Chapter 14 - Hand Me Your Phone (1/2)

Next day, Adam arrived at the office on time. He was greeted by Bella on his way to his office, ”Good morning, Sir.”

”Morning Bella.” He replied to her politely.

”Sir, Stella hasn't arrived yet. If you need anything, you can call me.” She informed him

”What? Why hasn't she? Is she okay?” He couldn't help but get worried.

”Sir, I tried calling, but couldn't get through to her.” Bella replied apologetically.

”Okay.” Adam went inside his office room. He was stit worried for her.

”She's all alone by herself. What if she falls ill? Should I go to her place or not.” He thought out loud.

He was starting to get panicked. He took a couple of deep breaths to calm himself down.

'She slept late last night, must be just running late.'

He tried convincing himself. Thinking about last night he remembered that he still had to deal with that sleazeball.

Thinking about last night made his blood boil in anger again. 'How dare he order other staff members to do the work of that immoral assistant of his. I have to teach him a lesson that he won't be able to forget any time soon.'

He buzzed Bella through the intercom. He asked her to call a meeting of the heads of department in an hour.

He sat down on his swiveling chair and stared outside through the floor to ceiling glass wall.

He heaved out a long sigh turning back to face his desk and busied himself looking through the emails. It was already pretty late when he reached his house last night, so he didn't bother to look at them. Most importantly, he wasn't in the mood to. Therefore, there were a lot of them. Although Bella filtered them and only forwarded him the most important ones, there were still quite a few.

Half an hour later, someone entered after knocking on the dark wood door.

”Good morning, Sir.” He was greeted by an angelic voice.

Adam snapped his head up to see someone familiar standing before his desk.

”I am sorry for being late. I slept in.” She said scratching the back of her head.

”It's alright.” Adam smiled at her.

Adam looked at her and thought to himself, 'No wonder I was shocked when I heard her voice out of nowhere.'

She wasn't wearing heels like she usually did. Instead she was wearing black sneakers today that had golden stripes on the sides. She was dressed up a bit casually today, dressed up in a ripped blue jeans paired with a black long-sleeved crop top that showed a bit of her fair waist. Her hairs tied up in a messy bun with a few locks escaping out, framing her small face. He noticed that there was something written on her shirt.