Let Kelsey go die for him, and the two of them would at least
have a passionate ending.
At Kathie’s reminder, Harriet nodded. “I know.”
At the side, Patsy glanced at Harriet, seeing her tightly furrowed
brows as she stared at Raymond and Ellsworth, and felt
troubled herself.
She didn’t urge Harriet to stop Raymond.
Because she knew how humble Harriet had been these past
three years. If she took this step today and Raymond gave her
face and stopped, then if the marriage didn’t end, she would
have even less standing in front of her son.
Let alone dealing with all the aftermath and scandals–she would
still have to swallow her grievances.
So, she didn’t speak up. Even if she felt sorry, she only tried to
persuade Ellsworth to give in, to stop insisting on divorce, to cut
things off with Kelsey.
After all, in this marriage, he was the one at fault.
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Raymond was punishing him today, and rightly so.
Next to Patsy, the servants kept trying to persuade them, urging Raymond to stop beating, urging Ellsworth to listen and bow his
head.
But… Ellsworth never bowed his head, never gave in.
Staring straight at Ellsworth, it was as if everything around her faded away, leaving only the sound of Raymond’s whip and
Ellsworth’s occasional heavy breathing.
He truly loved Kelsey. He would rather split the assets, rather be beaten by his grandfather like this, but he still wanted to be with
Kelsey.
Every one of his past rumored girlfriends had a shadow of
Kelsey.
If she were Kelsey, if she saw this scene, she would probably be deeply moved.
Upstairs in the study, Colin had heard the commotion for a
while, but hadn’t come out until now.
Now, seeing that Raymond still hadn’t stopped, he walked out of the study, stood by the railing, and looked down at the scene
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below.
Seeing Harriet arrive and Ellsworth still locked in a standoff with
Raymond, Colin watched from upstairs for a moment, then turned and went back to the study.
He didn’t go downstairs, didn’t get involved, and didn’t try to
intervene.
In fact, he had long thought Ellsworth deserved a beating,
deserved to be taught a harsh lesson.
It’s just that he never had the habit of hitting his children;
Raymond’s actions today were, in a way, helping him discipline
Ellsworth.
Colin had just turned back into the study when Laney led
Tamera in from the backyard.
Dressed in a blue cheongsam, Tamera walked quickly. When
she saw Raymond beating Ellsworth, she was stunned.
She had seen Raymond angry before, but it had been many
years since she had seen him this furious, and he had never hit
the children so hard before.
For a moment, Tamera’s legs went weak.
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As she approached, Tamera hurriedly asked, “Raymond, what on earth is going on? What did Ells do to provoke you? Why
such a big fuss? Go easy, don’t hurt the child.”
Then she turned to Ellsworth and said, “Ells, no matter what you
did wrong, just admit your mistake to your grandfather and
promise not to do it again.”
After Tamera finished speaking, seeing that Ellsworth still
refused to admit fault and Raymond wouldn’t stop, the servants
briefly explained what had happened to her.
When Tamera heard, she was both angry and heartbroken. She
pointed at Ellsworth and scolded, “You child, why are you so
obsessed, so entangled with that Wen girl? I’m telling you, even
if you don’t stay with Hara, Kelsey will never set foot in the
Townsend family!”
After saying this, Tamera immediately broke down in tears.
Of her three children, she had spent the most time raising
Ellsworth. He always seemed so clear–headed, so why was he
so foolish about this? What was wrong with Hara? What made
him stop loving her, insisting on a life–or–death divorce?
If he didn’t want to be together, he shouldn’t have agreed to
marry in the first place.
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Wiping her tears, Tamera pointed at Ellsworth again and said, “Be stubborn, go ahead and be stubborn. Then today I’ll just wait for a mother to bury her son. If you’re gone, so be it–I still
have Ken and Kat.”
Though she said this, seeing Ellsworth take a few more lashes, his lips turning pale, her heart ached.
Tamera’s heart softened in the end.
Turning around, Tamera took Harriet’s hand and pleaded, “Hara,
please talk to your grandfather. He only listens to you, and Ells
is already half dead. This beating will surely wake him up and
make him understand.”
As Tamera finished speaking, Patsy also turned to look.
Though she said nothing, her eyes were full of pain.
At this point, Ellsworth’s condition was indeed quite bad.
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