Elly Campbell was startled by the words that Adam Jones uttered while holding back his anger.
To say she wasn’t shocked would be lying.
But shock aside, she had to make things clear to avoid future troubles.
With that thought, she took a deep breath and said, "That’s your business, but you can’t force me to do the same. Life is too long, and you aren’t indispensable to me. If one day I find someone I like, I naturally won’t force myself to continue with you."
She avoided Adam’s stormy gaze and said these words with a cold heart.
When he heard her say "you aren’t indispensable to me," Adam’s heart was fiercely stabbed, a feeling both sour and painful.
Indeed, she wasn’t indispensable to him.
Just like that time she told him, he had completely eroded her dedication to him during those three years.
What right did he have to arrogantly assume that she could only ever have room for him in her heart?
He knew very well that the only reason she agreed to remarry him was for their son, to give him a complete family.
This was predicated on the fact that she hadn’t fallen for another man, so marrying William Campbell’s father was the most suitable option.
That’s right, it was only because it was suitable, only because he was William Campbell’s biological father, that her remarriage to him had nothing to do with love.
Adam’s heart was stabbed over and over, a pain that bled inwardly.
Elly didn’t look into his eyes; she just lowered her own and said, "If you don’t agree, then let’s forget about it, to prevent future entanglements."
After speaking, she sighed softly, ready to leave to find her son, but Adam grabbed her wrist.
Adam’s voice was husky, tinged with sadness and loss, as he said helplessly, "Fine, I agree to everything, including..."
He pursed his lips, suppressing the pain rising in his heart, and whispered, "If you fall for someone else in the future, I... I’ll let you go."
"You must keep your word!"
"Yes! I’ll keep my word!"
Adam nodded, his smile forced on his face.
After the agreement, Elly made no further demands, "Then let’s find a time to finalize the remarriage procedures."
Having said that, she pulled her hand from Adam’s grasp and didn’t look back at his despondent expression.
Watching Elly’s figure disappear at the master bedroom’s door, Adam, standing still, forced a bitter smile.
Every time she stabbed directly into his heart, it hurt so much he didn’t even have the courage to breathe.
There were many tasks at Jones that required Adam’s personal attention; even with a host of capable elites under him, Adam couldn’t easily rest.
Just two days after leaving Boston, Adam had a pile of work to deal with.
When Elly Campbell came out of the master bedroom with William, she saw Adam sitting downstairs in the living room, conducting an international video conference.
His fluent and authentic American English was baffling to William, who, although he grew up in the United States until he was three, could only speak for everyday communication. Technical jargon used in business like his daddy’s was still beyond his comprehension.
He didn’t understand, but Elly did.
It seemed there were issues with a project that Jones was cooperating on with the local government in San Francisco, but they hadn’t been resolved.