had a sofa set in the center and a large wooden swing hung from the ceiling on the side. And to the left, they had a wide glass sliding door leading to the backyard.

Preethi was standing there staring around dazed.

"Nothing… I am just seeing. Trying to wrap my head around everything that had happened since I met you…" Preethi answered.

When she got divorced, she was prepared to raise Akil on her own… she had prepared herself for a lifelong battle… she was prepared for his son to grow up without a father. But Adam suddenly barged in and disrupted all that… and suddenly she had a new home. She did not know how to digest that information.

Home…

'Home' had always been just her parents' place… that place had a lot of her childhood and a.d.u.l.thood. It had seen her joy and sorrow. But most of all that place had her parents who had always been her strength in everything she did.

Even when she married, she always missed that place. Even now she cannot help miss it.

For some reason even when she was married for almost one whole year with her ex-husband, it never felt like home.

"And?" Adam asked. He did not really interfere with her thoughts. He just wanted to listen to what she was thinking.

"Marriage… I have jumped into that pit for the second time and this time around I had even dragged Akil with it… and I cannot help being scared. If this goes wrong, I am going to end up not just burning myself but also pull Akil with me…" Preethi whispered. Even when she felt ashamed to admit it, she really was scared out of her wits to the point where she wanted to run away from all this… It all came crashing down at that moment when she was asked to sign the papers. Only she knew how much effort it took her to not tear up the papers then and there…

"Are you doubting me or this relationship?" Adam asked.

"I am doubting time… Time can be cruel to people at times. I know that better than anyone else."

After all, when she first married, she assumed herself to be some fairytale princess excited about getting married to her first love… and she thought that love was going to last forever till they die. So, when that fantasy crashed, a part of her died with it.

She did not even know how she dared to even say yet to this marriage in the first place. Blame it on Adam for being so charming and knowing what to say to her when he proposed.

Preethi couldn't help but resent him a little for that… it was almost like she was hypnotized.

"Well, time can be cruel to people regardless of their marital status!" Adam reverted back. But he said in rolling his eyes with a sarcastic tone.

Preethi blinked for a while not getting what he meant when suddenly a chuckle bubbled and she laughed out loud.

"Argh!! You are really an idiot sometimes!!"

"I am not an idiot. I am your husband… Officially,"

Their banter went on like this for almost an hour. Adam successfully stirred Preethi clear from her anxiety.

But then just as they got to bed, he couldn't help but ask, "You don't regret this right?"

Preethi looked at him startled for a second but then looking at his eyes, that layer of complicated emotion in them, "No… I do not. Not at this moment… I just miss home… And nervous. But I do not regret this… I do want this…"

"As long as you do not regret this, it is fine!" Adam smiled.

He can slowly quench her fears away… slowly he can bring a sense of security in her. But if the foundation of all this is if she is going to let him in… only if he was going to let him in can he prove himself.

But if she was already regretting her decision on the second day of their married, he wouldn't know where to start.

"I love you…" Adam said after a while. He did not know if he ever said this to her. He believed in showing her his feelings. But at times, saying it loud also makes the difference.

"You and Akil… I will protect you guys no matter what!" He vowed surprising Preethi.

You should know, Adam is not really a vocal person. He is stingy with words. Even when he proposed, he only said two words. So, Preethi never really expected anything vocal from him.

But deep down she knew he cared and also he gave her a sense of security when she was with him. For some reason, she just trusted him to be the right person for her.

But more than that, her divorces not only scared her, it also gave her the confidence to stand back up after falling down. So, she never needed promises from him.

"I know… but I can take care of myself and Akil just fine even otherwise…" She said but then her eyes still gleamed even when she was refusing him.

Adam just smiled as he leaned over and whispered against her ears, "I know my wife is very capable. I can vouch."

In spite of herself, Preethi blushed. She did not know whether it was the fact that he praised her or the fact that he called her his wife or the blatant teasing in his voice… She blushed red as she snuggled closer to hide her face from him.

"Good night…" She whispered as she forcefully closed her eyes to go back to sleep.