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In the office, seeing that Ellsworth had given her everything he 

could, even his overseas assets. 

Harriet suddenly couldn’t figure him out. 

He was clearly afraid she’d take his assets, but in the end, he 

gave her so much. 

Looking at the documents in her hand, the office, door was 

suddenly knocked on: “Ms. Chavez, Mr. Zuniga and the others 

are about to leave. Are you ready?” 

Harriet quickly snapped out of her thoughts, put down the 

documents, and looked up at the girl who had opened the door, 

saying, “Yes, I’m coming downstairs now.” 

With that, she locked the property deed and various documents 

in her personal safe, shut down her computer, and went 

downstairs with her phone and bag. 

There was a system test in the afternoon, and they were all 

going to the lab together. 

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Meanwhile, at the Townsend Group. 

In the office, after hearing the lawyer’s report that the property 

deed and documents had been delivered to Harriet, Ellsworth 

grabbed his car keys and phone and headed to a government 

meeting. 

A little after three in the afternoon, while the meeting was still 

ongoing, Ellsworth’s phone, which was on the table, rang. 

It was an unfamiliar number, but the last digits looked familiar- 

he seemed to have seen Harriet answer this number at home 

before. 

Without thinking much, he picked up his phone and walked out 

through the side door to take the call outside. 

At the emergency exit in the stairwell, Ellsworth answered the 

call. 

On the other end, Jonas’s voice quickly came through: “Mr. 

Townsend, I’m really sorry. While Harriet was helping move 

things in the lab, she accidentally hurt her leg. We’re heading to 

the hospital now. Mr. Townsend, do you have time to come to 

the hospital?” 

Harriet didn’t want him to make the call, saying it wasn’t a big 

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deal, but Jonas felt her family should know about it. 

So, he called Ellsworth. 

Otherwise, he couldn’t possibly bother a man in his seventies. 

With his left hand in his pocket and his right hand holding the 

phone to his ear, Ellsworth frowned and asked, “Which hospital? 

How is Harriet now?” 

“Shoreworth Hospital.” As he spoke, Jonas added, “We’ll only 

know the specifics after the hospital examination.” 

“Alright, I got it.” 

After hanging up, Ellsworth took the phone from his ear and 

dialed Noel, telling him he had to leave early and asking him to 

help pack up the meeting materials. 

As soon as Noel got the call, he drove over right away. 

Over twenty minutes later, a black Maybach stopped in the hospital’s open–air parking lot. As Ellsworth strode toward orthopedics, Harriet was already in the doctor’s office for a 

consultation. 

At that moment, she was sitting on a chair, with her right foot 

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resting on another chair. 

The top of her foot and her ankle were completely bruised and 

swollen, and the swelling was severe, making it look painfully 

uncomfortable. 

Harriet’s brows were tightly furrowed, her lips bitten, with a fine 

sheen of sweat on her forehead and neck, her hair damp with 

sweat and sticking to her skin. 

Her face was much paler than usual. 

At this moment, the doctor was looking at the scans while 

saying, “There are two bone cracks on the top of the foot. But 

there’s a lot of bruising, and just anti–inflammatory injections 

won’t help it dissipate quickly. You can go to Dr. Dudley to have 

some of the blood let out, then get it bandaged.” 

He added, “For injuries like this, aside from rest, there aren’t 

really any special treatments.” 

“Mr. Townsend.” 

“Mr. Townsend.” 

With both hands gripping just above her knees, Harriet heard Jonas and the others suddenly greet someone, and she 

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immediately looked up. 

Seeing Ellsworth suddenly appear before her, Harriet was taken 

aback. 

She froze on the spot. 

She stared up at Ellsworth for quite a while before finally asking 

in surprise, “Why did you come?” 

Then, she quickly said to him, “I’m fine, you should go take care 

of your work.” 

In three years of marriage, whenever she had minor illnesses or 

discomfort, she always drove herself to the hospital for 

checkups. 

Even last year when she had her appendix removed, or when 

she picked up her depression medication, she never bothered 

him. 

She had long since stopped being used to disturbing him. 

After all, in the three years since their marriage, she had 

become even more independent than before. 

Over these years, she had developed a stress response to 

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Ellsworth. 

Every time she took up his time or affected him, she would become very alert, react strongly, and instinctively distance 

herself from him, trying not to disturb him. 

She would do her best to avoid him, not see him, not disturb, 

not delay. 

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