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The girl knelt in front of the booth to pour Ellsworth a drink. Seeing Ellsworth’s gloomy expression, Johnathan grinned and said, “A few days of filial duty at the hospital got you all
depressed?”
Before Ellsworth could reply, Johnathan comforted him, “It’s just a few days. Sir Chavez will be discharged soon. Hang in
there.”
As soon as Johnathan spoke, Ellsworth felt even more
frustrated.
He shot Johnathan a cold glance, picked up the cigarette box
on the coffee table, shook out a cigarette, and bit it between his
lips.
Seeing this, the girl who had just poured the drink quickly.
picked up the lighter on the table, knelt over, and tried to light
Ellsworth’s cigarette.
Ellsworth didn’t use her flame. He just took the lighter from her
hand, waved her away, and dismissed her.
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Johnathan found this amusing.
He lit a cigarette for himself, blew out a smoke ring, and asked
Ellsworth, “Is it really that bad?”
The place was noisy, with someone singing on stage. Ellsworth
exhaled a smoke ring, tapped the ash into the ashtray, and said
coldly, “Sir Chavez advised me to get a divorce tonight.”
Johnathan immediately became more attentive and looked at
Ellsworth, asking, “So, have you and Hara settled the alimony
issue?”
At this moment, both of them were quite serious, putting away
their usual lazy, roguish demeanor.
At Johnathan’s question, Ellsworth’s brow furrowed even deeper than before. He said, “She wants nothing. She’s quitting as vice president, and the confidentiality agreement is already
drafted.”
Looking at Ellsworth, Johnathan was speechless for a while.
Everyone had thought that when Harriet married Ellsworth, she
must have cared at least a little about the Townsend family’s
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status. After all, everyone seeks their own benefit, and that was
understandable.
That’s just human nature.
But Johnathan never expected that after three years of turmoil,
Harriet would want nothing and even resign from the company.
Was this girl a bit foolish? Besides, after working so hard for the
Townsend Group for three years, it would only be fair for
Ellsworth to give her something.
Staring straight at Ellsworth for a long while, Johnathan finally
stubbed out his cigarette and asked, “So what are you thinking
now?”
With Harriet wanting nothing, Ellsworth should logically be
happy, but right now, he didn’t look happy at all.
In fact, he seemed a bit troubled.
Glancing indifferently at Johnathan, Ellsworth exhaled heavily
and said bluntly, “I never thought about getting a divorce.”
The moment he agreed to marry Harriet for Sir Chavez, he had
never considered divorce.
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He had thought Harriet had schemed to marry him, that she would obediently be Mrs. Townsend for life, be vice president for life. He never expected that after just three years, she would
walk away from it all.
Johnathan laughed at Ellsworth’s selfishness.
He said, “You went too far and now you regret it, right? I told
you before, play all you want, but when you go home, you still
have to coax Hara. Did you ever treat her like a wife? Hara has
her dignity too. She can put up with you for a day or two, a year
or two, but do you think she can put up with you for a lifetime?”
Ellsworth still frowned, smoking in silence.
Seeing this, Johnathan smiled and said, “Alright, just go home
and coax her. Women are easy to coax. If you really can’t even
do that, then you might as well get divorced. Otherwise, are you going to stay away for a lifetime? Drag her along so she can’t
have kids or be a mother?”
“As for everything else, I’ll find a chance to help you talk to her.”
Johnathan ended up advising him to get a divorce too. Ellsworth glanced at him, not even bothering to respond.
Noticing Ellsworth’s look of disdain, Johnathan chuckled and
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said, “Alright, stop looking at me like that. Hara’s still at the
hospital, right? Go bring her some late-night snacks.”
Ellsworth couldn’t help but laugh.
Coax Harriet?
Impossible. She didn’t need anyone to coax her.
Even though he sneered and decisively rejected Johnathan’s
suggestion, after leaving the bar, Ellsworth still drove to the
hospital.
There was even a late-night snack sitting on the passenger
seat.
In the hospital room, Harriet sat motionless at the bedside,
holding Ralph’s hand, not feeling the least bit sleepy.
Ever since she registered her marriage with Ellsworth, she had
devoted almost all her time and energy to him and her work.
She rarely even went home to have dinner with Ralph.
Looking back, she felt quite guilty.
After all, it was her grandfather who had raised her.
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Still holding Ralph’s hand, gently pressing it to her own cheek,
Harriet murmured to herself in a soft voice, “Grandpa, you have
to stay healthy, live a few more years. I’ll spend more time with
you from now on.”
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