Harry Hall and Elly Campbell spoke almost simultaneously. Then, both fell silent. Elly Campbell had no mind to listen to anything else Harry Hall had to say and went straight to the point:
"Helen is here, and I’m worried she’s run into trouble. I can’t get through to her on the phone. Please, could you help me look for her?"
Upon hearing Elly’s words, Harry Hall lost all interest in dealing with Adam Jones. His expression immediately turned grim, "I’ll go look for her right now."
After Harry Hall left, Elly Campbell continued to patiently dial Helen Melendy’s number. This time, Helen Melendy’s phone was switched off.
A sense of foreboding tainted Elly Campbell’s heart. After calling several more times and still finding it switched off, she reluctantly gave up.
"CEO, aren’t you going over to where your wife is?"
Seeing Adam Jones standing still, neither leaving nor staying, Robert Green reminded him in a low, responsible voice.
"What for? None of my damn business!"
As he turned to leave, his gaze inadvertently fell on Elly Campbell. He saw her sitting on a couch in the lobby, clutching her phone, her usually composed face now tinged with unease.
He curled his lips into a smile, a hint of sarcasm flashing in his eyes.
She was kind to everyone, yet she alone could be so heartless to him.
And Robert Green, witnessing his boss acting high and mighty—too proud as if he could soar to the skies—felt utterly speechless at such stubbornness.
"If you don’t shut up now, I’ll dock two months of your pay."
After saying this, he turned and walked away. Robert Green, clearly frightened by the dreadful news of "pay being docked," decisively closed his mouth.
If his boss was determined to play the lone wolf by his own volition, he had no reason to intercede at the cost of two months’ wages.
Immediately following behind Adam Jones, Robert Green headed out, but as they reached the doorway, Adam Jones’s stride suddenly halted, and Robert Green, unable to stop in time, bumped straight into him.
He looked up and saw that Adam Jones did not speak; beneath the warm white lights, his lips were as pale as paper, not even a hint of color in them.
Noticing that he was clutching his stomach tightly, looking extremely unwell.
A sinking feeling hit Robert Green, "CEO, you..."
A mouthful of blood spewed out from Adam Jones’s mouth, staining his snow-white shirt, leaving Robert Green nearly shouting in shock, "CEO!"
Beads of cold sweat broke out on Adam Jones’s forehead one after another. He stubbornly moved forward without pausing, not wanting Elly Campbell to see the disgraceful state he was in.
Before Robert Green could finish speaking, he saw Adam Jones suddenly kneel on one leg on the ground.
Robert Green hurriedly went to support him, no longer caring about his boss’s dignity, and turned to shout towards Elly Campbell at the lobby, "Madam, the CEO is vomiting blood!"
Elly Campbell had already sensed that something was wrong at the entrance, and now, hearing Robert Green’s shout, her hand trembled violently, and the phone she was holding dropped to the floor.
Clearly startled by Robert Green’s yelling, she stood up from the sofa and hurried towards the entrance.
Adam Jones, holding his stomach, clearly in severe pain, frowned even more when he heard Robert Green’s shout, "Busybody."
Even though he tried to maintain a stern face, the intense pain made his presence much less imposing, and even his breath when speaking seemed weaker.
Robert "mother" Green, very aware at this point, completely ignored his boss’s powerless glare and looked towards the woman who was quickly approaching, giving Adam Jones meaningful looks.