Elly Campbell didn't know how she had managed to leave the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department. She still felt lost and bewildered, her hand unconsciously resting on her flat abdomen. Who would have thought that a little life was being nurtured inside her?
She had once dreamed of bearing Adam Jones's child, but she had never imagined it would happen after she had asked Adam Jones for a divorce.
After being dazed for a while, she suddenly picked up her phone, somewhat frantically dialling a home number—
"Grandpa, I need a favor from you."
Four years later—
Boston First Hospital.
"Dr. Campbell, the patient in Emergency Room 3 is in critical condition. Dr. Matt needs you there immediately."
"Okay."
By the time Elly Campbell reached the door to the emergency room, she was stunned by the patient on the resuscitation bed.
"Lily Jones?"
Lily Jones was the sister of Adam Jones. Elly had never expected to run into this young sister-in-law, with whom she always had disagreements, upon her return to the country.
Elly Campbell furrowed her brows briefly, but there wasn't time to think too much. She turned to a young man standing by, his expression one of urgent concern, and asked, "What's the situation with the patient?"
"My wife's water broke, doctor, please, you have to save her..."
The man's speech was somewhat incoherent due to his nervousness.
Elly Campbell frowned slightly, realizing she wouldn't get any accurate information from the man, and turned to rush directly into the emergency room.
She left the man anxiously waiting outside the emergency room, appearing agitated and uneasy. With no sound coming from inside, his anxiety only grew on what to do next.
From not far away, the sound of anxious footsteps approached quickly, and soon, a figure appeared outside the emergency room, accompanied by a chill and an undisguisable tension.
"What happened to Lily?"
"We were just leaving the house when suddenly her water broke..."
Adam Jones didn't say another word, his brows furrowed tightly as he stared at the door of the emergency room, his expression tensed.
He was well aware of his sister's condition; her health simply did not permit pregnancy. If anything should happen...
As he pondered, the door to the emergency room suddenly opened, and a person emerged, removing the mask to reveal a delicate face that had been absent for a long time.
And that face, at this moment, was not turned towards him but towards his brother-in-law.
"Are you Lily Jones's family? Your wife is in a very critical condition, and we must operate immediately. Please sign here..."
Elly Campbell instructed urgently, before turning to an intern beside her and ordering, "Prepare for general anesthesia."
"Understood, Dr. Campbell."
Elly Campbell nodded.
After giving the instructions, she ran back into the emergency room once again, never once looking in the direction of Adam Jones.
As a matter of fact, she indeed hadn't seen him, and so she hadn't seen the excitement and shock brimming over in his usually stoic eyes.
Elly Campbell!
The moment Adam Jones saw the face behind the removed mask, his heart gave a violent shudder.
There she was, the woman who had left without a word four years ago, the woman he had searched for fruitlessly for four years, had come back without any warning whatsoever.
She had abruptly re-entered his world without any preparation, catching him completely off guard.
The hand hidden in his pocket clenched tightly, straining to control the increasingly untamed emotions within his chest.
Four years, she had been gone for four years, and she had reappeared, putting him in total disbelief with her utterly unfamiliar role.