Chapter 368: 368. Jones Confidential Leak_1 Chapter 368: 368. Jones Confidential Leak_1 Adam Jones detected the coldness in her voice and felt his heart sink, fearing he might have angered Elly Campbell again. Reluctantly, he slowly let go of her hand.
His downcast eyes briefly flickered with despondence as he watched Elly Campbell start to walk away, and sowhat frantically, he called out to her, “Where are you going?”
He thought of the way she’d looked last night, seemingly indifferent yet resolute, and his heart clenched with sudden pain.
Yet he knew that persisting would only make Elly Campbell loathe him more and push him further away, but letting go was even more impossible for him.
After missing out for so many years, was he really content to miss out on her for a lifeti?
For the first ti, the usually decisive Adam Jones did not know what to do.
As he hesitated, unsure, he heard Elly Campbell say, “I’m going to buy you so breakfast. The doctor said your stomach illness is quite severe, and if you don’t take care of it properly, you’re going to die.”
When she reached the last part of her sentence, Elly Campbell’s gaze turned colder, with a hint of an unfriendly warning erging.
But when Adam Jones saw her like this, a sense of joy rose from the depths of his heart, a happiness that spilled unrestrained from his eyes.
“I’m not hungry.”
Still worried she might have used an excuse to leave, Adam Jones said this.
“You have to eat even if you’re not hungry!”
Elly Campbell’s voice rose, inadvertently authoritative, which surprisingly left Adam Jones without the courage to protest. He just moved his dry lips and said, “Okay, I’ll listen to you.”
Elly Campbell opened the door and left, leaving Adam Jones sitting against the bed, his expression forlorn.
In fact, he didn’t know if Elly Campbell truly went to buy him breakfast or just used it as an excuse to leave—he had no right or reason to stop her from going.
He wanted a chance to start over, but why should she be willing to give him one?
With that thought, he gave a bitter smile, suppressed the sourness in his eyes, and leaned back on the bed in silence.
After waiting for half an hour with no sign of Elly Campbell’s return, the hope in Adam Jones’s eyes gradually faded.
At that mont, the door to the hospital room opened. Hearing the noise, Adam Jones’s face lit up with sudden joy. As he looked toward the door, his smile vanished the next second, replaced by a cold, stern look.
“What are you here for?”
Robert Green, standing at the door, heard the undisguised disdain in his boss’s tone and, with an awkward touch to his nose, steeled himself and walked in.
“President, there’s a problem with the bidding project for Butterfly Square that our company is handling.”
The thought of what he was about to report made Robert Green’s head ache.
Adam Jones’s eyes darkened. Butterfly Square was part of a city construction project that the governnt planned for the year, and Jones Corporation had been given full responsibility for it.
The construction of Butterfly Square was about to be put out to tender by Jones Corporation, seeking a suitable, capable and reputable company to take on the construction work.
This project, personally overseen by him, how could there be problems?
“What kind of problem?”
“Our bid has been leaked.”
Robert Green’s brow furrowed with a look of concern.
“What happened?”
A chill spread over Adam Jones’s features as his expression grew more solemn.
“I have already sent soone to investigate, and we should have results in a couple of days.”
At this point, Robert Green looked at Adam Jones, seemingly hesitant to say more.
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