Relentless Pursuit After Divorce-Chapter 1017. Got beaten for no reason.

Adam Jones wasn’t a fool, and he could clearly perceive Sophie Baker’s intentions. He gave her a cold look and scoffed.

Seeing that Adam didn’t say anything, and unable to guess his thoughts, Sophie felt certain it couldn’t be because he was angry with her.

Maybe, no, he must be blaming Elly Campbell for being too aggressive.

"Adam..."

She gathered her courage to approach and tried to take Adam’s arm.

Adam seemed to sense this and smoothly turned to walk towards his desk, avoiding Sophie’s "greedy hand".

Sophie’s arm, just stretched out, hung in midair. When she looked at Adam, his expression was as usual, as if he hadn’t intentionally avoided her touch.

Yes, Adam definitely didn’t do it on purpose.

After all, she was the woman he loved the most now. There’s no way he wouldn’t even let her touch his arm.

After this bit of self-consolation, Sophie’s mood improved once again.

Just as she was thinking about Adam issuing the order to send that little slut away from the front desk downstairs, she heard Adam say:

"You’re right."

"Ah?"

Sophie was momentarily stunned, a touch of unease spreading through her.

Could it be that Adam also...

Indeed, in the next second, she heard Adam say:

"There’s no need for me to bicker over someone like Elly Campbell, and besides..."

At this, Adam slammed the desk with some annoyance and said:

"When I wasn’t at Jones Corp before, that woman took advantage of the opportunity to conduct a round of financing, and that financing company is hers."

He glanced at Sophie and continued with a stern face:

"The shares Jones Corp diluted, 20% are in Elly Campbell’s hands. She’s now also a major shareholder of Jones Corp."

Adam didn’t tell Sophie that all his possessions were in Elly Campbell’s hands, for fear that once she knew he had nothing to offer, she would abandon him.

He pretended to sigh with difficulty, then said angrily:

"If she gets annoyed and sells her shares to another major shareholder of Jones Corp, I’m afraid the company might have to change its name."

Sophie didn’t understand the specifics of financing or share dilution, but she was somewhat aware of the significance of shares.

Just outside the door, she had heard Elly Campbell angrily saying she would sell her shares to that Edward Gresia, likely the shareholder Adam was referring to.

She had barely managed to secure the opportunity to marry Adam; how could she allow Jones Corp, such a large conglomerate, to change its name?

Sophie felt hatred anew; she hadn’t expected Elly Campbell, that slut, to have such a move up her sleeve, even managing to restrain Adam.

Could it be that with this, Adam would never be able to divorce?

Would she end up like her mother, a mistress hidden from society?

Sophie herself was born out of wedlock; she knew all too well how powerless and despised it was to be the "other woman".

No matter what you do, there will always be people looking down on you with superiority, mocking you.

Under no circumstances would Sophie accept becoming the "other woman".

With these thoughts, she was no longer concerned about the beating she had taken for nothing. She blurted out:

"Then, will you get a divorce?"

"What?"

The look in Adam’s eyes turned cold, but when he looked up at her, all that remained was confusion; the coldness had already been withdrawn.

Fearing he might misunderstand, Sophie quickly explained:

"I... I mean, you said before that your sister has always been scheming against you, tricking you once nine years ago, and now she’s taken so many shares of Jones Corp..."

Having said this, she paused for a moment, carefully glancing at Adam’s face.

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