Chapter151
After speaking, she gently applied the medicine to Ellsworth.
When she finished, Harriet took her pajamas and went to the
bathroom to shower. For some reason, her mood was heavy,
and many memories from the past surfaced.
Maybe it was because she was about to say goodbye to the
past, and to the present.
So, the memories were especially vivid.
A short while later, when Harriet came out of the bathroom after
her shower, Ellsworth was standing by the floor-to-ceiling
window, taking a phone call.
Harriet gently dried her hair, not going over to disturb him.
On the other end, the call was from Kelsey.
She said, “Ells, it’s the weekend tomorrow. Let’s go see a movie. I heard the new release is really good and has great reviews.”
Ellsworth replied in a flat voice, “I have things to do. I can’t go.”
Kelsey complained a little, “You’ve been so busy lately. We
haven’t had a meal together in ages.”
Ellsworth looked out the window, but in the glass, he could see
Harriet’s reflection.
He saw that Harriet hadn’t come closer, hadn’t looked at him
directly, her expression calm, as if she were an outsider to this
marriage.
“Ells, Ells.”
Hearing Kelsey call his name on the phone, Ellsworth snapped
back to reality. He withdrew his gaze and said emotionlessly,
“It’s not convenient right now. Let’s talk about it another time if
there’s something you need.”
With that, not waiting for Kelsey’s reply, Ellsworth hung up the
phone.
Turning around, he saw Harriet looking up at him.
Their eyes met, but before Ellsworth could say anything, Harriet looked at him for a moment, then casually looked away and
picked up the hair dryer to dry her hair.
Harriet made no comment about what had just happened.
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her hand.
Harriet looked up at him. Ellsworth lowered his eyes to look at her and asked, “Harriet, don’t you have a temper?”
This time, Harriet replied directly, “I do have a temper. Do you
care?”
Harriet answered so quickly that Ellsworth was stunned.
He hadn’t expected her to be so sharp.
Ellsworth didn’t answer her. Stunned by her words, Harriet
silently turned away, feeling she had been too impulsive.
Seeing her turn away, Ellsworth grabbed her wrist and pulled
her back.
When Ellsworth pinched her chin, Harriet pushed him away and
said softly but firmly, “Ellsworth, now that it’s come to this, let’s
at least keep some dignity.”
With that, she didn’t stay, didn’t continue to tangle with
Ellsworth, but opened the door and went to find Kathie.
When he was injured, he wanted her to take care of him. Once
he was better, he went off to have fun with other women.
She wouldn’t do this kind of thing anymore.
However… after staying with Kathie until eleven at night, Patsy
came over and said it would be better for her to rest in
Ellsworth’s room.
This was the Townsend’s mansion, and she and Ellsworth
hadn’t finalized the paperwork yet, so Harriet went back.
Kind people get tired easily, and so do dignified people.
Fortunately, Raymond had agreed to the divorce.
When she returned to the room, Ellsworth was still awake.
Harriet didn’t speak to him, just quietly went to her side of the
bed and lay down to sleep.
Beside her, Ellsworth saw how cold and distant she was, but
didn’t mind. He turned off the lights and lay down next to her
pillow.
But the pain in his body was so intense that he couldn’t fall
asleep for a long time.
Late at night, when everyone else was asleep, Ellsworth still
the pain ease a little.
Lying back down beside Harriet’s pillow, Ellsworth turned to
look at her.
If she had a temper, he supposed he did care.
Actually… he had always cared.
***
The next morning, when Ellsworth woke up, the space beside
his pillow was empty-Harriet was no longer in the room.
As Ellsworth looked around the room, he saw Kathie leaning
lazily against the bedroom door, munching on an apple. She
said, “Stop looking. Hara was called away by Grandpa.”
Ellsworth glanced at her indifferently, couldn’t be bothered to
respond, and looked away.
Seeing this, Kathie stared at Ellsworth and asked, “Bro, you don’t really want a divorce. Yesterday was all an act, right? You
were trying to use self-injury to win her over, weren’t you?”
Before Ellsworth could answer, Kathie kept munching on her
apple and said, “If Hara had softened, if she had thrown herself at you like before, if she had promised Grandpa not to get divorced, then your little act would have worked, and you two wouldn’t have to split up.”
