<h4>Chapter 534: 534. Pretending to sleep won’t work anymore_1</h4>


    Having stood in the same spot for a long time, Elly finally moved her gaze away from the door of the study and rose to lie down on the bed.


    She didn’t want to recall the deste expression on Adam’s face, but the moment she closed her eyes, her mind was flooded with the disappointed and sorrowful look he had given her and the faint redness in the corners of his eyes, causing her heart to be severely unsettled.


    asionally, Adam’s voice woulde from the study, as if he was trying not to disturb them, keeping his voice very low.


    But because it was night, and connected to the master bedroom, Elly could still hear his voice while lying there.


    The meeting was still about that government project in San Francisco, it seemed troublesome and the other party was intent on opposing Adam.


    Thinking of this, Elly felt worried.


    Two days, could he really handle it?


    Lying on the bed, Elly felt no sleepiness; when she thought of Adam asking earlier if she would miss him, she thought she probably would.


    She realized that in just a few short days, she had grown somewhat ustomed to his presence.


    Even if he flirts exuberantly, it seemed much better than him suddenly leaving her side.


    It was probably about two hourster that the sound from the study finally stopped.


    Then came the sound of Adam leaving the study.


    Elly didn’t know what she was nervous about, but she immediately turned over to lie on her side and closed her eyes, pretending to be asleep.


    The door to the study was gently opened, and Adam came out.


    It seemed he paused at the door for a moment before walking toward the bed.


    Hearing the footsteps drawing closer, Elly’s heart tensed, and she shut her eyes even tighter.


    Adam reached the side of the bed, his tall figure blocking the moonlight from the floor-to-ceiling windows.


    Elly didn’t know what he was going to do, but a momentter, a sigh escaped his lips as he leaned over and pulled the nket over her gently.


    Elly thought he would leave after that, but after waiting a while, she felt his breath draw closer to her.


    The next second, she felt him lie down in the ce behind her and gather her entire body into his embrace, wrapping her up snugly.


    Elly’s body tensed visibly, and Adam felt it, too.


    Looking down at the woman in his arms who had her eyes closed and whose eyshes trembled slightly, he knew she wasn’t asleep.


    He pursed his lips, bent down to her ear, and whispered, "I’m sorry, I hurt you too deeply, making you unable to trust me, it’s all my fault."


    Elly did not expect Adam to suddenly say such a thing, and her body stiffened even more.


    She knew that Adam had realized she wasn’t asleep, so pretending to sleep was futile.


    Resigned, she opened her eyes, shifted some distance away from him, turned to look at him, and after a thought, still asked:


    "You don’t me me?"


    Adam thought she would keep pretending to sleep, but she opened her eyes directly and asked him that question.


    "Don’t you really want a daughter? I took birth control pills, don’t you me me?"


    Elly added another question.


    She had been holding back this question for several hours.


    Since he discovered the birth control pills, she had been expecting a thunderous outburst from him, but there was none; she was expecting him to scold her furiously, but that didn’t happen either.


    In short, all the reactions she expected from Adam, he had none; does he really not me her?


    In Adam’s eyesy a faint smile, he didn’t immediately answer her question, and just when Elly thought he wouldn’t, he suddenly bent down and his kissnded on her slightly parted lips.