Relentless Pursuit After Divorce by The nightingale lives

Chapter 1141: 1141. Her brother complimented her, and she’s happy

When not thinking about it, Elly Campbell felt nothing special, but when she did, a sudden sourness filled her heart.

Suddenly, she realized just how long she had been estranged from her brother.

And it was all because of a little wretch who was hell-bent on scheming against her and her brother.

"You did well today, you really helped me out," Adam Jones rarely praised her; even when he indulged her capricious temper in the past, he never went so far as to compliment her.

Now, hearing Adam speak to her in such a tender voice, Lily’s eyes instantly reddened.

But remembering that crying in front of Elly would be too embarrassing, she forced the tears back.

She walked tentatively to Adam’s side, tugged at his sleeve, and said,

"Then can you not leave the Jones family with me anymore?"

Adam smiled, raised his hand to ruffle her hair but didn’t respond to her question. Instead, he simply said,

everyone is tired, let’s go rest in

Elly upstairs, leaving Lily alone in the living room,

Brother favoring his

mumbled under her breath. The next second, a smile tinged with shame spread from the corners of

of her head where her brother had ruffled her

The next day.

of her bedroom, she encountered Lily, who had

had loved to linger in bed; usually, when

he had not let the maids disturb her. By

common for her to wake up at this hour, so the two crossed

incident where her face was swollen from being hit, Lily

to begin with. Although Lily had been less hostile lately, that didn’t mean Elly needed to greet

simply walked past Lily towards

as she was about to go downstairs, a soft voice from Lily came from behind her, "I’m

her step, thinking she’d heard wrong. Just as she was

time, Lily’s voice was louder,