Chapter 23

"Adele." Jamal called as he gave a gentle tap on Adele's arm. One of the chefs just called to inform him that dinner was ready and he wanted Adele to go down with him since they had both had nothing to eat yet.

Adele, who heard the call and felt the tap, opened her eyes and her mood immediately turned sour when she saw Jamal standing before her. She quickly turned her face to the other side of the bed in an attempt to ignore him.

"Dinner is ready, let's go downstairs and join the others." Jamal announced and at the mention of the word dinner, Adele's intestines grumbled. She was extremely mad at Jamal and did not want to talk to or look at his face, but the idea of going down for dinner very much pleased her. She was famished and needed to eat something, especially in her condition.

"Adele." Jamal called yet again and this time around, Adele sat up from the bed and stepped down, not even sparing Jamal a single glance. She was about to walk away from his presence wh