Adam Jones didn’t listen to her and let go, but instead he used a bit of strength to pull her into his arms, feeling her resistance and struggle, he increased his strength.
"Wife, let me out," he said.
Burying his face in Elly Campbell’s shoulder as if afraid she would flee, his arms wrapped around her waist tightened subconsciously.
Elly Campbell had been resisting, but his inexplicable words caused her to stop.
"I’m sorry, I was wrong. Please let me out, okay?"
He held Elly Campbell with a muffled voice that sounded even more wronged than hers.
Elly Campbell didn’t understand what he meant, and after hearing him repeat it, still not understanding, she frowned and couldn’t help asking,
"What do you mean ’let you out’?"
Adam Jones lifted his face from Elly Campbell’s shoulder, looked down at the cold hardness in her eyes with a plaintive expression, and said,
"You blocked my number. I didn’t hear your voice all day, and it’s been hurting inside."
"I know I was wrong."
He still felt a painful blockage within him, especially when thinking of her unusual relationship with James Churchill, it hurt even more.
But compared to that, his wife ignoring him would make his life unbearable, so he hurried to apologize and seek forgiveness.
Seeing that Elly Campbell stood unmoved in his embrace, he pursed his lips and explained dryly,
"The woman in the photo is named Crystal Sharp, former CEO’s wife of the Turner Sky Group. Yesterday she almost slipped, and since she was pregnant, I just instinctively helped her."
Elly Campbell listened to his explanation, word by word. Although she felt jealous about the photo, she wasn’t angry, knowing there was nothing between Crystal Sharp and Adam Jones.
What made her angry were the words Adam said yesterday. The more she thought about it, the colder her heart felt.
Elly Campbell responded, "I know her name is Crystal Sharp, and I know she’s Mr. Turner’s wife. I don’t misunderstand your relationship with her."
She lifted herself out of his arms, still with a cold face, "Now can you let me go?"
Adam Jones shook his head, arms tightening around her once again silently.
"I shouldn’t have said those things yesterday that angered you..."
He pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, then continued, "I...I’m just very scared, scared that someday you’ll truly throw me away and not want me anymore..."
Elly Campbell’s expression stiffened, surprised by Adam’s frankness of his inner thoughts. The cold hardness on her face softened slightly.
"About the news with Crystal yesterday, I wanted to explain to you, but I also hoped you would come to me with questions. But when you asked nothing, I couldn’t help but feel that maybe in your heart, I don’t matter, and because you don’t care, there was no need to question such a rumor..."
"I thought a lot, and I waited all day, but nothing came."
Adam Jones had been holding onto these words for a day, wanting to tell her about his inner confusion and insecurity, but once spoken, he felt they might be taken too seriously.
Elly Campbell was somewhat dumbfounded by all that Adam had said, never expecting such thoughts in his mind.
She didn’t ask because she feared he’d think her suspicious and distrustful, while he thought she didn’t ask because she didn’t care about him or his entanglements with other women.
If Adam Jones had maintained his usual pride and not clarified these words with her, then, between them, would there grow a misunderstanding, making the distance between them greater just like before?