Elly Campbell’s body suddenly stiffened, the familiar voice, the familiar breath, in an instant surged into her viscera.
She abruptly looked up at the man in front of her, and by the moonlight, she saw his face.
The full beard, the bloodshot eyes, the hoarse voice from lack of sleep...
The face that was once as handsome as a deity now carried hints of age and wildness.
In that instant, the panic that had been lingering in Elly’s heart suddenly lifted, and her eyes reddened abruptly.
She raised her hand and fiercely struck his chest, "Are you trying to scare me to death?"
Because she was afraid of waking William Campbell, Elly didn’t dare to speak too loudly, making the suppressed voice sound all the more aggrieved.
Adam Jones laughed and enveloped her in his embrace, his face nuzzling against her shoulder, "Sorry, I thought you were asleep and didn’t want to wake you."
The fatigue was unmistakable in his hoarse voice, quelling the fire of Elly’s anger in an instant.
"How did you come back so soon?"
Adam buried his face in the crook of her shoulder and chuckled softly, "Didn’t I say, as soon as I finish the work at hand, I’ll come back immediately?"
Looking at the time, it had been just over twenty hours since that text message; he truly hadn’t rested for a moment before rushing back.
Thinking of his unshaven face, his bloodshot eyes, and the tiredness seeping through his hoarse voice, Elly’s brows furrowed.
"What’s the rush, didn’t you know to rest for a day there before coming back?"
She knew that the business in the United States couldn’t possibly be resolved in a day or two. The fact that he managed to get back so quickly basically meant he had been up all night dealing with the project.
Her heart ached indistinctly, not understanding why he was pushing himself so hard.
"I missed you too much, couldn’t sleep without holding you, and if I didn’t come back soon, I reckon I’d only be able to sleep with the help of sleeping pills."
His words amused Elly enough to crack a smile, but then she said in a stern voice, "Don’t think that a few sweet nothings will make me forgive you for scaring me just now."
At those words, Adam Jones looked up, his smile taking on a deeper meaning, "Then how do you want to punish me?"
He leaned in close to her, whispering, "How about compensation... in flesh?"
Elly reached out to push him away, but Adam wasn’t having it, instead, he hugged her even tighter, "Not leaving."
Suddenly, Adam seemed to realize something and lifted his face from her shoulder, a faint smile gracing his eyes.
"You’re up so late; could it be that you also couldn’t sleep because you were thinking of me?"
Caught off guard by his question, Elly’s face involuntarily flushed with embarrassment, avoiding Adam’s smiling gaze, she denied, "No, I just finished work and came down for a glass of water."
Seeing her somewhat evasive look, the smile in Adam’s eyes deepened.
He took her face in his hands, forcibly turning it towards him, his expression suddenly serious, "Let’s see."
Elly didn’t understand why he was suddenly so stern, feeling a sinking in her heart, "See what?"
"To see if you’re lying to your husband."
She aimed a forceful kick at his knee, but Adam agilely dodged and, taking hold of her waist with his momentum, he turned and pressed her against the couch behind them.
"Your body is much more honest than your mouth, let me feel what you really think in your heart."