Adam Jones’s words, stuck in his throat, as his eyes looked at Elly Campbell with some astonishment, seeing her smiling at him, she said:
"Although I can handle it, when someone used to hacking through thorns alone suddenly gets a helping hand, it feels quite nice to me."
Elly’s response made Adam’s originally gloomy mood lighten a bit.
Pressing his lips together, another silence followed.
He knew that it wasn’t easy to have coaxed her back to his side, and he shouldn’t be so eager to ask for too much.
But the thought of her possibly being indifferent towards him made his heart unable to resist wanting more.
Elly suddenly spoke again, her gaze taking on a teasing look, her hands clasped behind her back, as she circled Adam with an evaluative glance.
"Were you... upset just now because I wasn’t jealous?"
He was a bit upset, but being scrutinized by his wife in such a teasing manner made him feel somewhat uneasy.
He raised his hand and coughed lightly with a hint of disguise, avoiding Elly’s teasing gaze, and said in a low voice, "No such thing."
Jones, the CEO who thought that Elly would probe further, when he heard his wife simply respond with "oh" and say nothing more, felt even more dissatisfied.
He placed his wine glass on the coffee table beside him, stretched out his upper arm, pulled her into his embrace, and with lowered eyes, he asked:
"Do you get jealous?"
Adam’s face was filled with dissatisfaction: "..."
"Why do you think I’d get jealous?"
Elly looked at him, asking in return.
Adam pursed his lips, "I’m your husband, and I took another woman home. You aren’t jealous?"
Even if she didn’t care much about him, couldn’t she show a little bit of concern?
Elly looked at him, raised an eyebrow, and without moving from his embrace, she looked at him with an aggrieved expression and asked, "Am I prettier, or is she prettier?"
"Of course, you’re prettier."
Adam blurted out without a second thought.
Kidding, he didn’t have a death wish.
Besides, could that woman compare to his wife? If it weren’t for this incident, he couldn’t even recall what that woman looked like.
"Since I’m prettier than her, why would I worry about you being seduced by her?"
Adam was left speechless by her words. So, was it her confidence in herself that kept her from being jealous?
Adam felt a bit more at ease after comforting himself with this thought, but he was still not entirely satisfied. Holding Elly a little tighter, he asked, "Isn’t there a saying that a man enjoys the food in his bowl but thinks about what’s in the pot? Even if you’re prettier, aren’t you worried I might be seduced by her?"
In his mind, she just didn’t care, hence it didn’t matter to her whether or not he would be lured away by another woman.
Listening to Adam overthink like a woman, Elly was getting fed up.
Day after day, couldn’t he focus on something more serious?
"So, did you get seduced by her?"
"Then what’s there for me to worry about?"
Adam was stumped by her question, not knowing how to respond for a moment.
"Adam Jones, can you not be like a woman, overthinking everything, okay? Tell me, if I got jealous and gave you the cold shoulder, wouldn’t you think that I don’t even trust you with such a trivial matter?"
His wife made so much sense, yet he still felt so wronged!~