Chapter 142: 142. Ill-intentioned_1

Thinking it over, he dismissed the possibility.

Adam Jones, ever surrounded by women, never lacked for those more beautiful than Elly Campbell, yet never had he cared or even spared them a glance.

Elly Campbell... was somehow different.

Seeing him staring at her without a word, with that inscrutable look in his eyes, Elly felt a vague unease in her heart, afraid that he might have already learned about William Campbell’s affair.

As she agonized, Adam Jones let out a soft chuckle and said,

"From the start, the real mastermind behind Brayman wasn’t your grandfather but your mother. As for why mom wouldn’t agree to a partnership with Jones Corp, it’s naturally because she thinks her son-in-law hasn’t treated her daughter well."

As he spoke, he paused for a moment, his smiling eyes gently resting on Elly’s face.

Elly, listening to him casually calling "grandfather" and "mom" as if they were still a close husband and wife, couldn’t help but frown.

Although they hadn’t officially divorced yet, wasn’t their relationship almost the same as divorced?

no need to sound so

on his cue, and Adam Jones, unruffled, continued with a smile, "And you, not wanting to partner with me... is that also for this

to Elly, who was sitting across the table, his tall frame instantaneously creating an oppressive

frowned slightly, feeling uncomfortable because

you didn’t care

whispered in her ear,

warm breath lingering around her ear, Elly’s brows twisted, she shifted backward to create some distance from Adam Jones, her

of President Jones, but not because

down on the couch, his eye corner twitching, his face giving

"Despise?"

a low tone, then smiled, "If it’s not because you care, where does this unwarranted disdain come

couldn’t help but roll her eyes inwardly, this man’s

despise the bugs in

Adam Jones: "..."

disgusting analogy from Elly left Adam Jones at a loss for words for a moment, his

I despise the excrement in a latrine, is it because I want to eat

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