Relentless Pursuit After Divorce-Chapter 1262. There is a term called "avoiding suspicion

Elly Campbell didn’t expect Clarke Ainley to be so candid, and when she spoke, there was not a hint of guilt in her manner.

"And the reason I am here is indeed because of Harry. I like him, and I would love to marry him and become his wife, but..."

As she said this, she gave an apologetic smile, and continued:

"I know it’s somewhat shameless to say this, but Mrs. Jones, I have no ill intentions towards Miss Ainley. I just wanted to help Harry out."

Clarke Ainley was beautiful, especially her eyes; when she looked at you, they were so bright and sincere that you couldn’t help but believe her words.

But for some reason, Elly Campbell felt inexplicably repelled by Clarke Ainley’s actions.

Probably because she felt obliged to protect her good friend’s interests, so she instinctively rejected those who coveted her friend’s fiancé.

However, people like Clarke Ainley who don’t hide their feelings and express their emotions so directly are rare.

"I’ll thank Miss Ainley on Helen’s behalf, but we have hired professional caregivers for Helen, so there’s no need for Miss Ainley to trouble herself."

Who knows if she was using the opportunity to take care of Helen to "accidentally" bump into Harry Hall? If these "accidents" happen too often, her true intentions might show.

Listening to Elly Campbell’s stiff words hiding faint hostility, Clarke laughed:

"I know Mrs. Jones is wary of me, but that’s normal. However, I don’t believe it’s unforgivable to like someone, nor do I think one should hide their feelings.

The fact that I like Harry is true; I haven’t interfered in their relationship, nor have I done anything to harm their relationship. I think Mrs. Jones doesn’t need to be hostile toward me."

With this initial understanding, Elly Campbell wasn’t surprised by Clarke Ainley’s frank words, but she found it amusing.

"Miss Ainley, I admire your frankness and sincerity, but not everything can be justified by being guilt-free. There’s also a concept called ’avoiding suspicion.’"

Since she wanted to use her directness to silence her, Elly didn’t mind using the same straightforwardness to prevent her from leaving any traces between Harry and Helen.

Clarke Ainley was stunned, not expecting her blunt expression would still be met with such a retort, feeling slightly annoyed.

"Since you know the relationship between Harry and Helen and what Harry’s mother is planning, shouldn’t you be avoiding suspicion? Doing these caregiver duties don’t seem to suit Miss Ainley’s status, do they?"

Clarke Ainley’s face turned pale, she could clearly understand the implication of Elly Campbell’s words.

Openly saying that doing caregiver’s duties didn’t suit her status was actually hinting that she was doing these inappropriate things only to get closer to Harry.

Regardless of whether Clarke Ainley truly felt guilt-free or was just using the pretense of being guilt-free to silence Elly Campbell, Elly’s words made Clarke feel utterly humiliated.

She opened her mouth, and after a long while, said softly:

"I’m sorry, Mrs. Jones, I didn’t think that much, I just wanted to help lighten Harry’s load and make it less tiring for him, I didn’t realize you would think this way..."

Elly Campbell didn’t respond, just quietly watching Clarke Ainley.

Even if her own attitude at the moment was harsh, or she had indeed misunderstood Clarke, she intended to nip any potential "ambiguous" fling in the bud for Helen’s sake.

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