My Little Sunshine - Chapter 268

“Ughhh!” A low groan escaped her lips. The veins on the side of her head were popping out, becoming more prominent, because of how forcefully she was clenching her jaws. It was her own self which had angered her to the extent of breaking down her cellphone. Her eyes trailed to the shattered pieces of screen which laid next to her broken phone.

‘You know what is your biggest problem. You never think about how your actions are going to affect the people around you. You don’t even take my feelings into account.’

Like a broken tape recorder, her mind was playing a certain someone’s words from earlier again and again, which only added to her enraged state. After telling her how selfish she was at times, Adam had walked out of the office, using a mere baseball cap as his disguise, leaving her on her own. She wanted to apologise to him because somewhere in her heart, she knew that she was the one at fault. ‘Maybe, whatever he said is true after all.’ She couldn’t help but blame herself.

Everytime she blinked her eyes, his broken expressions would flash before her which only added to her guilt. ‘He was right, Stella. You never put him before yourself.’ Her subconscious nagged her, causing her to scoff at its timing. ‘Nice timing.’ She couldn’t help but spat back at her subconscious. Why did it have to be at moments like this when her subconscious decided to wake up from its beauty sleep?

Taking in a couple of deep breaths, she tried to calm her emotions down. Her raging emotions would not do any good to her babies. Moreover, she needed to clear her mind up and find a way to locate Adam. She would not have to deal with his whereabouts if only he would have bothered to put on the mask. But a baseball cap? She wanted to knock some sense into his brain, but that would require his presence.

Unlocking the topmost drawer of her desk, she took out her spare phone and dialed the only number which was saved in the phone’s memory.

A couple of rings later, the call was finally connected through and a man spoke up in his groggy voice.

“Why are you using this phone?” Without greeting her properly, he spoke up.

“I broke the other one.” She answered him in a casual tone as it was a normal thing, which it was for her. During the period when Adam was absent from her life, she had been getting more cranky than usual. And in her angered state, she had broken more phones than she could count on her fingers.

“Why do you sound sleepy at this hour? Don’t tell me you have been up all night, having your way with my sister-in-law?” She questioned the man on the other end only to get a low hum in response which was followed by some footsteps and the sound of a door opening and closing.

“What do you need, Stella?” His annoyed voice makes it way through the phone’s speaker. He surely was troubled by her interference.

“I need you to track a phone number for me, pretty please.” She tried to make her voice sound as sweet as possible.

“Who’s the person?” She heard him ask.

“You only need to know the person’s phone number to track them, Blake.” She answered him playfully, trying her best to avoid the person’s gender. He would find it after tracking him down anyways, so it useless to work him up already.

“But why do you need me to track someone?” He questioned her.

“Just do it for me, pretty please. I will owe you one.” She spoke up, not wanting to disclose too much information to him. He was Adam’s best friend, but it wasn’t her place to make decisions for Adam and inform Blake about him being back to the city.

After a minute or two of quietness, she finally got the answer which she was looking for. “Okay, I will do it for you and won’t pester you anymore with my questions. But you need to help me with Lillian.”

“Alright! I agree. I will help you with whatever you say, even if it includes making her say yes to marry you or bear your kids.” She couldn’t care any less about what hurdles she might have to face in the future because of what he said at the moment. All she wanted to do was to know Adam’s location as soon as possible.

“Hold on.” She heard him say, some shuffling sounds following it. “What’s the number?”

She dictated him ‘David’s’ number and waited for his response. “Got it! You just relax and sit back, I will find it as long as the phone isn’t switched off.” He added. “I will share the location with and send you a new phone by tomorrow.”

Hearing his reply, a smile embraced her lips and her mood became a bit better. “Thanks for your help. I will see you guys at the banquet.” She thanked him before disconnecting the call as she patiently waited for his text. Two minutes later, a ping was heard in the quietness of the office, making her almost jump from her seat.

Hurriedly unlocking the phone, she saw his text on the lit up screen.

‘You are lucky that his phone wasn’t off. I will send you the link to his location.’

Another ping sound was heard and a link to a local club appeared on the phone’s screen, causing her to frown. Before she could ponder over the fact that her dear husband was in a bar any longer, a couple of pings were heard.

‘Why are you stalking your personal assistant, Stella?’

‘You better answer me brat or I am driving straight to the company right now.’

‘Stella?’

‘Answer me!’

Turning a blind eye to Blake’s texts she put the phone on a ‘do not disturb’ mode and grabbed her car keys before rushing out of the office.