Stella felt an inner peace slowly wash over her as a plan began to hatch inside her mind. She wiped the tears from her eyes and picked up her mobile phone.
She slowly keyed in her password to unlock her phone and was about to search for the contacts Valerie requested when she forcefully snatched the phone away from her hand.
"I thought you wanted me to give you those numbers?" Stella said in a more composed tone.
"Zip it," Valerie's already scrunched face broke into a deeper sneer. She was greatly upset that Stella was no longer sobbing or sniffing which only showed that she was up to no good.
Valerie knew how smart, cunning and feisty Stella could be.
Even though she was showing dominance over Stella at the moment, she knew she was no match for Stella's cleverness.
Hence, she decided to let out a note of warning to put Stella in check.
