These three words, uttered in a different tone, change the atmosphere completely.
Sophia Green thought of this and got excited inside, gaining much more courage, apparently having already forgotten the cold and terrifying look in Adam Jones’s eyes just a moment ago.
Adam Jones gathered his thoughts, had just picked up the building blocks to help his son attach the robot’s arm, but then heard Sophia Green’s thick-skinned voice continue, "Brother Adam..."
This time, she even changed her form of address, causing Adam Jones to throw the building blocks onto the mat and stand up from the blanket.
Sophia Green once again saw that hint of ice-cold disdain and annoyance ignite in Adam Jones’s eyes; no matter how hard she searched, she couldn’t find any trace of tenderness or doting.
"Miss Green, do you perhaps have some misconceptions about yourself?"
Adam Jones’s voice was icy cold, filled with undisguised contempt and disgust, causing Sophia Green’s heart to tremble slightly.
"I hardly know you, and this way of addressing me doesn’t feel intimate or ambiguous at all, it just makes you appear shameless and lacking in self-respect."
"Moreover, I’m not lacking women by my side, nor am I lacking women more beautiful than you. If you think your looks could catch my eye, you’re rather too pleased with yourself."
Given that she had no shame left, Adam Jones felt no need to be polite with her.
His gentlemanly manners were reserved solely for his wife.
Sophia Green didn’t expect Adam Jones to be so blunt, each word he said trampling on her face which she had put on the line.
Her face drained of color; no amount of makeup, specially done by a stylist for the meeting with Adam Jones, could hide the pallor that spread over her face after his rebuke.
"Furthermore, if you still can’t remember what my wife said to you that day, then let me repeat it. You are just lowly, not charming, so you can’t catch my eye."
"If you still think I haven’t been direct enough, shall we discuss your ’glorious exploits’ on the island?"
Hearing Adam Jones mention the island incident, Sophia Green’s face lost even more color, and standing unsteadily on her sharp stilettos, she twisted her ankle badly.
Tears started to pool in her eyes, and this time, she truly cried.
"So... do you despise me because I lost my innocence? But I was set up by Elly Campbell."
Sophia Green lowered her voice and began to weep softly, looking to anyone who might see her like a protagonist wronged and abandoned by the "scumbag" Adam Jones.
Adam Jones furrowed his brow, at a loss for words at Sophia Green’s bizarre way of thinking.
What had he done to give her the impression that he was interested in her?
"Do you think, if it had been me who acted that night, it would have just been as simple as making you sleep with one man?"
Bringing up that night, a murderous look flared instantly in Adam Jones’s eyes.
By now, Sophia Green was no longer foolish enough not to detect the palpable murderous intent in Adam Jones’s words, frightening her so much that her heart quivered.
"Furthermore, it’s not that I despise you for losing your innocence, I simply despise you as a person".
Facing Sophia Green, who was utterly devastated by his words, the icy lines on Adam Jones’s face softened not in the slightest.
"Right now, I want to spend time with my son. If you think I haven’t made myself clear enough, I wouldn’t mind being more direct."