Chapter 293: Back To The Base (1/2)

”Alright! I will tell you.” Like always, Adam gave into her demands.

He cleared his throat a little, before he began to explain it to her.

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*FLASHBACK*

Adam was already on his way back to the banquet when his phone started ringing. He shifted his eyes from the road ahead to his phone which was plugged in with the car's system. Seeing that it was just Blake calling him, he didn't pick up the call at first, thinking that it must be regarding Lillian and Elena. But he changed his mind when he continued to call him.

On the third call, Adam finally picked it up with frustration. ”I am driving, you moron.” He spoke in an annoyed tone. He was glad that he had connected the phone to the car on his way to the base and didn't take it out during the time he was there. He had done so because he didn't want to risk missing a call from her beloved wife if in case she decided to call him.

”You need to hurry up!” Blake's aggrieved voice came through the car's speaker, which only left him baffled.

”What do you mean by hurry up?” Adam replied back to him as he continued to keep his attention on the road ahead.

”It's Stella.” Blake replied to him briey before he went quiet.

The words reverberated through the closed space and forced Adam to push his foot on the brake. As the car came to a sudden stop after screeching over the stop, Adam pulled out the phone from its holder and pressed it against his ears.

”What about Stella?” He asked him right away.

”S-she…” Blake's stuttering voice came through the phone's speaker which only irked the man.

”Blake, speak!” He spoke back as he demanded him to answer him. There was this nagging feeling he had been having in his chest the moment he left her there on her own. Though she wasn't all alone there. She had a bunch of people who were keeping an eye on her every move. But he didn't want to risk leaving her alone for long.

”She's missing.” After hearing Adam's demanding voice, Blake answered him. ”I don't know what exactly happened there, but my men found Edward in a beaten up state with no sign of Stella. He has been transferred to a hospital, and Wilson is making sure that he's fine.” He continued when he didn't hear a response coming from his side.

”What do you mean by she's missing?” Adam yelled back at him. He couldn't believe his words when he first heard him.

”She is missing, Adam.” Blake repeated his words from earlier.

”She cannot go missing.” Adam spoke under his breath, his words barely a whisper. A sudden gush of regret and guilt washed over his being as he refused to believe his ears. He was the one who had left her on her own. It wouldn't be the case if he was there to accompany her. Or at least she wouldn't have been alone.

”We are trying our best to locate her. The thing doesn't look so planned as the CCTV cameras in the parking lot were still working when they… took her.” Blake tried to reassure him even though he was feeling no better than him if not worse. Moreover, he was blaming himself for what had happened as it was him who had been looking out for Stella. ”We will find here soon.”