Chapter 48.2

Stella was hesitating to let herself listen to a liar but she knows there was no escaping him anyway. So, she stayed in the bed and put down her phone.

“What is it that you want to talk about?” she asked.

Charles made his way to her, sitting on the edge of her side of the bed. Then he suddenly took her hand. He looked at it while he rubs the back of her hand with his thumb and looks at her.

“I don’t know what’s wrong but I know something is, baby. I won’t be able to understand if you’re not going to tell me,” he said.

“Why would you assume that there’s something wrong?” Stella pulled her hand out of his hold. It seemed to have shocked Charles for a little while and he looks at her.

“That is why I know something is wrong,” he answered. “What’s wrong, baby?”

“Hormonal changes,” she uttered. It’s not, she knows it isn’t.

“How do I make you feel better? Do you want me to take days off? A week just to be with you?”

His sweetness is something she shouldn’t tolerate. If he continues doing st