My Little Sunshine - Chapter 250

“Pretty please.” He blinked his eyes a couple of times as he tried to sound more pitiful.

Letting out an annoyed groan, she decided to agree with her big baby, for now. “Okay! But this doesn’t mean that I am not mad at you anymore.”

“Okay.” Adam happily replied to her, letting her drag him to the bed. He would feel much better after having her in his arms. Moreover, she wouldn’t be able to stay mad at him for long anyways, so he was okay with her pretense as long as he could hold her in his arms.

After a couple of minutes, the couple was snuggling with each other, more like it was Stella who was snuggling close to him whilst she used his left arm as her pillow.

“Are you feeling any better?” She asked him as she gazed up at his face. She saw his chin moving slightly up and down as he gave her a nod in response. “Adam!” She called out softly, but the man next to her wasn’t a fool to turn a deaf ear to the underlying warning.

“It still hurts a bit, but it’s much better now.” He replied, deciding to be honest with her this time. It was useless to even try hiding it from her when she could see right through his words.

“Wilson will get your painkillers delivered in a while. You just need to rest till then.” She replied to him, draping her arm over his toned abs.

Adam hummed lightly in return. “Don’t you want to know how exactly I got this scar?” He questioned the lady in his arms who was busy drawing circles over his bare abdomen with her slender fingers.

His words made her stop in her tracks for a mere second before she decided to carry on with it. He didn’t know whether her random movements were for him or her own self as she tried to keep herself distracted. “Nah!” She finally replied to him after a whole minute, making him frown.

Before he could ask her about it, she stopped her wandering fingers and detached herself from his body as she sat up straight. Staring down at his confused expressions, a low chuckle escaped her lips. ‘He looks so stunning when he seems so clueless.’ She thought inwardly before explaining her earlier remark.

“You know how much of a curious cat I am. Of course I would want to know how it happened. There’s no second thoughts regarding that. But, for me, you’ll always come first. I can keep my damn curiosity in check until you feel like sharing about it.” She smiled at him, showing off her perfectly aligned teeth as the corner of her eyes wrinkled.

Adam continued to stare back at her brightened up expression, tearing up ever so slightly. ‘How did I become so lucky?’ He questioned himself. Not being able to control the sudden rush of emotions surging inside him, he grabbed her arm and tugged at it. His swift movements didn’t permit her mind to process what was happening and she ended up landing on his chest, exactly where he wanted her to be.

A low groan resonated at the back of his throat as a sharp, lancinating pain shot up his shoulder. Pursing his thin lips together, he tried to suppress it but it was too late as Stella could feel his breathing becoming haggard. She tried to get up from his chest, but his hand was restricting her movements as it kept her in place.

“Don’t move. Let me hold you, please.” She heard his trembling voice and stopped her movements, giving into his pleas.

“You could have just asked me to hug you, you fool.” She spoke into his chest. “There was no need to make yourself suffer more.” She could only nag at him as she tried to stay as still as she could.

“You make me lose my mind. How could I remember about my pain when every single inch of my body was asking to have you close to me?” His reply made her role her eyes.

“Your lines are getting better and better. You should try using that devilish brain of your in helping me run the business, rather spouting those sugary words.” She spat back at him, trying to sound annoyed even though a faint smile was hugging her lips.

“I am well aware of the fact that you are smiling into my chest. And I just want to let my curious ‘kitten’ have a good fill of her curiosity.” He added as he rubbed the back of her head lovingly.

“You don’t have to….” She wanted to stop him from proceeding any further, but the man interrupted her words.

“I know that I don’t have to. But I want to do this.” He spoke up softly above her head. Breathing out a long sigh, he began to explain his side of the story.

“Remember when our call got disconnected that day?” He questioned her only to get a low hum in response. How could she forget it? She wouldn’t be able to forget even a single detail about that unfortunate day for the rest of her life. The day her life took a 180° shift without her knowledge.

As if feeling her discomfort, Adam hugged her closer before continuing. “I was looking for a way out when I was talking to you. The team of higher-ups which was supposed to be with me on my tour, escaped from the place after the first blast was heard. So I was on my own as I tried to make my way towards the emergency exit.” He took a pause as his mind recalled the events of the distressful day.

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*FLASHBACK*

While he was running while he had Stella on phone, he bumped into a burning pillar due to his absent-mindedness. Because of the forceful impact, his phone slipped through his fingers and landed on the floor with a loud thud.

Worried that he wasn’t able to hear reply, he scurried his way towards the phone and let out a relaxed sigh when his eyes landed on the lit up screen which was showing that the call was still connected. Just when he was about to pick up his phone, another blast was heard and the floor above him, came rushing down. A few pieces of the rubble landed right on his phone. It would have been his body in place of the crushed phone if it wasn’t for his fast reflexes. He was thankful to Blake’s father for training him back then.

Looking at the pieces of debris below which his phone was buried, he cursed out loud. Thinking that he could always find another way to get in contact with her if he somehow managed to escape this building, he continued to run towards the emergency exit.

His hopes to see his beloved little elf or at least talk to her, shattered into pieces when he found the door to the emergency exit locked, not from the inside, but from the outside. A couple of explicit curses escaped his lips as he banged his fisted hand against the door.

Running his fingers through the locks of his hair, which were now a mess and had dust particles clinging to them, he tried to think of another way out. He knew it was useless to waste his energy on the door. He would have tried to take it down if it was a wooden one, but he had no chance before the large metal door.

He recalled all those times he had video conferences with the chief architecture of the site, trying his best to think of any information, no matter how small it was, which could help him get out of this place. Depending on the number of blasts his ears had managed to catch on, it wouldn’t require an expert to tell that this whole place would soon turn to dust.

“Ughh!” He let out a frustrated groan when he couldn’t think of anything. His eyes wandered around the corridor he was in as they looked for something which he could use, but didn’t find anything. He was about to walk away from the place and head towards some other corridor, but his steps stopped when his eyes landed on a map which was framed and hanging on top of the wall.

His eyes roamed over it for some time before they lit up with hope again. The map wasn’t some map from and atlas, but rather it was a black and white blueprint of the whole project site. It had all the areas labelled properly. It purpose was actually to give the investors and government people a brief idea about the structure of the site area. But who knew that it would help him in escaping from this building which was about to come crashing down any minute now.

He wiped off the sweat which had managed to cluster on his forehead. The temperature of the area had suddenly increased by a few degrees as the building had caught fire. Grayish black smoke began to accumulate around, limiting his vision.

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