949. Almost died for love

She had wanted to scold him fiercely, just like before, but when she saw the deep affection and indulgence in his eyes, identical to what she had seen before he lost his memory, Elly Campbell couldn't bring herself to do it.

The sourness she had managed to conceal in the depths of her eyes welled up uncontrollably; her lips quivered, and then, like a little girl who had been wronged, she hooked her arms around his neck, burying her face in his embrace.

"I missed you so much! I nearly died of a broken heart."

She didn't tell anyone that, although she had upheld the belief in Adam Jones's survival in front of others, as days passed without any word from him, her despair was magnified infinitely every night.

It grew to the point where she felt she could not go on and wanted to follow him in death.