Adam Jones looked at his watch, grunted in acknowledgment, stood up from the executive chair, and went out with his coat in hand.
Robert Green hurried to follow, as a competent personal assistant, he had to be by the boss’s side at all times.
When Adam Jones arrived at Lily Jones’s ward, her belongings had been packed, and she was chatting with Sophie Baker.
Seeing Adam Jones enter, both Lily Jones and Sophie Baker’s eyes lit up.
"Brother, you’re here to pick me up from the hospital."
Adam Jones’s face slightly stiffened, then he nodded, "Yeah."
"I knew brother is the best to me, even remembering the day of my discharge."
Lily Jones walked up to Adam Jones coquettishly, "Brother, actually, Christopher could have come to pick me up, you didn’t need to come over specially."
Adam Jones’s expression became a bit unnatural, "Are all your things packed up?"
"They’re packed; Christopher has gone to handle the discharge procedures."
Lily Jones said this, and covertly winked at Sophie Baker, indicating for her to start a conversation with Adam Jones.
Adam Jones had no interest in their interactions, his gaze occasionally drifting towards the door of the ward, looking seemingly casual, but secretly filled with expectation.
Sophie Baker knew she couldn’t be so passive anymore, considering she would soon officially become a member of the Campbell family, she felt slightly more confident.
She approached Adam Jones, still in her usual delicate and weak demeanor, and said, "Adam, since I’ve returned to the country, we haven’t had a meal together. Are you free today? Can I treat you to a meal?"
She had never before so openly taken the initiative to ask Adam Jones out. Ever since Jenna Clark and James Campbell divorced, her mother was soon to become the real Mrs. Campbell, and Sophie Baker’s confidence was barely sufficient.
She thought that, just on the account of the Campbell family alone, Adam Jones wouldn’t reject her.
To her surprise, Adam Jones did not even glance at her, and indifferently rejected her, "I’m not free."
Sophie Baker’s face turned pale, utterly unexpected that Adam Jones would reject her so bluntly, a trace of hurt showing on her face as she bit her lower lip and clenched her fists tightly.
Lily Jones also did not expect Adam Jones to reject her so embarrassingly, seeing Sophie Baker turn pale, she felt a pang of sympathy and said discontentedly, "Brother, how can you be ? Sophie has been back for several months; you’ve never taken her out for a meal. Today when she’s asking you, you still refuse."
"Am I obliged to do so?"
Adam Jones looked coldly at Lily Jones, retorted.
"Sophie is my friend."
Lily Jones actually wanted to say that Sophie liked her brother and was also his friend, but for some reason, when she met Adam Jones’s clear and indifferent eyes, she didn’t dare to say it.
"Your friend, you keep her company!"
Sophie Baker’s eyes became teary, feeling wronged. She knew Adam Jones always looked down on her, even though she was the lifesaver of both siblings, he had never truly respected her.
But now her status was different, so why was she still being looked at this way?
Was it because of Elly Campbell?
Because he was starting to not let go of Elly Campbell?
"Adam, do... do you really dislike me that much?"
Her eyes reddened, filled with tears; any man seeing her would have been stirred with pity and the desire to cherish the fragility before them, but Adam Jones was the exception; he was never the type to pity and cherish.
Adam Jones looked at her coldly, his gaze indifferent, "Must I speak in a way that’s too unpleasant?"