He didn't have time to pay attention to Nathan Linstad's sharp cries beside him. Holding Elly Campbell's trembling body, he gently patted her, softly comforting her:
"It's okay, it's okay, sweetheart, it's okay."
Hearing the soothing tone in Adam Jones's gentle voice, the warmth that Elly Campbell had been holding back in her eyes instantly surged out.
She clutched Adam Jones's sleeve, silently sobbing, overwhelmed by her apology to Helen Melendy, as if it were a flood about to drown her.
She tightly suppressed this guilt and self-blame, but when Adam Jones burst in through the door and comforted her with such a gentle voice, she could no longer control herself and vented this guilt.
Her body, with this release, trembled even more violently.
Adam Jones felt the slight trembling in his arms and his brows furrowed with some concern.
