Stuck With You

Us

Melissa's POV:

"Welcome home." Adrian says with a sly smile as soon as I step out of his black Jeep wrangler.

I almost lose my breath at the sight in front of me. The house is on a hill.

The yard is very big and I wonder if he lives alone because even the house it's self is big.

And, most of the house is glass.

"Don't you like my home?" Adrian asks. "Come." He tells me as he walks to the door.

The door is opened by a short and chubby woman in her late sixties.

Her hair is in a neat bun and she's wearing a black dress reaching her thighs and a black apron.

She smiles at Adrian, "I thought you said you'd be here-"

"I changed my mind." He cuts her making her to take a step back.

"This is Melissa." He introduces me and I smile at the short woman.

"Hi! Welcome, I'm Nina." She beams.

"Nice to meet you Nina, I am his sec.. I mean I'm Melissa." I chuckle nervously.

"Make her feel comfortable. Give her whatever she wants and call me if she needs anything." He says to Nina and I roll my eyes.

I watch him head to the stairs staring at his phone.

I look around and I feel like fainting at the water just out the back windows. The endless water and the setting of the sun is breathtaking.

Nina clears her throat and I almost jump, "you can wait for me in the living room while I prepare something for you to eat."

"You don't have to bother yourself, I'm not hungry." I tell her with a small smile.

"He ordered me to take care of you. No one dares to make him angry." She says and I remember the time he punched his dad.

"Then I will help you." I say to her and she smiles leading the way to the kitchen.

The kitchen is huge and I am really amazed. It is fully equipped with expensive appliances and everything is made of stainless steel.

"What would you like for dinner?" Nina asks and I give her a confused look.

"I.. I'm not staying here for too long." I tell her.

She opens her mouth to utter something but decides against it.

"You know what? Adrian is like a son to me and it really makes me happy to see you here."

"Why's that?"

She smiles as she opens one of the cabinets, "the first time he told me about you, I really thought you're one of those girls who pose naked." She says.

Adrian told Nina about me?

"He was drunk and that's when he told me about his beautiful secretary. You can sit over there." She tells me, gesturing to the kitchen table.

I sit carefully on the clean seat as I wait for Nina to continue.

"I used to work for his grandmother and I used to adore their relationship. He loved his grandmother so much and never paid any attention to his parents. And when his grandmother died, his relationship with his parents became even worse because he blamed them for her death."

"Uh.. do you perhaps know the reason?"

"Yes, Adrian had to go London because he had to take care of some business problems leaving his grandmother ill, he left her in their care because they insisted so much, but when he returned from London, his grandmother was already dead." She finishes with a sigh and my heart aches.