Chapter152
“But in the end, Hara didn’t fall for your trick. She didn’t plead for you, and all your effort was for nothing.”
After thinking it over all night, Kathie concluded that Ellsworth
couldn’t possibly be stupid enough to get whipped for no
reason.
So… there was only one possibility: Hara insisted on the
divorce, and he had no way to stop her, so he came up with this
plan.
In the end, he got whipped for nothing.
Hearing Kathie’s analysis, Ellsworth shot her a cold look. “Not as
scheming as you.”
Kathie burst out laughing at that. “Not as scheming as me?
You’ve got more than eight hundred tricks up your sleeve-no
one can beat you! And you say you’re not as scheming as me?
Who are you trying to fool?”
At this, Kathie tossed the apple core perfectly into the trash can, then looked at Ellsworth and said, “Ellsworth, beg me. If you beg
me, I’ll go sound out Hara for you and see if there’s still a
chance to turn things around.”
Ellsworth couldn’t even be bothered to look at her and said
carelessly, “Kathie, you can go play somewhere else now.”
Kathie, seeing this, boasted smugly, “You really want me to go?
You’re really going to let that whipping be for nothing? Bro, don’t
forget, I’m Hara’s best friend. My words carry a lot of weight.”
“Don’t say I won’t help you put in a good word. If I wanted to
mess things up for you, it would be pretty easy.”
Ellsworth shot her a cold glare, and Kathie immediately slipped
into the room, giggling, “Ellsworth, just admit it. You still have
feelings for Hara, you can’t let her go, can you?”
***
Meanwhile, Harriet had already come out from Raymond’s place
and was planning to go to Ellsworth’s room to get something.
However, just as she reached the door to Ellsworth’s room, she
heard Kathie’s voice coming from inside.
She heard Kathie say to Ellsworth, “Bro, there’s no one else
here. Just be honest-do you not want a divorce? Do you still
care about Hara, do you like her?”
Hearing Kathie’s question, Harriet’s steps came to a sudden
halt, and her right hand, which was on the doorknob, froze.
Inside the room, seeing Kathie pestering him relentlessly,
Ellsworth grabbed her arm and tried to throw her toward the
door. “Go play somewhere else.”
Kathie clung tightly to the bookshelf, refusing to leave no
matter what.
She said, “I’m not leaving. Today I’m going to help Hara get a
clear answer. Ellsworth, what do you really mean? Do you like
Hara or not? Give a straight answer.”
Kathie’s shamelessness made Ellsworth both exasperated and
amused.
In the end, he let go of her arm.
Kathie let go of the bookshelf, straightened her clothes, and
looked at Ellsworth with disdain. “At your age, don’t tell me
you’re still embarrassed. But when you were out partying, you
sure weren’t embarrassed then.”
Ellsworth’s eyes darkened slightly as he looked at her lazily.
“When did I ever go out partying?”
Kathie: “Oh! So now you dare to do it but not to admit it.”
She continued, “Ellsworth, I won’t ask too much, I won’t make
things hard for you. Just give me a straight answer: after three
years of giving Hara the cold shoulder, three years of ignoring her, are you just waiting for Hara to ask for a divorce first?”
Ellsworth found Kathie’s analysis nothing but amusing-he
couldn’t help but laugh.
After laughing, he walked over to the sideboard by the floor-to-
ceiling window, reached for the cigarettes and lighter on top,
took out a cigarette, bit it between his lips, and lit it as if nothing
had happened.
He took a deep drag, exhaled a smoke ring, then turned back to
Kathie and said with a laugh, “If I wanted a divorce, would I
need to wait for Harriet to bring it up? Would I need to wait three years?”
Kathie looked at him suspiciously. “So, you’re saying you didn’t marry Hara back then because Grandpa forced you?”
Ellsworth laughed even more. “Kathie, you’ve known me for twenty-three years. Do you think anyone could force me to do
anything?”
Kathie was unimpressed by Ellsworth’s smugness and said, “If that’s the case, then why do you treat Hara so coldly? Why can’t you be nicer to her? To be blunt, even if you’re naturally playful, you’re not stupid. Since you married Hara, you’d at least care about her reputation. You’d keep things proper at home, even if you played around outside.”
“You want everything, but Ellsworth, for the past three years you’ve been making Hara’s life miserable. You haven’t shown her a bit of kindness or given her any dignity. Everything you do seems aimed at divorce. So what’s all this for?”
