Ignored, Adam Jones felt gloomy inside. He moved forward to sit at her desk and said in a muffled voice, "I have to go on a business trip tomorrow, can't you spend some time with me?"
Elly Campbell paused her typing, glanced sideways at him, and replied casually, "Won't you be back in a couple of days?"
Adam Jones, with a "I won't take no for an answer" look on his face, pulled over a chair to sit next to Elly, stretched out his long arm, and pulled Elly and her chair towards him.
"What are you doing?"
Elly raised her eyebrows and looked at the man sitting in front of her with a plaintive expression, listening as he said, "Haven't you heard the phrase 'day like a year'?"
Elly: "..."
