Relentless Pursuit After Divorce
Chapter 1157. Once a year is enough

Chapter 1157: 1157. Once a year is enough

He looked at Lily Bankston, seeing the hopeful expression in her eyes. The question was stuck in his throat, but he couldn’t bring himself to ask.

He could probably understand Lily’s feelings.

Whether towards this child or towards him, she had always harbored conflicted emotions.

She both wished this child was ruined and yet dreamed of the day he would gather at her knees and call her "grandmother."

Perhaps this was why she had come back to prepare this longevity lock for the child as soon as Elly Campbell had spoken those words.

After a long while, he finally said softly, "Okay."

Seeing that Adam Jones did not refuse, a look of joy appeared on Lily’s face.

The next second, Adam stood up from the sofa, his back towards Lily, and said:

"I thank you on behalf of the child."

After speaking, he walked towards the front door.

"Adam!"

Lily called out to him, and Adam paused but did not turn around.

"Will you... will you forgive me?"

"It’s not about forgiving or not forgiving. You raised me but you killed my father and plotted against me. Let’s just call it even between us."

Lily, seemingly expecting Adam’s answer, was not too disappointed and simply nodded her head.

"Then... will you visit me in the future? You don’t need to do it as often as before, just once a year will suffice."

Adam frowned, but ultimately did not reply and left.

His feelings for Lily were just as complex and conflicted as Lily’s feelings for him.

Even though she had plotted against him and even killed his father, he couldn’t bring himself to completely detest this woman.

She was the one who filled the void of his childhood and helped him navigate through the confusion of his adolescence.

A woman who he once regarded as his own mother, what could he do now besides sending her to prison?

Adam was very distressed, his hand holding the mahogany box tightened.

As he was leaving, the detective sent from Greece to investigate Henry Jones’s case and the accompanying detective from the United States had already been waiting outside the door for quite a while.

"Mr. Jones."

"She is inside. You may go in..."

Snap—

Thud—

Suddenly, at that moment, the sound of a cup falling to the ground came from inside, followed by a dull thump as if someone had fallen.

Adam’s heart tightened, a sense of unease surged up inside him instantly.

He turned around and, along with the detectives, rushed into the room. The scene inside stunned Adam.

Seeing Lily Bankston lying on the ground, bleeding from her seven orifices, her coffee cup now shattered into pieces, strewn all around.

"Aunt Lily!"

The next second, Adam rushed up to her, helped her up, and turned to the accompanying detectives and shouted, "Call an ambulance quickly!"

"Aunt Lily..."

Looking at Adam, her face covered in blood, she appeared rather forlorn.

"To hear you call me ’Aunt Lily’ before I die, I can die with my eyes closed!"

"Why... why did you do this..."

Adam couldn’t believe she wasn’t aware that the statute of limitations had passed for his father’s murder case, and even if he pursued it now, it wasn’t sure that she would be convicted.

Lily was a highly educated individual who had evaded capture for over twenty years, not just by luck.

As for designing the car accident and causing him bodily harm, by the time he reappeared in the public eye, his body had already healed.

At the time, Lily’s people also treated him, his severe injuries were undocumented, and the sentencing would still need to be assessed by the court.