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!”

a curse under his breath, gritting his teeth in frustration. Undeterred, he redialed the number,

“Damn Elly Campbell!”

“Sir.”

had seen Adam approaching and had already opened the car door, overheard his muttered curses about Elly Campbell. A quiet pang of anxiety for

car accident, revealing

Jones climb into the car, dialing repeatedly but only to have

certainly took guts to hang up on the president’s calls, especially

before speaking up. “Sir, this morning, Madam mentioned she was taking her son to school. At this hour… she might be picking him

as they locked onto

spine under the weight of Adam’s gaze. Swallowing nervously, he

“Her son?”

storm in his eyes intensifying into a raging tsunami, the chauffeur wisely fell

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, a stark contrast to the composed man he

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