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.

Adam Jones’s voice, grinding his teeth and with a trace of

he had been even slightly slower in

bit stunned at this moment, having been too absorbed in the discussion with Mr. Ainley

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

"Daddy..."

stair entrance, William Campbell’s delighted voice rang out. Elly came back to her senses and, pretending to be nonchalant, extricated herself from Adam’s embrace as if nothing had happened. She glanced toward the stairs and said,

then looked again at Lynn Clark, who was

in the time it took to call William down

Clark was a beautiful college student; she was quite attractive even without makeup, and now, with a

to admit that Lynn had some

innocence of a college student, and a hint of freshness to a woman versed in

was somewhat similar to Sophie Baker’s, probably the type that Adam Jones

a moment before turning her gaze

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