Relentless Pursuit After Divorce
Chapter 404. Almost got pushed down the stairs_1

Chapter 404: 404. Almost got pushed down the stairs_1

As she said this, she hooked her lips with a cold laugh, "Why do you think Sophie Baker would leak the Jones family’s secrets? Do you think I’m not aware? You want me to plead for her? Since when have I, Elly Campbell, become a saint in your eyes?"

Her detached and ruthless gaze shifted toward James Campbell’s gloomy face, and she scoffed, "Don’t waste your time on me. Even if you hand over the Campbell’s assets to me right now, I won’t plead for Sophie Baker."

By saying this, Elly had blocked all potential negotiations James could have had with her, filling both James and Melody Baker with even more hatred and anger.

Elly felt that having the patience to speak this much to this despicable couple was kind enough already.

And she didn’t want to be any kinder, so she turned around and leisurely descended the stairs.

"Elly Campbell!"

Perhaps genuinely driven mad by Elly’s provocations, Melody Baker, in a moment of reckless fury as Elly turned to go downstairs, charged forward and shoved her fiercely.

"Elly!"

Elly, who was sitting in the living room watching James make a fool of himself, hadn’t anticipated that Sophie would dare something so treacherous and let out a cold sweat in shock.

Fortunately, Elly was quick to react. When Melody Baker shoved her, she swiftly grabbed onto the nearby stair railing, preventing a fall.

But the impact was so strong that when she grabbed the railing, her wrist twisted harshly, turning her face pale with pain.

After pushing Elly, Melody Baker saw that Elly hadn’t fallen down and was filled with both hatred and fear.

Especially when she met Elly’s icy stare, she trembled all over.

James also hadn’t expected Melody Baker to dare to do such a thing, and it took him several seconds to regain his composure.

Elly, already by her side, was holding Elly steady, looking at Melody Baker with an icy glare, and gritted her teeth, "You are done for."

Melody Baker was terrified. It was Elly’s contempt that had spurred her to push, but as soon as she had done it, she regretted it.

Now, she didn’t have the ability to confront Elly anymore, clutching James’s clothes as though grasping a lifeline, she stammered, "James... James, it wasn’t intentional... I..."

At this moment, James also felt incredibly overwhelmed. He had already shed all dignity begging in front of Elly because of Sophie, and now Elly had completely humiliated him.

And now, with Melody Baker’s actions, did she think he wasn’t busy enough?

James suddenly realized that ever since Elly returned to the country and he had gone to all lengths to marry Melody Baker, to give Sophie a legitimate status, many things had started to spiral beyond his control.

If it wasn’t one thing causing him distress, it was another making him lose face.

Before his divorce from Jenna Clark, he had never experienced such a sense of futility.

Raising his hand to wearily pinch the bridge of his nose, he felt an inexplicable irritation, but seeing Melody Baker’s pale and trembling face, he also felt a twinge of pity.

Glancing up to see Elly standing safely on the stairs, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Since you’re alright, let’s call it even for my sake."

Elly and Elly looked at James with the same gaze one might give an idiot, wondering if his brain contained an endless ocean, its waters impossible to drain completely.

"I mean, seriously, brother, it’s about time you drained your Pacific Ocean of a brain. What do you mean ’let’s call it even because Elly is unharmed’? Do you have any shame at all? Sophie just committed an assault with intent to harm. Elly didn’t fall, and that was pure luck. Where do you get the nerve to ask Elly to drop it?"