When Elly Campbell saw Adam Jones's impatiently furrowed brow and prepared to leave, he quickly intercepted her and blurted out, "There's a business party tomorrow night, come as my companion."
As soon as he said this, he saw Elly Campbell looking at him strangely, as if she was looking at an alien.
He felt somewhat uneasy being gazed at like that, and inexplicably, his eyes, which should have been filled with confidence, betrayed a hint of guilt.
In Elly Campbell's memory, Adam Jones's companion at dinners had always been his sister Lily Jones, because he had never acknowledged her as his wife, naturally, she would never appear at a dinner as his companion.
The Elly Campbell of the past was content with the thought of being by Adam Jones's side for a long time; her status was not important at all.
However, as time passed, she gradually realized that being by Adam Jones's side was much more difficult than obtaining the title of Mrs. Jones.
