She couldn’t help but roll her eyes inwardly, and when she turned her head unintentionally, she met Harry Hall’s gaze, which he cast unintentionally.
Their eyes met just like that.
Her heartbeat skipped involuntarily, and she hurriedly looked away, but in her panic, she didn’t notice the pebble path in the yard, stumbled, and plunged into the bushes beside her.
Next to the bushes were some not-so-large rockeries, and Helen Melendy, tumbling down , was bound to get hurt.
However, at that moment, she had no way to avoid it, had braced herself for the injury, and shut her eyes tightly. But the next second, her waist was caught by a strong force and jerkily pulled back.
Helen was inwardly relieved to have escaped the ordeal, but then quickly realized who could have grabbed her at this time and her body stiffened abruptly.
Afterwards, she was drawn into that familiar yet long-missed embrace, and hearing the erratic heartbeat coming from his chest, her heart clenched fiercely.
She instinctively looked up and gazed into those deep, unfathomable dark eyes, only feeling a bone-chilling cold seeping through them.
Helen’s facial expression was somewhat stiff, and her dangling hands involuntarily clenched again.
She moved her dry lips and hoarsely began to speak, "Thank..."
Before she could finish her thanks, Harry Hall had already let her go, his gaze not lingering on her face for long before he bypassed her and walked toward the villa.
Helen stood there, looking down and pursing her lips slightly, and after a short pause, she started to follow him into the villa.
The villa was large, but the number of rooms was not abundant, with Adam Jones and his wife occupying one room, and William Campbell, the little comrade, kicked out to sleep with his mom under the pretext of "making a baby sister."
In the villa, there were two rooms left, just enough for Harry Hall and Helen Melendy.
Back in their own rooms, Adam saw Elly Campbell sitting on the bed with a furrowed brow, and approached her with concern.
"Tired after several hours on the plane?"
"I’m okay, just don’t know why, but sometimes I feel a bit of tightness in the chest, and sometimes I even feel nauseous."
As recently as yesterday, Adam had heard her mention this sudden nausea, and now, hearing her say she felt not only nauseous but also had chest tightness, his heart nearly jumped out of his chest.
"Come on, I’ll take you to the hospital on the island to check it out."
"No need, it’s probably just because I’m a bit tired after sitting for several hours on the plane, I’ll lie down and rest a bit."
Seeing her unwilling to move, Adam didn’t insist but lay down beside her, "Then you sleep for a while, I’ll stay with you."
Elly realized that she might have become lazy and pampered by Adam, as lately her body had been finicky, feeling either tired or suffering from sore back and waist.
Yet when she actually lay down, she didn’t feel sleepy at all.
Lying on her side facing Adam, and thinking of the friend living next door, she couldn’t help but indulge in some gossip.
"What do you think, can Helen and Harry make up during this vacation?"
Adam, who had been worried about his wife’s discomfort, was now reassured to see she still had the energy to gossip about others.
Brushing away the hair that had fallen across her eyes, he smiled and said, "Do you hope they make up?"
Elly was taken aback by Adam’s question and hadn’t really considered it.
She just hoped that Helen could truly be well and happy.