She had no idea that if it weren’t for the fact that she was still a senior and Harry Hall’s mother, those few humiliating words she initially said to Elly Campbell would have made Adam Jones cripple her long ago.
With fury boiling in her eyes, Leanne Richards glared at Adam Jones’s serene face. After several contortions of her features, before she could open her mouth, Adam Jones delivered her another stunning blow—
"Does Aunt Hall still want to stay here and compare family status with my wife?"
Remembering Adam’s earlier words, "My wife is my sky," Leanne was once again consumed by frustration, unable to even breathe properly.
She dared not confront Adam Jones directly but turned back to throw a fierce glare at Elly Campbell and Helen Melendy before storming off, fuming with rage.
Just as Leanne Richards turned to leave, Elly Campbell called out to her.
Already driven to the brink of madness by the shameless couple, Leanne almost shrieked when Elly stopped her.
Yet Elly remained calm and collected, pointing to the card in her hand, and said:
"Mrs. Hall, are you sure you aren’t willing to give the card back to me?"
Blinded by anger and not caring for the dignity of a lady from a noble family, Leanne threw the card she was holding at Elly’s face.
Fortunately, Adam Jones was quick and grabbed it before it could hit Elly’s face.
His face, already devoid of warmth, became even frostier at that moment.
Leanne Richards gasped and stumbled backward, then in the face of everyone’s schadenfreude, she turned and fled.
Once Leanne had left, the onlookers dispersed, and even though the ’dog food’ Adam Jones had spread was still fragrant, they truly dared not disturb the couple’s display of affection.
When only the three of them were left, Elly Campbell finally found time to ask, "Why are you here, too?"
"You didn’t go back for dinner, so I came to pick you up."
Saying this, his cold gaze swept over Helen Melendy, almost as if warning her with his eyes, "Next time you try to monopolize my wife, you’ll see what I’m capable of," causing Helen Melendy to shudder involuntarily.
Yet despite this, Helen felt that Adam Jones was far more appealing today than before.
Although Elly had already proven more than capable of dealing with Leanne Richards, Adam’s intervention was like a finishing blow, overwhelmingly suppressing Leanne’s combative stance.
His statements, "My wife is my sky" and "Whether it is the Jones Corporation or the Jones Family, my wife has the final say," would not be so frankly acknowledged by just any man, let alone one of Adam Jones’s stature, admitting their family position in relation to their wife openly.
Just for that, Helen found Adam Jones much more agreeable today.
Therefore, she paid no mind to his unfriendly glare and very sensibly said to Elly Campbell:
"As it turns out, I have some matters to attend to, so I’ll be leaving first. You two take your time."
With that, she quickly made her escape.
Watching Helen Melendy’s waif-like figure, Elly thought about her complicated relationship with Harry Hall and couldn’t help but frown with worry.
The next second, the face of the person beside her was forcibly turned back towards him.
"Your husband is right next to you, and yet you’ve been staring at someone else for so long, unwilling to look away. If she were a man, she would already be dead."
A few sales clerks not far from them, hearing Adam Jones’s words, couldn’t help but cover their lips to stifle their giggles.