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Picking up her phone, she saw a WhatsApp message from Kathie saying the furniture had already shipped from abroad and should arrive next week, the appliances would be delivered in the next couple of days, but the home theater she ordered
would take another two weeks.
Reading the message, Harriet replied to Kathie on WhatsApp
with a smile, “Thanks, Kat. I just don’t have time these days. Maybe I’ll ask the property manager to keep an eye on the
appliances for me.”
Kathie replied, “Don’t worry! I’ve got everything arranged for you.
I didn’t take your house key for nothing!”
Smiling as she chatted with Kathie, Harriet’s door was suddenly
knocked on.
Harriet put down her phone and looked up. “Jacquelyn? My
door’s not locked, come in.”
Just earlier, when she went downstairs to get the basin, she ran
into Jacquelyn coming out of her room, who asked if she
wanted something to eat. Harriet said a glass of milk and a
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small fruit plate would be fine.
Thinking it was Jacquelyn bringing her the milk and fruit, Harriet was surprised when the door opened and Ellsworth came in,
carrying the milk and fruit plate.
Seeing this, Harriet’s smile faded instantly. She looked at
Ellsworth politely and said, “Oh, it’s you. I thought it was
Jacquelyn.”
She added, “Thank you.”
After placing the fruit plate and milk on the table, Ellsworth
pulled a chair over next to Harriet, then handed her the fruit
plate and milk.
At Ellsworth’s gesture, Harriet thanked him politely.
Sensing Harriet’s politeness and distance, Ellsworth pulled the
chair from her desk and sat down across from her.
Ellsworth didn’t leave. Harriet looked up at him, feeling a bit
guarded.
But Ellsworth didn’t do anything–he just sat across from her and
glanced at her feet.
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Noticing this, Harriet looked down at her own feet, wiggled her toes in the water, and said, “I was on my feet all day, walking
around. My feet are a bit sore.”
Ellsworth looked up and said, “I saw you on the news tonight.”
The room was very quiet, the atmosphere subdued. Ellsworth seemed quite proper tonight.
Ellsworth said he saw it on the news. Harriet gave him a polite
smile and said nothing more.
Reaching for the milk, Harriet took a big sip, finishing half the
glass in one go. Seeing that Ellsworth was still there, she said,
“There’s nothing going on here. You should get some rest
early.”
After Harriet spoke, Ellsworth raised his right hand and gently
wiped the milk from the corner of her mouth.
Seeing how unreserved he was, Harriet quickly wiped her own
mouth and, in the process, blocked his hand.
The hand that Harriet had blocked hung awkwardly in midair for
a moment.
Ellsworth looked at Harriet for a while before finally withdrawing
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his hand. Then he stood up and said, “Get some rest early.”
Harriet glanced at Ellsworth with an unreadable expression and
nodded. “Mm.”
She watched Ellsworth leave, and after the door closed, Harriet
withdrew her gaze, silently took another sip of milk, and then
continued chatting with Kathie.
She hadn’t told Ellsworth about buying a house.
For several days afterward, she went straight to the new house
after work, tidying up, cleaning, waiting for the furniture to
arrive, and adding some green plants to each room.
Ellsworth, meanwhile, was away on another business trip.
Harriet heard about it from Jacquelyn.
Ellsworth had never taken the initiative to report his
whereabouts to her.
She never asked, either.
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On Friday evening after work, Harriet was packing up to leave
the office just as Reginald was coming downstairs.
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As he came down, he said to Harriet, “Tomorrow night is Sir Leach’s birthday party. Let’s all go together.”
That was what Harriet had in mind too–it would be nice to have
company.
So the next afternoon, after meeting Reginald and Jonas downstairs at the company, the group headed over together.
Reginald and Jonas were dressed in their usual work clothes, and Harriet was in her office attire as well. Walking behind
Reginald and Jonas, she looked more like the company
secretary.
Alvin’s birthday party was held at his home.
When their car pulled into the Leach’s mansion, the area was already packed with vehicles. It took them quite a while to find a
parking spot.
Though it was called a party, it was more like a family gathering.
The Leach family hadn’t invited too many people–just close
friends and relatives, or colleagues from the research
community.
Otherwise, with the Leach family’s reputation and status, they
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would have needed several large banquet halls.
So, everyone present was a prominent and highly respected figure in Amberville.
Alvin had made it clear in advance that he wouldn’t accept gifts,
so to avoid any awkwardness, no one brought any.
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