Chapter 28: 028. The Bastard Chapter 28: 028. The Bastard Editor: Henyee Translations “Mr. Jones, are you asking for Dr. Campbell?”

An intern doctor who passed by saw Adam Jones and approached him, asking

“Yeah.”

“Dr. Campbell has already finished her shift. She left not long ago.”

“Finished her shift?”

Adam Jones furrowed his brow, nodded his thanks to the intern doctor, and turned to leave without saying another word.

As he pulled out his phone, his fingers hesitated before dialing Elly Campbell’s number. It was the first time in years that he had reached out to her, and an unexpected sense of nervous tension gripped his chest, though he couldn’t explain why.

Beep!

After two rings, the line went to a busy signal.

“Damned!”

curse under his breath, gritting his teeth in frustration. Undeterred, he redialed the number, only to be met once again with

“Damn Elly Campbell!”

“Sir.”

approaching and had already opened the car door, overheard his muttered curses

the morning’s car accident, revealing that Miss Campbell was actually the

repeatedly but only to have each call disconnected, the chauffeur couldn’t help but mentally

up on the president’s calls, especially multiple times like

the rearview mirror, now clearly agitated, the chauffeur hesitated before speaking up. “Sir, this morning, Madam mentioned she was taking her son

narrowing as they

his spine under the weight of Adam’s gaze. Swallowing nervously, he replied, “Madam.. might

“Her son?”

more severe, the storm in his eyes intensifying into a raging tsunami,

had always been cool and distant, never openly dismissive or overly expressive. He maintained an aloof restraint in his interactions, a calm exterior that made him seem unshakable. This was the first time the chauffeur had witnessed such a dark and frightening expression on his face,

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