Chapter 10: Birthday

Adam's pov;

I was in the middle of a business call when someone knocked at the door. My brows pulled together into a frown because I had earlier instructed the guards stationed by the door to not let anyone disturb me.

I was pissed off that they had failed to obey my instructions, and I pursed my lips into a thin line in irritation as my jaw clenched.

There was a knock again, and I groaned with frustration as I peeled the phone away from my ear.

"Come in," I called out, wondering who it was to have disturbed me so early in the morning and still annoyed that the guards had disobeyed my instruction.

After the incident of the previous day, I was pretty sure that Ben was up to no good, and it scared me to think that he was going to harm Lilith. I figured that she must've been startled and went to meet her later that day, but she was still the same, indifferent, and unbothered. She was like a zombie, only that she wasn't rotting.

I was still thinking of a suitable punishment for Raider and