Relentless Pursuit After Divorce-Chapter 56 - 0. Still not embarrassed enough_1
Chapter 56: 056. Still not embarrassed enough?_1
Chapter 56: 056. Still not embarrassed enough?_1
Watching James Campbell’s face turn iron-blue in an instant and Sophie Baker’s reddening eyes, Elly Campbell hooked her lips in a mocking smile, chuckled coldly, and walked away.
“Elly…”
James Campbell was far from content to be humiliated by Elly like this. He reached out to pull her back, but before his hand could touch her, another hand suddenly intercepted it.
James Campbell looked up to find it was Adam Jones, and the chilling cold in Adam’s eyes at that moment said it all.
“Enough, CEO Campbell, that’s enough. Do you really want to embarrass yourself further?”
Adam Jones’s gaze, calm and profound, made even such a simple sentence sound like it had weight when it came out of his mouth.
And just like that, he managed to squash all of James Campbell’s anger.
No matter how reluctant James Campbell felt inside, if he couldn’t even stand up to his daughter, he had no chance of confronting this son-in-law.
And so, Adam Jones walked away without giving Sophie Baker a single glance.
Sophie Baker had just been secretly delighted that Adam Jones was sticking up for her, her spine had just straightened when his words “Do you really want to embarrass yourself further?” crushed her back down.
From beginning to end, he wasn’t protecting her, but rather, he didn’t want Elly to be embarrassed because of her at such an event.
He too thought that her, Sophie Baker’s presence was embarrassing.
Sophie’s palms were almost clenched hard enough to draw blood, her eyes full of resentment.
In the past, she envied Elly’s family background, her status as a favorite of the heavens, but she could comfort herself with the presence of Adam Jones.
In her eyes, no matter how noble Elly was, she was nothing but dust compared to Adam.
But just now, Adam Jones had stood unassumingly by Elly’s side like that, apparently helping her, but actually, it was all for Elly.
Meanwhile, James Churchill, after Elly was taken away by Adam, was still completely focused on her.
Standing at a distance, he couldn’t make out what Elly was saying to James Campbell and the others, but it was clear that she looked very upset.
James was somewhat worried and stood up, intending to go over to her.
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“Stop right there!”
Thomas Churchill, seeing his actions, shouted to stop him.
“Still want to go find Adam Jones’s wife?”
Though Thomas Churchill was quite pleased with Elly, that didn’t mean his son could go after Adam Jones’s woman.
James’s brows furrowed, “Dad, Elly and I are friends. She was my guest here. Can’t I even go over to see her?”
“No!”
Thomas Churchill snorted coldly, “I haven’t settled tonight’s matters with you yet. Better not harbor other thoughts. As for Adam Jones’s wife, Adam will take care of her. You don’t need to worry about it.”
James’s frown grew tighter, as Elly seemed to be in poor shape.
Despite knowing that his father was already displeased with him for tonight’s deceit, he couldn’t help but go over to her anyway.
Elly was sitting quietly on a chair at the side, drinking with a steady hand, showing no great swings in emotion, but James could still see a trace of sadness in her eyes.
“Elly, that’s not very loyal of you, leaving me alone to take the scolding from my parents while you hide here and drink,” he said, casually picking up a glass of wine from a waiter’s tray and sitting down next to her.
He leaned back lazily in the chair, legs crossed, a carefree air about him that betrayed a hint of defiance.
Elly’s drinking momentarily paused, and she cast a sidelong, indifferent glance at James Churchill, saying, “This is the last time tonight. Don’t look for me again.”
