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.

resolve and raw hatred, cut through him like a dagger. It left an aching, suffocating pain in his

Campbell had handed Adam the divorce agreement, but

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

herself it had nothing to do with Elly. After all, Adam had always disliked

four years, waiting for Elly’s return, not once had Adam considered divorce. And

how could she have thought that after all these years? She had waited for seven long years,

leaving the restaurant, Elly’s

to herself, despite how she tried to dismiss it, that seeing Adam stand by Sophie’s side while she had to

confrontation earlier left her uncertain whether her anger stemmed from

was their shared affection for Sophie that fueled her

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

look into who Sophie

even wagering the Campbell company to marry him, hoping one day to earn