Chapter 169: Meeting
"She wants to hold a video meeting later."
Melanie raised an eyebrow as she looked up from her breakfast at Adam, who was staring at her intently. She sighed, feeling the weight of his gaze.
Even though he had ’tortured’ her all night -both in ways that made her toes curl and in ways that tested her patience -she had stubbornly refused to share the details of what Saira had said.
Thus, after a long night of making love and almost being unable to get up, she was still being subjected to Adam’s assessing stare, the kind he seemed to use when he was particularly unhappy about being kept in the dark. It was almost as if he was trying to make her guilty for not talking to him. But she wasn’t going to so she could only suffer.
"A video meeting?" she repeated slowly. "But why?"
"Hmm.She said I can interact with the child for now, and later, when the child is more comfortable, we can proceed further." Adam said as he poked at the eggs on his plate.
Melanie looked down at her breakfast for a few moments,even as her hands clenched under the table, then lifted her eyes to meet his again. "What do you think?"
Adam didn’t even hesitate. "I’m going to refuse."
That had her head snap up in shocl as she stared at him," Why? I know you want to make sure the child is yours etc, but didn’t you say that there is a good chance he is because he looks like you? So, what is the problem with interacting with the child?"
Adam leaned back in his chair, the picture of calm determination. His arms crossed over his chest, and his gaze never wavered from her face. "Because," he said, his voice low and even, "she’s doing this for her own gain. Not for the child. Not for me. She wants to use the child to reconnect with me."
Melanie opened her mouth to say something but then fell silent.
"She wants to use the child for her own means," Adam said firmly. "She thinks if I form a bond with the child, then she’ll have a permanent hold over and relationship with me. A chain she can yank whenever it suits her."