Stella watched as Adrian grudgingly went into her bedroom and slammed the door shut, causing her to jerk a bit. She inhaled and exhaled to calm her erratically pounding heart before turning to face Alex, who kept staring at her with so much hurt in his eye.
She wiped her tears and forced down the lump in her throat before speaking up.
"Alex, I'm truly s..."
"Don't say those words because you do not fully understand what they mean," Alex said calmly amidst the anger and enormous pain, making more tears stream down Stella's face.
"Am going to ask you two questions and based on your answer, this might be the last time you'll ever see me."
Alex felt weakened watching Stella cry with guilt written all over her face. One part of him wanted to pull him into his arms and console her but the other part wanted to scold her badly for giving into her lust.
