Relentless Pursuit After Divorce
Chapter 286. Ungrateful thing_1

Chapter 286: 286. Ungrateful thing_1

She looked at him with a smile, but she suppressed the pain of those three years from her memories.

She also forced herself not to care about the way he ruthlessly ravaged her in the bathroom that time, how he refused to let her go no matter how she begged for mercy.

He had feelings for her, was that how he showed them?

Adam Jones paused, seeing the flicker of pain in Elly Campbell’s eyes, he understood that she was remembering those three years of marriage, and he couldn’t refute that.

"It’s done. Be careful not to bump the wound."

Elly Campbell stopped what she was doing with her hands and at the same time retracted all the emotions in her eyes, returning to calmness, without the intention to continue the topic they had started.

However, Adam still wasn’t willing to let the topic drop, and he said, "Elly Campbell..."

Raising her hand to interrupt what Adam was about to say, Elly Campbell put the medicine box away and said to Adam,

"Adam Jones, you know very well that even if Sophie Baker was just an excuse you used to send me off, you can’t deny that you had no such feelings for me, or you wouldn’t have just picked any woman to get rid of me, right?"

"No..."

Adam wanted to argue, but Elly Campbell didn’t want to listen any longer, no amount of rebuttal could outweigh reality.

"I’m going to wash my hands."

Elly Campbell cut off Adam’s words and walked quickly towards the bathroom, her figure carrying a hint of hurried escape.

Adam did not follow her but watched her retreating figure, his contemplative gaze becoming somber, and gradually, that somberness turned into a sense of powerlessness, spreading across his heart.

When Elly Campbell came out after washing her hands, Adam was sitting on the couch looking at her thoughtfully, which made Elly feel uncomfortable, so she turned her gaze to the window instead.

The night sky outside the hotel had descended into twilight.

"It’s late; let Assistant Baker come pick you up."

Adam withdrew his gaze from her, grunted in acknowledgment, stood up from the couch, and took out his phone to dial Robert Green’s number.

"President, you called for me?"

"Come to the hotel and take me home... You’re on a business trip? About to board a plane? Alright, never mind."

Robert Green: "..."

What did he say? He didn’t say anything at all.

Robert Green stared at his hung-up phone, murmured quietly, "When was I going on a business trip?"

After hanging up, seeing that Elly Campbell was already sitting in front of the computer, dealing with some documents and not paying attention to him, he felt a tinge of resentment from being ignored.

Taking steps towards Elly Campbell, he said, "Robert Green has gone on a business trip."

"Oh, doesn’t the Jones family have a driver?"

"Oliver Smith took grandma to a banquet."

Adam answered without changing his expression.

Seeing that Elly Campbell’s attention never shifted toward him, his face showed a sign of irritation, "Forget it, it’s just a minor wound; I’ll drive myself back."

After speaking, he turned and walked to the door, and seeing that Elly Campbell still did not call out to stop him, Adam’s face grew increasingly somber.

Ungrateful wretch!

He cursed inwardly several times, his hand lingering on the doorknob for a long while, finally, Elly Campbell’s voice came from behind, "Wait."

Adam’s lips curved up in due time, and he turned around to see Elly Campbell closing her laptop and standing up to walk toward him.

"I should take you home."

She looked at Adam, whose eyes were smiling, and she averted his gaze guiltily, purposely explaining, "After all, you were injured because of me; I have to do something."