He gripped Elly Campbell’s hand, grinding his teeth as he said, "Do you still have feelings for me in your heart? Are you avoiding me because you’re afraid you won’t be able to control yourself and fall for me again?"
With his concise words, he laid bare the unease in Elly Campbell’s heart right in front of her, causing her complexion to shift ever so slightly.
"It seems your concussion is really serious, you’re starting to have delusions."
She cast a cold glance at Adam Jones, her expression as calm as still water without a single ripple.
"I let you stay last night because your injury was caused by me. I’m not so irresponsible to dismiss that, but it doesn’t mean anything."
At this, she paused, then laughed and said, "Do you really think if someone else got injured because of you, I would take care of you ?"
That expression was just short of saying "dream on" to his face.
Adam Jones was so taken aback by her words that he froze for a moment, his face growing several shades darker with anger.
Seeing Elly Campbell glance at her watch, she said, "I’m in a hurry and have to leave now. If President Jones isn’t in a rush to leave, he can wait for me to come back and I’ll take you home."
After finishing, she stepped forward and opened the door.
The sudden opening of the door caught Robert Green, who was just about to ring the bell, off guard. When he saw Elly Campbell’s placid face, he immediately put on his signature smile, "Madam."
"Aide Baker? Weren’t you sent on a business trip to Annapolis? You’re back so soon?"
Caught off guard by Elly Campbell’s question, Robert Green momentarily froze before he seemed to remember something and nodded in realization.
"Ah... oh, yes, something came up suddenly, so I came back first and had someone else from the department go instead."
Elly Campbell didn’t press further, merely nodding at Robert Green and saying, "In that case, I’ll leave President Jones in your care."
Without so much as looking back at Adam Jones, whose face was as dark as the deep water behind her, she stepped out and left.
Robert Green heaved a sigh of relief when Elly Campbell didn’t press him.
That was close, he almost blew his cover.
Stepping inside, the smile he had maintained vanished instantly when he saw the grim expression on his boss’s face.
What... what had he done wrong?
He hadn’t slipped up in front of the lady just now.
Robert Green was puzzled, at a loss for his boss’s thoughts, and couldn’t help but feel a tremor of trepidation.
"President... President, I’ve brought the clothes you are to wear today," he said.
As a conscientious personal assistant, Robert Green felt he was quite dutiful, yet this only earned him a cold and dangerous look from his superior.
"You’ll report to the mailroom tomorrow."
No, what had he done wrong?
Why was the president sending him to the mailroom!!!
Swallowing hard, Robert Green tentatively asked, "President, I... I didn’t do anything wrong."
Adam Jones looked at him with a sinister and unnerving smile, "Maybe deducting two months of your salary will jog your memory."
Robert Green’s heart crumbled!
He truly hadn’t done anything wrong!
It must have been the madam upsetting President Jones, and he just arrived at the wrong time, caught in the crossfire.
Adam Jones, with a face as dark as thunder, finished his washing, frustrated by the thought of Elly Campbell’s indifference.
He had humbled himself and shamelessly sought reconciliation, couldn’t she soften her heart even a little bit?
After mentally cursing the heartless woman for a long time, he finished cleaning up and left the bathroom to find Aide Baker, soon to be dispatched to the mailroom, still standing diligently in the room, waiting.