Love at the Next Stop

Chapter 79 Didn’t Treat Her Well Enough

Then, a sudden thought came to his mind—Miles realized they rarely shared such a warm embrace with one another. Most of the time, they would just end up getting straight to it most of the time, so sharing an intimate embrace like this was just rare.

Instead of laying Stella back on the bed, Miles continued to hold her and enjoyed the sweet scent that came from her hair.

Because of her petite frame, Stella appeared lean, but in fact, she was kind of fleshy, so it was a nice feeling to hold her closely.

Leaning against Miles, she looked like a little girl who was gentle and needed protection at the same time, which was a rather unusual sight for him.

Frankly, Stella was someone who appeared soft on the outside, but was actually strong on the inside. She would cry sometimes, but she rarely showed the weak side of her, as she was exactly the type that kept pressing through whenever things were rough for her.

This was the first time Miles ever felt she was like a precious little daughter to him. Drawing himself closer to her, he leaned his own forehead against hers.

As she was already fast asleep, she didn’t fight back, all gentle and submissive within his arms. Miles only felt this was such a precious moment that had to be cherished.

Admittedly, he was indeed a little too harsh on her in the past. He had always treated her as a woman, and most of the time, saw her as a woman in bed.

In fact, she was just a young lady in her early twenties. He was much older than her, and yet, he didn’t treat her well enough.

Staying in the same position for quite a while, Miles continued to hug Stella until he felt pins and needles in his arm, then he placed her down. Perhaps because of the soup she had finished just now, her fever seemed to have subsided and droplets of sweat could be seen on her forehead.

After covering her with a blanket, he continued to sit by her side throughout the night.

Unfortunately, there was only one bed in Stella’s house, so he didn’t have anywhere else to rest his head. Then again, the crucial reason for staying beside her was that he was worried that Stella would kick off the blanket while sleeping.

The dim light from the bedside lamp was shining upon Stella’s face, which appeared somewhat exhausted and feverish.

Surprising even himself, Miles didn’t sleep throughout the night, but he wasn’t feeling sleepy at all.

During daybreak, Stella’s fever seemed to have subsided. She got up and headed to the bathroom, and when she pushed the door open, she saw a man’s back.

Letting out a shriek, Stella closed her eyes with her hands and walked out of the bathroom. As she only caught a glimpse of the man’s back, she wasn’t sure who it was.

Sitting down on her bed, she was trying to figure out who that man was. Just then, a man’s face came to her mind—Miles Grant’s face.

A moment later, Miles walked out of the bathroom. “Have you forgotten that I was the one who sent you home last night? How ungrateful of you!” Walking toward her, he then placed his hand over her forehead. “No more fever. I should leave now then.”

As soon as he headed to the door, Stella’s voice sounded from behind him. “President Grant, are you a man who has a strong possessive desire?”

you say so?” The moment his hands reached for the door knob,

strong possessive desire, you enjoyed taking a woman away from another man. Likewise, because of your possessive desire, you slept with a married woman! Tell me, is this a general trait of a

previous day, Stella could tell that Miles deliberately did it in front of Zane. Not long ago, he scolded her, but now, he was being nice to her all of a sudden. The only explanation she could come

didn’t know

snort, Miles didn’t reply

need the card, and since the card couldn’t be exchanged with cash, he thought of presenting it to Stella as a compensation; the card was of great value,

Stella asked while checking the card from the front to the back. The card

for 5 nights in a month,” said Zane with his arms crossed

there tonight then?” asked

was because the weather was getting really hot these days, but the air conditioner in her house had malfunctioned. That night, she had set a timer and the air conditioner was supposed to switch off after an hour. Instead, it was turned on throughout the night. Perhaps the remote controller was not working, or there could be some other reason, but whatever it was, she woke up feeling rather lethargic the

“Sure!” replied Zane.

went

she bumped into Gabriella when she came out

Stella thought. Initially, she didn’t plan to speak to Gabriella, so she was surprised when Gabriella called out to

she was trying to find out the truth about a certain

hotel corridor as they talked,

working with President Grant?” Gabriella

thought, Why isn’t she asking me about her ex-boyfriend but another man? Doesn’t she care about Miles at

name, Stella felt that it didn’t seem to ring a bell. A while later, she figured that Gabriella was probably referring to Kevin Moore. In the company, he was more known as Mr. Moore instead of his nickname, so it was understandable when Stella couldn’t

there. What about him?”

nothing. Goodbye then.” After waving goodbye at Stella, Gabriella

really nothing in common between her and Gabriella in terms of personality. They were practically the total opposite of each other, so she wondered

giving things further thought, Stella went

Miles went back to Hollowcrest City after leaving Murdough. As soon as he entered the office, he called Kevin

office, Miles just lit a cigarette and placed the lighter down on the table with

for me?” asked Kevin while standing

did Stella get to know Gabriella?” questioned

was actually asking about Stella’s situation. However, based on Stella’s reaction, it seemed like she wasn’t referring to herself. If his deduction was correct, she must

Knitting his eyebrows together, Miles demanded, “Was it you who told her about

Grant, there must be a misunderstanding. Stella and I shared a relationship as mentor and

about this?” Miles questioned once

good friend—Mr. Xenon! He knows Gabriella too.” Kevin acted as though

Miles said, “You

Kevin, then it has to be Matthew for sure. Frowning, Miles wondered