<h4>Chapter 156: 156. Get wet in the rain_1</h4>


    The parking space wasn’t far from the corridor, and Elly Campbell held the umbre high, giving most of its cover to the person beside her so that William wouldn’t get wet in the rain.


    The chilly rain sshed against her arm, which stuck out from the umbre, sending a shiver of cold through her pores, making her shudder involuntarily.


    Once they were in the corridor, Adam Jones noticed Elly’s clothing waspletely soaked on one side, and his eyebrows knitted together subtly.


    The elevator was slowly descending, and as the two of them stood at the elevator entrance, the emptiness of the corridor made Elly feel a bit awkward.


    "Ding——"


    The elevator arrived just in time, and Elly followed Adam in, who took it directly to the top floor.


    Arthur rk’s apartment was a duplex on the top floor of theplex, with a great view and even a small garden on the roof, making it veryfortable to live in.


    At the top floor, Elly opened the door, then turned around to take William from Adam’s hands, "Thank you. Give me the child."


    Adam gave her a faint nce, but made no move to hand over the child, simply stepping past Elly and directly into the house.


    "Adam Jones..."


    Elly hurried after him, frowning as she blocked his path, "Give me the child."


    This time, Adam didn’t object and ced the child into her arms, which surprised Elly, who was already prepared for him to refuse. She hesitated for half a second when Adam handed her the child.


    But after that brief moment, she turned around and went upstairs with William.


    Her clothes were soaked, sticky, and ufortable, with the cold from the rain still seeping into her pores.


    After taking the child upstairs, she took a hot shower in the bathroom. Calcting the time, Adam should have already left, so she changed into a set of loungewear and came downstairs.


    Just as she descended a few steps, she saw Adam’s tall figureing out of the kitchen, holding a bowl of ginger soup, still steaming hot.


    Seeing here down, Adam nced at her, "Come down and drink the ginger soup."


    Elly Campbell, standing on the staircase: "..."


    Her hand, resting on the banister, tightened, and after a moment of contemtion, she came down from the stairs.


    Adam’s gaze followed Elly unobtrusively. Her hair was half-dry post-shower, and she wore a thin set of loungewear. The neckline wasn’t too low, but her perfect corbones peeked through subtly, catching Adam’s eye and making him feel a dryness in his throat.


    His gaze shifted away from her corbone, but identally brushed past those two points on her chest...


    Elly, assuming Adam had left and not having put on underwear after her shower, was caught off guard as Adam’s casual nce scanned over her. He felt his temperature rising.


    Heat coursed through his veins, rushing to his head, feeling the urge to lose control escting.


    Was this woman doing this deliberately?


    His throat felt parched, and with a set face, he ced the ginger coffee on the dining table, his voice unusually hoarse, "Drink it."


    After speaking, he quickly walked to the bathroom.


    Elly watched Adam’s tall frame disappear at the bathroom door, and bit her lip with some irritation.


    Why did he seem asfortable in her home as if it were his own?


    "Achoo!"


    Suddenly feeling an itch in her nose, she couldn’t help but sneeze. ncing at the ginger soup Adam had prepared, she didn’t hesitate to pick it up and drink it heartily, feeling her chilled body warm up considerably.


    After washing his face in the bathroom and letting the heat prompted by Elly subside, Adam came back out.