Even though Daisy Thompson justified her criticism of Adam Jones with the fact that she was his biological mother, she was still frightened by the look in his eyes.
Especially when Adam mentioned what happened when he was six years old...
Daisy’s heart quivered, and a flicker of unnaturalness crossed her eyes.
Adam had no desire to waste words with her, and he took Elly Campbell by the hand to leave, only to run into another woman coming out of the cabin.
Apparently, she was there to see Daisy. Upon seeing Daisy in front of Adam, she hurried over, "Mom, what are you doing here?"
Elly was surprised to hear the woman call Daisy "Mom."
She was no stranger to this woman; it was the red-hot actress Sophia Green, who had recently won Best Actress for her role in a blockbuster film.
Elly remembered her because she had recently seen that movie and, impressed by the protagonist’s character development, had taken an interest in the actress who played her.
She was very beautiful, with striking features well-suited to the role.
Recently, the internet had been buzzing about the film and the actress.
Praising her for her great acting skills, despite being beautiful enough to rely just on her looks.
The accolades were not exaggerated; Sophia Green’s acting was indeed excellent, as was her appearance.
But online, her persona was that of a child from an ordinary rural family who had worked hard on her own to rise to the position of Best Actress.
However, since she called Daisy "Mom," she was probably the daughter of the composer Cam Green.
This background was certainly not that of a child from an ordinary rural family.
Elly didn’t want to assume that her current resources had much to do with Cam, but why adopt the persona of a rural child?
Was it to avoid suspicion?
Sophia was a year older than Elly, which meant she was three years older than Lily Jones; she could not be the daughter Daisy Thompson had after leaving the Jones family and marrying Cam.
Cam had had another wife who had passed away many years ago, so Sophia must be the child of Cam and his late wife.
Sophia approached a pale-faced Daisy, took her arm with particular warmth, as if they were indeed mother and daughter.
"Mom, I’ve been looking everywhere for you. What are you doing here?"
Daisy parted her dry lips, her gaze filled with heartache as she looked at Adam, and she held back her words as though she had given birth to an unfilial son but couldn’t bring herself to rebuke him.
Sophia followed Daisy’s gaze to Adam, her face registering surprise as if she was just noticing him, startled at first then greeting him politely and gracefully:
"President Jones, Mrs. Jones."
Elly didn’t know what kind of person Sophia really was, but since she had taken the initiative to greet them, Elly nodded in response and greeted her back, "Miss Green."
Adam, on the other hand, didn’t even spare her a glance and walked away with Elly in tow.
Sophia saw that Adam had no intention of acknowledging her, so she stepped forward to block their way.
Adam gave her a cold look, and the iciness in his eyes instinctively made Sophia’s pupils contract in fear.
"President Jones, it’s , my mother..."
"Get out of the way!"
The two icy words burst from Adam’s lips without any intent of saving face for Sophia.
Sophia’s facial expression instantly froze, her elaborate makeup unable to hide the sudden pallor of her face.