"This is not what it seems..." Adam said urgently, as he came towards her. But before he could say anything more, his phone rang again. He fumbled to answer it, casting a helpless glance at Melanie, and spoke into the phone as he heard someone say something, "I'll be there in ten."
He ended the call with a hurried sigh, pressed the phone to his forehead for a moment as if trying to collect himself and then, slowly, he turned back to her, and said, "Melon, please. Don't make any hasty decisions okay? I can explain everything—I swear I can. But we need to talk. Just give me a chance."
Without waiting for an answer, Adam turned back towards his room, racing there to get ready to go wherever he needed to be in the next ten.
Just then, her own phone started to ring again, slicing through the stillness. She looked down and saw the name flash on the screen—Sir Robert.
