Relentless Pursuit After Divorce
Chapter 142. Ill-intentioned_1

Chapter 142: 142. Ill-intentioned_1

Thinking it over, he dismissed the possibility.

Adam Jones, ever surrounded by women, never lacked for those more beautiful than Elly Campbell, yet never had he cared or even spared them a glance.

Elly Campbell... was somehow different.

Seeing him staring at her without a word, with that inscrutable look in his eyes, Elly felt a vague unease in her heart, afraid that he might have already learned about William Campbell’s affair.

As she agonized, Adam Jones let out a soft chuckle and said,

"From the start, the real mastermind behind Brayman wasn’t your grandfather but your mother. As for why mom wouldn’t agree to a partnership with Jones Corp, it’s naturally because she thinks her son-in-law hasn’t treated her daughter well."

As he spoke, he paused for a moment, his smiling eyes gently resting on Elly’s face.

Elly, listening to him casually calling "grandfather" and "mom" as if they were still a close husband and wife, couldn’t help but frown.

Although they hadn’t officially divorced yet, wasn’t their relationship almost the same as divorced?

There was no need to sound so affectionate.

Elly didn’t pick up on his cue, and Adam Jones, unruffled, continued with a smile, "And you, not wanting to partner with me... is that also for this reason?"

He suddenly stood up, leaned down close to Elly, who was sitting across the table, his tall frame instantaneously creating an oppressive aura, enveloping Elly within it.

Elly frowned slightly, feeling uncomfortable because of this unexpected pressure.

"I thought you didn’t care about me?"

He whispered in her ear, chuckling softly.

Sensing the warm breath lingering around her ear, Elly’s brows twisted, she shifted backward to create some distance from Adam Jones, her eyelids slightly lifting to look at him.

"I don’t want to cooperate, indeed because of President Jones, but not because I care, but because I despise."

Adam Jones settled back down on the couch, his eye corner twitching, his face giving no hint of happiness or anger.

"Despise?"

He repeated in a low tone, then smiled, "If it’s not because you care, where does this unwarranted disdain come from?"

Elly couldn’t help but roll her eyes inwardly, this man’s self-love was truly getting worse.

"President Jones’s logic is indeed strange. If I despise the bugs in a latrine, is it because I care about those bugs?"

Adam Jones: "..."

The disgusting analogy from Elly left Adam Jones at a loss for words for a moment, his eyebrows uncomfortably twisted, "Elly Campbell, can you come up with another metaphor?"

"Sure, I despise the excrement in a latrine, is it because I want to eat shit?"

Adam Jones: "..."

He really wanted to strangle her! What to do!

Not wanting to argue with Elly on this, he put away the smile on his face and said seriously, "Stop talking about such disgusting things, let’s talk about something serious."

Elly also didn’t want to talk about such revolting matters and naturally wouldn’t dwell on the previous topic; she merely gave him a lazy glance and kept silent.

Only to hear Adam Jones say, "You’re aware of the current situation at Brayman. Brayman has good research and development technology, but insufficient funds and production capacity. Jones Corp’s investment would be beneficial for you, so why refuse to accept it?"

Elly gave him a casual glance and without beating around the bush, said, "Because I don’t trust President Jones."

Adam Jones raised an eyebrow but said nothing, waiting for her to continue.

"President Jones, such a big shark, suddenly turning into a little koi fish, gives me reason to be uneasy."

Adam Jones watched her quietly, and after a moment, he began to laugh.