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Kelsey smiled and said, “Mom, I know. Don’t worry.”
With that, mother and daughter went inside together.
***
Meanwhile, back at the Chavez’s mansion.
When Ellsworth returned after his call, Ralph grinned and said,
“Ells, I’ve figured out your chess strategy. You can’t win this
round.”
Ellsworth smiled. “Is that so? Alright, let’s keep playing and see.”
With a smile, Ellsworth continued to play chess with Ralph.
Not long after, his phone rang again.
It was a WhatsApp notification.
Ellsworth picked up his phone from the side and glanced at it. It
was a message from Kelsey.
“Ells, dinner has started here. You go ahead with your things. I’ll
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send you photos of the fireworks later.”
Ellsworth didn’t reply, still smiling as he played chess with
Ralph.
Sitting by the chess table, Harriet watched their game. She paid
no attention to Ellsworth’s phone, nor did she wonder who was
messaging him.
After dinner, Harriet stayed downstairs with Ralph to watch
and chat for a while. When she went upstairs, Ellsworth
followed.
The divorce paperwork wasn’t done yet, so they still had to keep
up appearances.
However, as soon as they entered the room, Ellsworth’s
WhatsApp pinged again.
It had already gone off many times that evening.
At ten o’clock, when Harriet came out of the bathroom after her shower, Ellsworth pulled her desk chair over to the bedside, sat down, looked at Harriet, nodded toward the bed, and said
calmly, “Sit down. Let’s talk.”
At the moment, Ellsworth had finished his shower and was
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wearing Ralph’s clothes.
He looked quite different, with a unique style of his own.
Rubbing her hair, Harriet lowered her eyes to look at Ellsworth. Right now, he looked especially like he did back in their school days–no longer so cold, nor as dismissive of her.
After staring at Ellsworth for a while, Harriet sat down at the
edge of the bed.
Seeing Harriet sit down, Ellsworth didn’t immediately start talking about business. He just kept looking at her.
Feeling a bit uneasy under his gaze, Harriet averted her eyes,
avoiding his.
Noticing Harriet’s avoidance, Ellsworth raised his right hand and gently stroked her face.
Harriet reached out to grab his wrist, trying to remove his hand.
But Ellsworth was stronger; he didn’t let Harriet move his hand
away.
His fingers caressed Harriet’s face, and then Ellsworth gently
brushed her lips.
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Harriet’s grip on his wrist tightened even more.
Seeing this, Ellsworth smiled and said, “You’re still the same as
when you were a kid. Once you’ve made up your mind, not even
ten oxen could drag you back.”
He sounded just like Kathie.
Harriet looked at him calmly and said in a flat voice, “Back then,
I was immature. I didn’t understand the situation.”
She had already brought up divorce, and Ellsworth had seriously
agreed to it that evening. Now, it seemed he wanted to talk
about it again. Harriet said nothing more, simply taking all the
blame upon herself, saying it was her own immaturity.
Actually, as long as they could get divorced, as long as she
could achieve her goal, whether she was mature or not no
longer mattered.
Ellsworth asked, “What situation didn’t you understand?”
After speaking, Ellsworth removed his hand from her face,
looking at her straight on.
Ellsworth’s nonchalance made him seem just like the old
Ellsworth. Harriet looked up into his eyes and confessed, “I
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thought you liked me.”
As soon as Harriet finished speaking, the smile on Ellsworth’s
face froze. He just looked at her.
Their eyes met, and they stared at each other for a long time.
Suddenly, Ellsworth let out a short laugh and said, “So you
miscalculated? Three years, and you got nothing out of it?”
Ellsworth’s laugh was mocking. Harriet turned her eyes away
and said nothing.
Having come to this point, and with Ellsworth’s relationship with Kelsey, and his deep feelings for her, Harriet knew she would never admit her feelings to him.
Being foolishly infatuated… is not something you can allow to happen twice.
Harriet averted her gaze and said nothing more, and Ellsworth’s
smile faded as well.
Seeing Harriet’s hands resting on the edge of the bed, he instinctively picked up one of her hands, gently kneading it as he said, “About the divorce agreement, I’ll have Legal handle it on Monday. If there’s anything specific you want, you can let
me know.”
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“But Harriet, before that, I hope we can get along peacefully.
And before the agreement is finalized, I hope you’ll think carefully about whether you really want to end this. If, when Legal finishes the agreement, you still insist on divorcing, I’ll go with you to handle the paperwork.‘
Listening to Ellsworth, Harriet asked, “If I don’t want anything, can it be done faster?”
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