Trying to push Ellsworth away, Harriet turned to get off the bed, but Ellsworth grabbed her ankle and pulled her back.
That pull made Harriet panic.
Even though she’d known him for so many years, was so familiar with him, being handled so forcefully by him still made
Harriet a little afraid.
She kicked at him with both legs, trying to escape, and when her right hand randomly grabbed something, she didn’t think twice- she swung it at Ellsworth’s head.
The next second, the room fell silent.
Ellsworth’s movements stopped, and Harriet’s pleas for peace
also ceased.
Coming to her senses, she pulled away from Ellsworth’s arms and saw blood trickling from his forehead. Harriet’s face
changed instantly.
She hadn’t meant to hit him–she’d just panicked.
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Quickly tossing aside the ornament in her hand, Harriet reached
out to touch Ellsworth’s forehead and asked softly, “Are you…
are you okay?”
As Harriet finished speaking, Ellsworth came to his senses too.
He wiped the blood from his forehead and looked at Harriet, his
voice gentle: “You really went for it.”
Harriet withdrew her hand from Ellsworth’s forehead, braced
herself on the bed, and said weakly, “Sorry, I didn’t mean to.”
After apologizing, she got off the bed, picked up her clothes,
looked at Ellsworth for a moment, then quickly turned and went
to the next bedroom.
Closing the door, she leaned her back against it, looked up at
the ceiling, and let out a heavy sigh.
She hadn’t meant to hit him.
***
Meanwhile, in the master bedroom next door.
Thinking of Harriet’s panic just now, and how she even called
out ‘Ells,’ Ellsworth found it both funny and touching.
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She was still exactly the same as before.
In fact, she hadn’t even used her full strength just now-
otherwise, he would have already had her.
But seeing her so flustered, so much like when she was a child,
he couldn’t help teasing her a little.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, he wiped the blood from his
forehead, then got up, grabbed the first aid kit, and went to the
bathroom to treat his wound.
Without alerting Jacquelyn or the others, Ellsworth finished
treating his wound and changed the bedding.
After finishing all this, he went next door and knocked on
Harriet’s door. “Harriet, open the door.”
He added, “I scared you just now. I’m sorry. Open the door and
let me see if your hand is hurt?”
Behind the door, Harriet glanced back, then looked at her own
hand.
She wasn’t hurt.
Seeing that Ellsworth wasn’t angry and had come to comfort
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her, Harriet said tiredly, “My hand’s fine. I didn’t mean it just
now. Let me be alone for a while.”
The difference in strength was too great–she was still shaken.
Standing outside the door, Ellsworth coaxed her gently, “I’m not
mad at you. Open the door.”
Through the door, Harriet turned her head and said weakly, “I’m
not opening it. You should get some rest.”
Since Harriet still wouldn’t open the door, Ellsworth withdrew his
hand, put it back in his pocket, and said gently, “Then let’s talk
tomorrow.”
Harriet replied perfunctorily, “Mm.”
After Harriet agreed to talk tomorrow, Ellsworth stood quietly at
the door for a while before turning and going back to his room.
He thought that coming home every day lately would put an end
to the divorce, but he hadn’t expected Harriet to be so stubborn.
Standing by the floor–to–ceiling window in the bedroom, with a
white bandage on his forehead, Ellsworth took a deep drag on
his cigarette, flicked the ash, and exhaled a heavy smoke ring.
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He was tired, too.
***
The next morning, by the time Ellsworth was ready, Harriet had
already left the house.
So, after a simple breakfast at home, Ellsworth drove to the
office.
He had just stepped into his office when Noel came in to report,
“Mr. Townsend, Ms. Graham is here.”
Noel had barely finished speaking when Kelsey pushed open
the office door, greeting him with a bright smile. “Ells.”
When she saw the bandage on Ellsworth’s forehead, Kelsey immediately grew anxious and asked with concern, “Ells, what happened to your forehead?”
Ellsworth, holding a document, glanced at her indifferently. “It’s
nothing.”
At that moment, Noel closed the door and left.
Seeing this, Kelsey walked up to Ellsworth and asked him a few more questions out of concern. After making sure he was really
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fine, she said, “I’m here for a meeting about the second
project.”
Then Kelsey asked, “Ells, have you made a decision about
investing in Ventura Tech? Mr. Melton has been asking me
when we can officially sign the contract.”
The Ventura Tech project Kelsey mentioned was the same
home robotics project as Harriet’s.
If Ellsworth invested in this project, he would be directly
competing with Harriet.
