Chapter 10: 010. Younger and Younger Mistress Chapter 10: 010. Younger and Younger Mistress Editor: Henyee Translations She watched as Adam Jones’s face turned inexplicably ugly, a smile creeping onto her lips as her heart swelled with unspoken satisfaction.

Just then, her phone began to ring—an unexpected call flashing on the screen.

“James Campbell?”

Elly’s brows furrowed in distaste, her eyes instantly betraying an unmistakable hint of disgust and rejection.

Her father, who never reached out to her without a specific reason, was undoubtedly calling with news she wouldn’t want to hear.

Answering the phone with a neutral expression, she said, “President Campbell, to what do I owe the pleasure?”

The cool tone and formality of her address left the person on the other end momentarily taken aback. “Elly, you’ve been back in the country for several days now—do you think you might have time to have a meal with me, your dad?”

This request, which would have seemed perfectly normal to anyone else, only sparked a hint of mockery in Elly’s eyes.

Though she had no interest in dining with James Campbell, her curiosity got the better of her, and she agreed to the offer.

“Alright, where?”

“South Garden Hotel.”

“OK, understood.”

say more, Elly Campbell hung up and turned her

curling into a slight smile. “So, it’s my father-in-law inviting us to dinner. You don’t mind if

response. He opened the car door and settled

anger. “Adam Jones, can you be any more

“Yes, I can.”

fall on Elly’s flushed cheeks. “If you keep refusing me, I’ll

barely speak. She glared at him through clenched teeth for a long moment, then, realizing the futility of making a scene in

since they last saw each other, and while Adam hadn’t changed in other ways, it was clear his skin had thickened enough to manufacture bulletproof vests for the Ministry of

car, not wanting to waste another word on

the corners of Adam’s mouth curled into a satisfied

years, he had never felt as at ease as he

At South Garden Hotel.

James Campbell would formally invite her to such a place, especially considering their strained father-daughter relationship. After four

the car, and Elly didn’t mind, especially with

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