At this moment, Robert Green had no idea that his boss had sweated through his palms just by typing a few characters.
After sending the message, he looked at his own response and felt that it might have been too aloof.
In a rush, he added another line—
[I’m sorry for making you feel aggrieved today.]
After sending it, he immediately worried it might annoy her and quickly retracted the message.
Elly Campbell on the other side of the ocean: "..."
Just as she had finally settled down to work, a text from Adam came through.
But as soon as she opened it, before she could even see what it said, he took it back.
She couldn’t help but twitch the corner of her eye, a trace of amusement lifting her lips as she sent a playful message—
[What indelicate message did you retract?]
Adam Jones, upon receiving her reply, darkened in expression, and his heart skipped a beat.
He swiftly turned to look at Robert Green, startling the latter who was watching his iron-clad boss send messages.
"That... that was nothing, Mr. President, I..."
Seeing his boss’s nervous and flustered demeanor really...
He had no idea how to describe him anymore.
Robert Green coughed lightly, struggling to suppress his twitching lips, and said with a straight face:
"Mr. President, this is an Internet slang, the Mrs. is... just joking with you."
Adam’s face stiffened, especially upon seeing Robert Green barely holding back his laughter. His expression turned icy, a threatening glimmer emerging from his eyes.
"Mr. President, I’ll get back to work. If you need anything, just let me know."
With that, he quickly moved to the desk on the side.
Lately, he had seen plenty of his boss’s unreserved behavior; staying calm was the order of the day.
Adam’s gaze returned to the phone screen, and seeing the message from Elly, he couldn’t help but curl his lips slightly before replying—
[Wife, I miss you. Wait for me, I’ll come back as soon as I finish up here.]
When Elly received Adam’s earnest response, she laughed involuntarily, setting her phone aside without replying.
She noticed that her mood, which had been gloomy all day, was suddenly much better.
Elly no longer paid attention to the online discussion about her marital relationship with Adam.
Everything had returned to the beginning.
The only difference was that now Elly’s life included a man named Adam Jones.
The difference from four years ago was that now Adam had switched places with the person she used to be.
Anxious to please and wholeheartedly willing to do so.
Elly was afraid of falling too deep and subconsciously tried to restrain her feelings, not realizing that from the moment Adam re-entered her life, that affection began to grow quietly in her heart, becoming more dangerous the more she held back.
When Adam steadily intruded into her once peaceful life, wasn’t it because in her subconscious, she had already permitted it?
"Alright, the story is over, you have school tomorrow, now go to sleep."
Elly set down the storybook in her hand, tucked in her son, and lay beside William.
After ensuring William was asleep, she got up and went downstairs, turned on the television, and started watching aimlessly.
Elly’s schedule was quite regular; if not for staying late at work, she would already be asleep at this hour.
But now, she found herself completely without the slightest hint of sleepiness.