James Campbell stood up from his seat in a rage, pointing at Elly with his hand trembling violently from anger.
Sophie Baker, by his side, was so furious that her face turned pale; at that moment, she wished with all her heart that James would raise his hand and slap Elly across the face.
However, as she waited and hoped, James did nothing but grit his teeth and point at Elly, ultimately not raising his hand to strike.
On the contrary, Elly sat down next to him with a smile still playing on her composed face and took the chair at the head of the table.
"CEO Campbell is quite aware of himself," she said.
As Elly settled down in the chairman’s seat, James could bear it no longer and raised his hand to slap her across the face.
Seeing that Elly showed no intention of dodging, the crowd waited to see how she would react. but at that moment, a deep and piercingly cold voice came from the doorway—
"What is CEO Campbell doing?"
With his hand still raised, James’s eyelids twitched violently, and he stood frozen, the slap never landing.
Hearing this voice, Elly was somewhat surprised as well and looked in the direction of the doorway past James.
There stood Adam Jones, accompanied by Robert Green, his tall figure blocking everything outside the door.
His gaze swept coldly over everyone present, finally resting on the face of James, where any semblance of authority had already vanished.
With just one look, James felt his heart shudder violently, as the domineering pressure coming from Adam made the anger in him wilt instantly.
"President Jones, what brings you here?"
The sudden appearance of Adam Jones surprised and delighted the people in the meeting room.
After all, this man, even though he owned fifteen percent of Campbell’s shares, had never once appeared at a Campbell shareholders’ meeting.
No one had expected that today, not only Miss Campbell but also the head of Jones Corporation would make an appearance.
The shareholders rose one after another to greet Adam Jones, their faces undisguised in their fawning, which Jones directly ignored.
Sophie never expected Adam would come, and if it had been before, she would have been delighted, even if it was just to use Adam as a way to annoy Elly, she would have been satisfied.
But now, she understood all too well that Adam’s presence here served only to bolster Elly’s already high spirits.
She even worried that her father would be completely overshadowed by Elly because of Adam’s appearance.
She had been so accommodating and conciliatory for so long; how could she accept that in the end, she could still only live in Elly’s shadow, gasping for breath.
Adam Jones nodded indifferently to those present and then walked straight over to Elly.
The shareholder sitting in the seat to the left of the chairman’s chair very consciously made room for him.
Adam did not hesitate; he pulled the chair over and sat down next to Elly, his intention to support her all too clear.
With this gesture, who could fail to see what it meant?
Of course, how could he suddenly turn up ? It turns out he came to back his wife up.
Despite still having a bandage on his head, when he sat next to Elly, his presence was overwhelming, reaching two meters eight.
Elly did not know why he had suddenly appeared here; she looked at him discreetly, her gaze meeting his inscrutable eyes.
Then, she heard him say, "Why didn’t you tell me before leaving that you were coming to the company? Otherwise, I would have come with you."
He ignored the eager eyes fixed on his face and leaned back lazily on the chair’s armrest, speaking in a tone so casual it was as if he was just making small talk with Elly.