Chapter 173: 173.Doing things_1

Elly Campbell opened the email and looked through it carefully before calling Mr. Ainley back.

"Mr. Ainley, I’ve read the email, and there are no problems, we can proceed as you said," she said.

When it came to work matters, Elly Campbell would naturally become engrossed, to the point where she forgot that her foot still couldn’t bear weight. She was on the phone with Mr. Ainley and stood up from the dining chair.

"Ok, I’ll go take care of it in the study now."

Upon seeing her movement, Adam Jones frowned instantly. As soon as Elly’s foot touched the ground, the pain made her immediately retract it, and she started to fall to the ground, unsteady.

Fortunately, Adam was seated close to her, and before she could hit the floor, he caught her in his arms.

Elly had quite a scare, and, on top of that, the foot she had unconsciously tried to walk on had been exerted too much, causing her severe pain now. All she could do was cling tightly to Adam Jones’s clothes, her heart pounding fiercely.

"Elly Campbell, your techniques for throwing yourself into a man’s arms are becoming more and more diverse," he said.

above her, she heard Adam Jones’s voice, grinding his teeth and with a trace of lingering

too far from her, if he had been even slightly slower in his reaction, Elly’s fall would not

too absorbed in the discussion with Mr. Ainley to remember her

Adam’s arms, his strong and forceful heartbeat thudded in her

"Daddy..."

to be nonchalant, extricated herself from Adam’s embrace as if nothing had happened. She glanced toward the stairs and

she paused for a moment, then looked again at Lynn Clark, who was next to William. Lynn, who

makeup just in the time

quite attractive even without makeup, and now, with a delicate makeup look, she

Elly, as a woman, had to admit that Lynn had some

innocence of a college student, and a hint of freshness to a woman versed in society’s ways, she was

Baker’s, probably the type that Adam Jones

observed Lynn thoughtfully for a moment before turning her gaze

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