Relentless Pursuit After Divorce by The nightingale lives

Chapter 317: 317. Furious Queen Jo_1

His lips curved in a mocking smile as he used the words she’d initially aimed at Lily Jones to block her.

Elly Campbell’s face darkened, and she spoke with a hint of discomfort, "Lily Jones comes to disgust me whenever she pleases, and I can’t return the favor? You actually took it seriously."

Elly gave him a look of disdain and settled back into her seat.

But Adam Jones was not so easily dismissed; he stood in front of her, his hands bracing against the arms of the chair, effectively trapping Elly between him and the seat.

"You also kissed me."

"So what? It was just a kiss; do you want me to compensate you for it?"

Elly looked at him with a trace of sarcasm in her eyes.

Seeing Adam narrow his eyes, a dangerous aura spilled from his deep gaze, "Don’t you know I’m a man who believes in an eye for an eye? I can’t let you get away with a bargain that easily."

Being held captive in his embrace made Elly uncomfortable, especially with Adam’s closeness, which left her feeling at a loss.

She pushed him away and stood up from her chair, feigning an air of nonchalance, "You’ve already taken advantage, so what do you want to do about it?"

directly into Adam’s mischievous eyes, barely

to

than Elly felt a tightening around her waist; Adam had pulled her forcefully into his arms with

cursed silently in her heart and lifted her head,

suddenly

eyes widened in anger as she struggled in his embrace, but it seemed that Adam had no intention of letting her go.

no idea what

felt as if it had been struck by a strong electric current, both sour

of sourness, easily struck

became clearer with each

"Elly..."

Elly felt almost breathless that Adam released her, allowing

hand wrapped around Elly’s waist did not

that if he let go, she’d walk away without a

anything. That incident had happened eight

he be

"Let go."