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.
The look she gave him as she left, filled with unrelenting resolve and raw hatred, cut through him like a dagger. It left an aching, suffocating pain in his chest, one he hadn’t expected to feel.
Sophie Baker knew Elly Campbell had handed Adam the divorce agreement, but she wasn’t aware that he hadn’t signed it yet.
For the past four years, Sophie believed that with Elly gone, she was the one closest to becoming the second wife. Yet, for all that time, Adam remained single, never once involved with any other woman.
She kept convincing herself it had nothing to do with Elly. After all, Adam had always disliked Elly—how could he possibly remain faithful for her sake?
But after waiting for four years, waiting for Elly’s return, not once had Adam considered divorce. And now, it was Elly who seemed so desperately eager to end it all.
Sophie had never expected Elly to be the one to bring up divorce. She knew Adam despised Elly, so how could she have thought that after all these years? She had waited for seven long years, only to realize now that Adam had never even considered divorce.
After leaving the restaurant, Elly’s rigid posture slowly relaxed.
She 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, still stirred up a wave of jealousy in her.
The confrontation earlier left her uncertain whether her anger stemmed from James Campbell or Adam.
Perhaps it was their shared affection for Sophie that fueled her hostility.
Even before the marriage, Elly was aware of Sophie’s existence—her sister-in-law, Lily Jones, had never missed an opportunity to bring her up.
But Elly had never bothered to look into who Sophie Baker truly was.
In front of Adam, she had concealed all her sharp edges, even wagering the Campbell company to marry him, hoping one day to earn his genuine affection.
But she never expected that, in the end, she gained nothing from him—only to have her pride trampled once again.
Recalling the joyous scene in the restaurant, Elly felt a sharp pain at the bottom of her eyes. She clenched her hands tightly at her sides.
In a single day, Adam had completely eroded the years of devotion Elly had given him.
Inside the restaurant, Sophie remained kneeling, unable to rise. Elly’s almost humiliating words had drained her of color, her face pale with fury, yet she could do nothing but force herself to submit to it. She knew, deep down, that for now, all she could do was endure.
“Sophie, don’t stay kneeling. Get up,” James said, bending down to help her rise. As he looked at his obedient daughter in such a plight, he felt, for the first time, utterly defeated.
Sophie, too, thought James was weak and ineffective, but she would never let even a hint of dissatisfaction or scorn show in front of him.