Relentless Pursuit After Divorce by The nightingale lives

Chapter 93: 093. The ungrateful little fairy_1

Elly Campbell stared at him intently, stunned for several seconds. He had left, hadn’t he? How had he come back?

Suddenly snapping back to reality, she immediately dropped the look of surprise from her face and spoke in a deep voice, "President Jones heard it, didn’t he? Why ask when you already know."

"Elly Campbell!"

His face was cold as he faced her, and she looked back at him expressionlessly. Neither yielded to the other.

Seeing Adam Jones’s steps suddenly closing in one step toward her, Elly Campbell was startled by his movement. Reflexively, she stepped back, but missed her footing and fell backward.

Her face turned pale with fright; raising her hand, she instinctively reached to grab something, feeling only a tightening around her waist. The hand on her waist used just a little strength to pull her back.

found her footing, and with that pull, she crashed right

a parked taxi happened to drive by. If Elly had fallen, she would have been struck by

held in Adam’s arms for a long while before she could recover. Instinctively,

too, was no less frightened. Had his reaction been a moment slower, that car would have slammed

the scare; even then, he could only stand there rigidly, the hand on Elly’s waist unconsciously tightening

bodies were. She was drenched by the rain, and with the thin summer clothes she wore, her white chiffon shirt clung to

body was very warm, and through

to see Adam’s tense facial features and said with a light smile, "President

back to his senses, feeling the soft, slender touch against his palm, and he

lips pressed

would surely bite back with a couple of barbs. She saw the flash of annoyance in his eyes, but

chill of his thin lips slowly spread into an arc that was just right, softening the chill around