It was as if he was particularly cautious to avoid her belly, not looking at it, just staring at her face, reaching out to gently brush her uncombed long hair, he opened his mouth:
"Are you bored staying at the company?"
Elly Campbell didn’t know why he suddenly asked, so she nodded:
"It is pretty boring."
"Then I’ll have the driver take you back first, I still have a lot of work to deal with, and I might need to work late tonight."
When Elly heard him say this, her pupils narrowed.
Her eyes stared straight into his obviously evasive and guilty gaze, sinking further.
"You asked me to stay with you this morning, and now you’re sending me away?"
"No, it’s not sending you away, I just don’t want you to be bored."
Hearing the displeasure in her tone, Adam Jones hurriedly explained, even though such explanations were not convincing at all.
Elly quietly stared at his face for a while, then without saying a word, she picked up her bag from the sofa, and left the office quietly.
Adam Jones opened his mouth, wanting to call her back, but he saw that she seemed truly upset. When she left the room, she didn’t look back.
He stood in place for a few seconds, still worried, he opened the door and chased after her.
By the time he got to the elevator, the doors were closing, Elly was already going down.
Adam immediately called the driver, asking him to take Elly home, and to ensure she got home safely before calling her.
Elly didn’t go anywhere else, just after leaving the company building, the driver immediately approached her, as if afraid she would leave in a huff, blocking her way, saying:
"Madam, the president asked me to take you home."
Mentioning Adam Jones, thinking of his avoidance of her as if terrified, she weakly pinched the bridge of her nose, and said:
Seeing that Elly didn’t object, the driver quietly sighed in relief.
Having been the president’s driver for many years, he knew very well that Adam was not someone to be messed with, and Elly, whom even Adam did not dare to provoke, was all the more untouchable.
He hurriedly opened the car door.
After Elly sat in, she began to recall the events of the day, thinking about the look in Adam’s eyes when he looked at her belly, her heart still couldn’t help but shudder.
That murderous intent was completely unreserved, and thinking about it now still frightened her a bit.
Who exactly was the other party, why had they made Adam act against her unborn child, and how could this child affect them?
Thinking of the helpless and beseeching look in Adam’s eyes that morning, as well as the tone he used to beg her not to leave him, Elly’s heart tightened fiercely again.
The person behind the scenes who was against Adam needed to be found out as soon as possible; she didn’t know what the person had done to Adam, but it certainly wasn’t good.
Adam was reassured only after he verified from the driver that Elly had gotten home safely.
Thinking of how Elly had panicked and become insecure because of his look that morning, Adam’s eyes dimmed.
He was indeed sick, and seriously ill, for him to have tried to harm the child that was both his and Elly’s.
This time, they had dodged it.
But he was afraid, afraid that one day, when his violent nature erupted and he entirely lost control, what he might do to Elly and the child.
He dared not even think about the consequences of that.
That’s why he was afraid, not daring to get close to Elly again, for fear that if he couldn’t control himself, he might hurt her.