Relentless Pursuit After Divorce by The nightingale lives

Chapter 17: 017. Getting Divorced With Determination Chapter 17: 017. Getting Divorced With Determination Editor: Henyee Translations The three years she had quietly devoted herself to him now felt like a slap in the face, thrown back at her by Adam. The pain was sharp, yet it snapped her fully awake.

The hatred in her eyes deepened as she fixed her gaze on him. Her voice was steady but laced with a chilling, decisive tone.

“Adam Jones, hurry up and sign the papers!”

With those words, she turned on her heel, straightening her back, and walked away with purposeful strides. Her silhouette, fading into the distance, was as proud and aloof as a peacock that looked down on the world.

Adam watched her retreating figure, his gaze narrowing, deepening with an intensity he couldn’t quite shake. The raw resentment she had shown when demanding him to sign the papers hit him hard, reverberating through his chest.

She wanted a divorce. There was no mistaking it. Never before had Adam been so certain of something.

Adam stayed single, never entangling with any other woman.

gave him as she left, filled with unrelenting resolve and raw hatred, cut through him like a dagger. It left an aching, suffocating

Elly Campbell had handed Adam the divorce agreement, but she wasn’t aware that he

with Elly gone, she was the one closest to becoming the second wife. Yet, for all that time, Adam remained single, never once involved

had nothing to do with Elly. After all, Adam had always disliked Elly—how could he

waiting for Elly’s return, not once had Adam considered divorce. And now, it was Elly who

never expected Elly to be the one to bring up divorce. She knew Adam despised Elly, so how could she have thought

Elly’s rigid posture

admitted to herself, despite how she tried to dismiss it, that seeing Adam stand by Sophie’s side while she had to face that shameless father-and-daughter duo alone,

left her uncertain whether her anger stemmed

shared affection for Sophie

Sophie’s existence—her sister-in-law, Lily Jones, had never missed an opportunity to bring

never bothered to look into who Sophie

wagering the Campbell