Relentless Pursuit After Divorce
Chapter 178. Never cared about_1

Chapter 178: 178. Never cared about_1

Do you really not mind?

Elly Campbell had never felt a slap in the face so quick and so painful.

She claimed not to care about Adam Jones, but when she heard Sophie Baker’s voice coming from Adam’s phone, a surge of bitterness and pain swept over her like a violent storm, catching her off guard.

The pain she felt when Adam Jones told her to get out of the Jones Family and make room for Sophie Baker was like a sharp knife, cutting into her heart.

It was at that moment she deeply understood that even after so many years, she still couldn’t let go of Adam Jones, not even a little bit.

That kind of love was deep in her bones; it had occupied her childhood, her youth, her everything.

Such an engraving in her marrow, even if she tried hard to erase, could never be eradicated. The scars would forever exist.

"Elly!"

Adam Jones called out to her from behind, taking steps towards her, his deep eyes filled with inexplicable complexity as they rested on her face, "Then did you ever care? Did you ever truly care?"

He looked at her, his black pupils turbulent, as if something had stirred up a thousand waves within them.

Elly looked at him, and upon hearing his question, the coldness on her face grew even more intense. After a long pause, she said word by word, "I never cared! The reason I took the initiative to marry you was merely to get you to help the Campbell crisis."

Seeing Adam Jones’s face grow colder, the chill at the corners of her mouth intensified, "Those three years of pretending to be gentle and accommodating in front of you were just to secure the status of Young Miss of the Jones Family and to stabilize Campbell’s. Are you satisfied with this answer, President Jones?"

"Elly!!"

The anger in Adam Jones made the veins on his forehead bulge suddenly, and a storm of rage swept through his eyes. The ignition point weighed heavily upon his heart was instantly lit by Elly’s words.

He grasped Elly’s wrist, his anger making the strength in his hand heavier and heavier, as if he wanted to crush her slender bones.

"Very good! Elly, you have never proved me wrong!"

He let go of Elly, walked out the door, and the heavy sound of slamming the door made William Campbell and Lynn Clark downstairs jump in fear.

Lynn Clark saw Adam Jones coming down from upstairs, his face so cold it seemed like ice shards could fall from it, and he looked truly terrifying.

"Daddy..."

"Mr. Jones..."

Seeing his son, Adam Jones’s face softened slightly as he walked over to William, lifted him, took a deep breath, and managed to suppress the anger before speaking gently, "William, Mommy is hurt and can’t take care of you right now, so is it okay to stay with Daddy today?"

Little William looked at Adam Jones with confusion, his small mouth pursed in a line, "Aren’t Daddy and Mommy living together?"

Adam Jones was taken aback, only to hear William continue, "At our kindergarten, everyone’s daddy and mommy live together. They even have little brothers and sisters. I want a little brother or sister too."

Adam Jones was stunned by his son’s innocent and direct words, a trace of complexity crossing his somber eyes.

With eyes full of hope, William wrapped his arms around Adam Jones’s arm, his voice childishly coaxing, "Daddy, can you have a little sister with Mommy to play with me? Little Fatty’s sister is so pretty, and I want one too."

When Elly leaned on the wall and struggled to come out of the room, she overheard the conversation between her son and Adam downstairs and her expression suddenly darkened, "William."