Chapter 161 - You Haven't Told Her Yet

"Young Master?" The old butler mumbled when he saw Adam's car being pulled before the front porch. He was about to call him when a servant came and informed him about his arrival. 

Adam stepped out of the car and made his way around the car and opened the passenger seat door. Before Stella's feet could touch the ground, Adam stopped her and picked her up. Even when she tried to resist, he didn't listen to her. 

As he was carrying her inside, the old butler greeted the duo before showing his concerns about Stella. 

"Is the Young Miss alright?" The old butler asked. His forehead was creased, showing three deep horizontal lines. At some point, he had started to refer her as the Young Miss of this house, even though she was against it. 

"I am completely fine Uncle Rob. You don't need to worry about me. Adam is over reacting, just like always." Stella replied to him, giving him a bright smile.

The old butler heaved out a sigh of relief before he came to the main topic. "I was about to call you, Young Master. There's a lady who is currently waiting for you. She said she has something important to talk about to both of you." 

"Did she tell you her name?" Adam asked him.

"Cecilia Aldrich." The old butler replied.

"What is she doing here? I don't even know her." Adam frowned as he looked at Stella, who shrugged her shoulders. 

"Don't you know her?" Stella asked him as he began to walk towards the stairs. 

"I know about her and her family. don't know her in person." Adam replied. "I will take you to the room first. You should have some rest." 

"But Uncle Rob said she wanted to talk to both of us. And I have had ample of rest in the hospital." Stella argued with him. "Either you carry me to the living room yourself, or put me down this instance." She glared at him.

Adam looked at the little kitten in his arms who was trying to act all fierce and sighed. He could never win against her. 

"Don't move, or you will fall. I will take you there." He replied to her as he changed the direction he was walking in. 

"To what do we owe the pleasure of your company?" Adam spoke up as he walked in with Stella. He had one of his hands shoved inside his pants' pocket, while the other one rested on Stella's lower back. She had forced him to put her down before entering the room. And like always, he gave into her demands. 

"Are you alright, my child?" The lady who was clad in a black shirt and wide-legged trousers asked as she stood up from the couch. Her eyes were fixated at Stella with concern written all over her face. 

"Umm…. Do I know you?" Stella was utterly confused as to why this lady, who she had no links to and whom she had never met before in her entire life, would show concern for her. 

"Unfortunately, you don't." Cecilia sighed with a pained expression on her face.

"Have a seat, please." Adam asked her politely, to which she complied and sat on the single sofa chair. After Cecilia had settled down, Adam guided Stella to sit on the couch across her before he sat down next to her. All this while, he didn't move his hand that was resting on Stella's lower back. Somehow, he was having a bad hunch about this meeting.

"Would you like to have something to drink or eat?" Adam asked her politely, not forgetting his manners. 

"No. Your housekeeper already asked me that. I am not here for some food or drinks." Cecilia replied.

"Then why are you here?" Adam asked her with a straight face. He had a hint about what it might be about. Who didn't know that with whom Cecilia Aldrich was married to?

"To talk." She shrugged her shoulders slightly before continuing. "I am here to talk about Stella and my husband. But I guess you already know that, don't you?"

"What do I have to do with your husband?" Stella interrupted them as she looked from the lady to Adam. 

"What were you doing in the hospital?" Cecilia didn't reply to her question and asked her. She was worried sick when she heard about it. "I wanted to meet you guys at your office at first, but I came to know about your hospitalization, Stella. I wanted to visit you there, but I thought it will be awkward for you, not that it still isn't any less." She giggled softly, placing the back of her hand before her lips. Every single action of hers, oozed charm.

"I am alright." Stella replied meekly, still confused as ever. 

"Coming back to the main point of why I am here. I am Cecilia Aldrich, the wife of James Brighton." Cecilia continued. 

Stella furrowed her brows further at her introduction. "Isn't he the CEO of R&E Group of Companies?" Stella asked her.

Cecilia furrowed her perfectly shaped eyebrows at her statement before she widened her eyes. "She doesn't know, does she?" Her question was more like a statement to her own ears. "You haven't told her yet." She narrowed her eyes at Adam who guiltily avoided to look into them. 

"Told me what?" Stella looked at Adam and found him scratching the back of his head as he gave her an apologizing look. "Adam? What is she talking about?" She asked him as she grabbed his chin and tilted it up slightly, making him look directly into her eyes. 

"What is it that you haven't told me? What are you hiding?" She asked him again. 

When Adam didn't reply to her, she turned her head towards the lady who was sitting there with a laid back expression. "You tell me." Stella demanded to her. If it was something that concerned her this much, and then she had every single right to know about it. 

Before Cecilia could reply to her, Adam spoke up. "No, I will tell you myself." Adam cupped her face and made her look at him.

"I told you why I signed the contract with that company and what are my motives. But I didn't tell you what were the reasons behind them." He started to speak as he gazed into her eyes. "The family that used to look after you weren't you actual family but they were paid for looking after you." 

"I know that already." Stella spoke up.

Adam nodded and continued. "They were paid by the same person who was supposed to be your guardian in case anything happens to your parents, your father's second cousin. He was supposed to look after you and your shares in the family business until you become of age." 

Adam took a brief pause and pressed a kiss on her forehead. "What do you think R&E stands for in the company's name?" 

He looked deeply in her eyes before he answered his own question. "It stands for Rosaline and Ethan."