Chapter 62: 062. Beating the Illegitimate Daughter (2)_1 Chapter 62: 062. Beating the Illegitimate Daughter (2)_1 “However, just because I am not in a rush to deal with you doesn’t mean your mouth can be so cheap as to insult my mother. Tonight, you and your daughter have crossed my line, and this slap is a warning. If I hear anything similar next time, watch out, I might tear your mouth apart!”
Sophie Baker was pressed against the washbasin by Elly Campbell, her jaw was gripped by Elly’s single hand, and her waist was right against the marble of the washbasin, causing her pain that made her struggle repeatedly.
She thought that the earlier Elly Campbell was already terrifying enough, but compared to the murderous look she had now, that was nothing.
Her face was burning with pain from Elly Campbell’s slap, and many times, she tried to break free from Elly’s grasp in vain.
Fearful tears streamed from her eyes, but Elly had no sympathy to show mercy, and only after she had said what needed to be said did she let her go.
Adam Jones did not intervene. Tonight, Elly must have been suffocating with emotion; not letting her vent would mean a difficult night for her.
As he turned to leave, he heard Sophie’s fearless voice rise again from inside, sharp with uncontrolled emotion.
“Elly Campbell, are you doing this for that reason, or are you shaming me for being a bastard because Adam Jones truly loves me in his heart?”
Upon hearing Sophie’s presumptuous remark, Adam Jones’s eyebrows involuntarily furrowed, and a flash of ruthlessness swept across his eyes.
It was Elly inside now; he did not want to meddle in her family matters. Nevertheless, Sophie’s presence seemed not so innocent to him anymore.
Elly Campbell paused in her steps to leave and turned back to look at her.
Perhaps, after enduring extreme fear, one no longer feels as afraid.
At this moment, Sophie’s eyes overflowed with red veins, her messy hair, and the distinct marks of five fingers on her face made her appear utterly wretched.
“So what if you have a good family background? So what if you’re dearly loved by the Old Master Campbell? So what if you are the sole heiress recognized by outsiders to the Campbell family? The man you love doesn’t have you in his heart. Even if you have everything else, you don’t have Adam Jones. What are you so proud of?”
She knew that the only thing that could strike at Elly Campbell was probably Adam Jones himself—it was her only trump card to make Elly Campbell lose the battle without a fight.
But what she saw on Elly Campbell’s cold face was not a hint of change but a smile, full of mockery, as if Sophie’s current confidence was nothing but a clown’s act, a huge joke in her eyes.
Elly Campbell gently uttered this name, making the person outside tighten their heart suddenly.
He did not know how she would deal with Sophie’s provocation while he was “absent.”
“You’ve put on such a show in front of me for so long; have you turned everything inside out and still can only bring up Adam Jones?”
The disdain in her words made Adam Jones, standing outside the restroom, feel a sudden heavy heart and an inexplicable surge of annoyance.
Was he, Adam Jones, so insignificant in her eyes?
“Did Adam Jones not tell you that I had sent him the divorce papers?”
Sophie knew that Elly Campbell had delivered divorce papers to Adam Jones four years ago, a fact Lily Jones had already mentioned to her.
At that time, she could hardly believe that Elly Campbell, a woman nearly obsessed with Adam Jones, would give up on him so easily.