Page 139 of Stuck with my Boss Daddies

Kai's voice was tight when he finally spoke. “It’s from Sadie.”

Samuel went still.

I could see the moment the weight of it hit him, the way his jaw locked, the way his chest rose and fell too quickly.

He didn’t ask. He just held out his hand, and I handed him the note.

I watched as his eyes scanned the words.

His entire body tensed.

Then he crumpled the note in his fist and slammed it onto the counter.

“Bullshit,” he bit out. “She wouldn’t just leave.”

His voice was hard, angry… but underneath it, I heard the same thing I felt.

Panic.

“She did,” Kai said, his voice hoarse.

Samuel shook his head, his hands braced on the counter like he needed to physically hold himself together.

“No. No, something’s wrong. She wouldn’t just…” He exhaled sharply, dragging a hand through his hair. “She wouldn’t just fucking leave.”

But she had.

And we had to find her.

I didn’t know what the hell to do.

My hands curled into fists at my sides, my heart still hammering like it was trying to break free from my ribs. My brain couldn’t catch up, couldn’t process the fact that Sadie was gone.

That she’d walked out that door in the middle of the night, alone, and none of us had even stirred.

“We have to find her,” Kai murmured.

“Yeah,” Samuel said, still braced against the counter. He took a breath, trying to steady himself. “Yeah, we do.”

But how?

I doubt she went to Hayley, not after leaving that note.

She could be anywhere. The roads were still slick from the storm, and she hadn’t taken the damn truck… had she? My mind raced through possibilities, none of them good.

“Did she… did she say anything last night?” I asked, desperate for something, anything that could help.

Kai shook his head. “No. She was sleeping when I came.” His throat bobbed. “I should have known.”

“No,” Samuel said, his voice sharp, cutting through Kai’s guilt. “This isn’t on us. Something spooked her.”

And then, like a switch flipping, his entire demeanor shifted, focus narrowing, body going rigid like he was already moving toward a plan.

“We need Asher,” he said.

Kai blinked. “Asher Wolfe?”

Samuel nodded, already pulling out his phone. “He’s good with tech. If she has her phone on her, he might be able to find it.”

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