novelxo Chapter 1770
Jefferson was dumbfounded.
Jefferson knew that Adrienne could drive him crazy with a single word, but he was reluctant to let her go.
Adrienne uttered, "Um..."
"Idiot!" Jefferson yelled.
After that, he turned around and left, leaving Adrienne in a daze and blaming herself for the issue.
She swore that she would never drink alcohol again, not even a sip.
"Adrienne, Adrienne..."
From the room, Hodge called her several times. Adrienne finally heard him and replied, "Grandpa."
Worried, Hodge asked, "What happened between you and Jefferson?"
Adrienne shook her head. "We're fine."
Hodge said again, "It's bad for him to keep pestering you like this. We have to find a way to get him to give up on you."
Adrienne said listlessly, "What can we do?"
She and Jefferson had gotten their marriage certificate. As long as Jefferson did not agree to divorce, she had no way to stop him from pestering her.
Hodge gave it a serious thought before saying, "Tell him that you have a boyfriend. Then, he'll give up."
So what if she had a boyfriend? After all, Jefferson was her legal husband.
Although Adrienne thought so in her heart, she was afraid of giving Hodge too much of a shock. Therefore, she did not dare to voice it out. "Grandpa, that won't work."
Hodge said wistfully, "What about Zelson? Zelson has earned such a reputation at such a young age because of his capabilities, and he is a reliable man. If Zelson pretends to be your boyfriend, will Jefferson leave after knowing that he is his rival?"
"He won't," Adrienne replied firmly. Jefferson hated Zelson. If Zelson pretended to be her boyfriend, Jefferson's reaction would be unimaginable.
"Is Zelson unfit for the task or is there another problem?" Hodge queried.
"It's not like you don't know Jefferson's temper. If he's angered, he'll do anything." Adrienne did not want to drive Jefferson away in such an underhanded way. Jefferson was not an amenable person. Since that wouldn't work either, Hodge had run out of ideas. He suddenly felt sorry for Adrienne who had been pestered by the awful Jefferson since she was a child.
It was a rare free weekend for her, so she had dinner with Hodge in the hospital before going home.
Without Jefferson at home, Adrienne had no one to talk to. The house felt empty.
Humans were strange animals. They were always having contradicting thoughts.
When Jefferson was at home, she hated how noisy he was.
When Jefferson was out, she always hoped that he would come back soon because it was too quiet.
He had been out for a few hours by then. Adrienne didn't know how his date was going, nor did she know whether anything would happen between them that night.
The more Adrienne thought about it, the more irritated and restless she became.
She picked up her phone and called Jefferson. For each of the several calls, all she could hear was a cold robotic voice on the other end - "The number you have dialed cannot be reached, please try again later."
Jefferson's phone was switched off.
Adrienne put away her phone disappointedly. She turned around and went into the bathroom. After taking a shower, she sat on the bed and read a book. She was no longer concerned about Jefferson and her mood finally improved.
When one isn't interested in reading, books become the best lullaby. With the book in hand, Adrienne fell asleep.
Maybe it was because the house was too quiet or because of Jefferson's absence, she was uneasy. She had a nightmare again in the middle of the night. However, the person in the dream was not her parents. It was Jefferson, the person who annoyed her every day.
Jefferson was in a white shirt, but the shirt had been dyed red with blood. He walked to her with heavy steps and said, "Little Specky... Help me!"
"Jeff..." Adrienne tried to rush over and hug him, but her feet felt heavier than ever and she couldn't move at all. She watched as more and more blood flowed. She panicked and screamed, "Jeff, Jeff, don't leave me, I only have you and Grandpa left. I don't want you to go! I don't want you to go!"
While she was unprepared, her parents were killed by a murderer in the crudest way. They were separated from her forever, leaving her with only Hodge and Jefferson by her side.
If Jefferson was gone too...
"Ring, ring-"
The sudden ringing of a phone call woke Adrienne up from her nightmares. "Jeff..."
She grabbed her phone. As she had expected, it was a call from Jefferson the Devil.
She took a few deep breaths. When she answered the phone, she heard his arrogant voice. "Why aren't you sleeping? It's the middle of the night! Why did you keep calling me?" "Maybe I accidentally dialed your number." After knowing that he was fine, Adrienne no longer felt suffocated.
A word came out of Jefferson as usual. "Idiot!"
Adrienne, however, called out his name softly, "Jeff..."
Jefferson was startled and asked in a much gentler voice, "What's wrong?"
Adrienne paused and asked again, "Can you come back?"
Jefferson looked back at the several drug dealers who were squatting on the ground. He had just arrested them; there were still many things for him to deal with. He asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Adrienne knew that he could not see her at the moment, but she still shook her head. "I'm fine." All of a sudden, she wanted to see him standing in front of her in one piece.
"Boss!" One of Jefferson's subordinates was calling for him; he signaled his subordinate not to speak. Then, he said to Adrienne on the other end of the phone, "If you have nothing to do, then go sleep. I have something to do tonight, I won't be back."
"Oh..." Adrienne was disappointed and wanted to hang up, but she still couldn't stop one last sentence from leaving the tip of her tongue. "Jeff, please be fine."
"Did you have another nightmare?" Jefferson asked as he could sense that something was off from her voice.
Adrienne didn't want to show her weakness in front of him every time, but she was prone to trusting and relying on him. "Yes."
As soon as Adrienne said that, Jefferson wanted to be by her side right away. However, at that moment, Vincent said, "Boss, their leader has escaped. If we can't catch them, there will be huge trouble." Jefferson was worried about Adrienne, but more people would be harmed if the leader of the drug syndicate escaped. Therefore, he had to deal with the criminal first. He said, "Little Specky, don't overthink it. Sleep well."
Jefferson ended the call and said to his subordinates immediately, "You guys take these people away. The rest of you, follow me. That man won't escape from us today."
Jefferson's subordinates replied in unison, "Yes, Sir."
That night, Jefferson's skilled command contributed much to the successful operation of capturing the drug syndicate.