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Whether it was seven years ago or now, his reservations about James Campbell's capabilities had always been there. Eight years ago, during the Campbell crisis, everyone thought it was James Campbell who had stabilized the situation at the last minute, but Adam knew very well that it wasn't James Campbell who had secured the company.
On the surface, it was an investment from Jones that had stabilized Campbell's operations, but Adam, having been personally involved at the time, felt that the money from Jones was simply icing on the cake, not a timely aid in a moment of genuine need.
Even without that money from Jones, Campbell would have pulled through.
He had suspected back then that someone had been secretly helping Campbell, but considering how proud a daughter Elly Campbell was, if Campbell hadn't been desperate, how could she have come to offer herself after doing such a thing?
So at the time, he only had his suspicions but didn't think too deeply about it.
