Love At The Next Stop Novel

Chapter 14 So, It Was Him

In her trance, Stella suddenly glimpsed the watch on Miles’ wrist, the large face glimmering in the dark night. She’d never seen such a watch whereby every single minuscule letter on it was as clear as day. All at once, her mind splintered with a bang. On the eve of her graduation half a year ago, she drowned her sorrows and got hammered. In her haste, she grabbed hold of a man on the street.

“You’re drunk,” the man stated, his brows furrowed.

Stella wrapped both arms around his neck to support her tottering self, her gaze glassy. “I’m not drunk. I’m troubled, so keep me company.”

Women were most bewitching when they were intoxicated, much less Stella who was beguiling with glazed eyes and a flushed face, giving off a sense of tipsy sensuality. Her hands around the man’s neck were so tight that the man simply couldn’t pry them off. After a moment’s silence, he scooped her up and took her to a hotel.

Despite having forgotten the man’s countenance, she’d never forgotten that night of passion. The lights were turned off, so she couldn’t see the man’s face. However, she remembered that the man was wearing a luminous watch that was truly stunning in the dark, and it was exceptionally special with a row of English letters on it. At that time, she thought, This watch must have cost a fortune! At least, I’ve never seen a luminous watch whose entire face glows, every single minuscule letter on it as clear as day.

So, it was him! It was actually him!

“Unexpectedly, your memory isn’t all that poor since you still remember me, Mrs. Levitt,” Miles drawled as he gently hooked a finger under her chin, forcing her to look at him.

How could I possibly forget? Which woman will ever forget her first night?

“Did it hurt?”

“Huh?” Stella lifted her head in slight puzzlement. Upon realizing what he meant, her face instantly flushed bright red.

you leave.” Placing her down, Miles strode straight to the bathroom. This idiotic

she was walking around in a daze. When she left, she was still feeling a touch flummoxed. What exactly did Miles Grant

the check to him. She even told him that she had a row with Zane recently, reminding him time and again not to contact Zane lest he got up in arms again. Korbin’s

ever since they’d been married. However, she just couldn’t sleep. Having turned off the lights, the scene that day slowly played out in her mind like a movie until her entire face grew bright red

came back that night. When she went to work the next day, he was still sleeping. To her surprise, Miles came to the company

him a helping hand. Yet, you’re taking me to account now?” Miles’ voice was tinged with a hint of provocation, yet it sounded

was too shocked about the luminous watch last night that I forgot to get our story straight! Dad must have phoned Zane to thank him after I gave him the check, and he most definitely would have guessed that

when she returned home, things strewn all over the sofa as though a ‘huge battle’ had just transpired. Subsequently, she even found a long strand of hair on the floor that had been permed and dyed. Her hair had always been black, so it couldn’t be hers. Ah, he has finally brought

saw Stella heading to bed, he called out to her,

married, so no matter what I think, we’re still a family in the eyes of outsiders. Hence, it’s better to owe him money than to owe

what happened today?” Zane’s

“Does it change anything?”

this, Zane

was noon when Stella returned the check to Miles as he’d just come to the office at that time. Since it happened to be lunch break then, Miles naturally asked her out for lunch. While she used to look at him with a relaxed gaze, she just couldn’t do the same now. After all, this man before her was her first, and they both had countless flirtatious encounters thereafter. Thus, at the thought of him, her heartbeat sped up even as an emotion known as ‘shyness’ spread through her. Ever since young, she’d never been so shy in front of a man.

anymore?” Miles

her head slightly, Stella tucked her hair behind her

lunch?” Miles asked. Unlike her,

head before shaking

you to lunch,” Miles offered as he stared