Adam followed her inside, closing the door behind him. “You hungry?” Emilia asked as she started opening the fridge. “I could make you a cold meat sandwich if you like.” Adam walked to where she was and gently closed the fridge door. “I ate before I came here. I wanted to see how you were doing. I had tried to call you earlier but your phone wasn’t connecting.” Emilia rubbed an eye with the pads of her fingers, “yeah. I had switched it off. I was just too tired to deal with all the calls, to be frank.” Adam placed his hands on her shoulders, giving them a gentle squeeze, “how are you, babe?” “I've been better,” Emilia gave him a small smile. For some reason, her heart started beating a little faster at the endearment. Which was weird. he had been calling her that for a while, and he