Chapter 31: 031. Good Start and Good End Chapter 31: 031. Good Start and Good End Editor: Henyee Translations Adam Jones drove to the First Hospital, seething with anger.
As soon as he stepped out of the car, the fierce energy surrounding him made people instinctively steer clear.
Each time he entered the emergency department, the overwhelming bustle hit him like a wave, causing his brow to furrow in frustration.
“Hold him down hard, don’t let him move about…”
A familiar voice, slightly breathless, reached Adam’s ears from outside. He turned to see Elly Campbell kneeling beside an emergency cart, focused on trying to save a patient critically injured in a car accident.
Her hands, face, and clothes were smeared with the patient’s blood, but the determined, meticulous expression on her face held Adam’s gaze, unable to look away.
He stood there, frozen, watching her until she, along with the patient, disappeared into the resuscitation room.
More than half an hour passed before Elly emerged.
The bloodstains on her face remained, and her hands still carried traces of dried blood. As she took a few steps, she ran into Adam, whose complexion was noticeably grim.
Seeing Adam in the emergency department was somewhat surprising for Elly, but the astonishment in her eyes was fleeting and quickly returned to calm.
Elly barely spared Adam a glance before walking past him toward the washroom.
Due to the demands of her profession, Elly rarely wore makeup. After a quick rinse, her naturally beautiful face emerged, looking several years younger than her actual age.
After washing her face and stepping out, Elly was surprised to find Adam standing at the door of the washroom, silently watching her.
She paused, ready to leave, but Adam stopped her.
Her brows furrowed in irritation as she lifted her eyes to meet his, “What do you want?”
Adam had originally planned to confront Elly about the “affair” with another man, but after cooling down for half an hour and meeting her indifferent gaze, he found himself unable to summon any anger at all.
Especially when he noticed the faint paleness on her face, the words that had been weighing on his heart for so long suddenly shifted to—
“Why didn’t you answer my calls?”
Elly was taken aback, not expecting Adam to come all the way here just to ask her this.
“I didn’t want to.” she replied coldly, her words clipped. Once upon a time, she had asked Adam the same question, and that was his response to her.
“Elly, don’t test my patience!”
Adam’s eyes darkened, gathering a hint of coldness.
“Adam, what do you really want?”
Elly raised an eyebrow, meeting Adam’s brooding gaze. “We both know that our marriage was never one of mutual consent. It was a result of my collusion with grandma to force you into it. Back then, I was the one who initiated the divorce because I was tired of appeasing and tolerating you for all those years.”
“And you… when you used that love child to humiliate me, you completely drained any lingering feelings I had for you. So, please sign the agreement soon. Let’s part on good terms and avoid taking this to court—none of us will look good if it goes that far.”
Parting on good terms…
It was very easily said!
Adam scoffed inwardly, quickly suppressing the brief moment of panic that flickered through his mind.