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Before long, the car stopped in the hospital’s inpatient parking 

lot, and the two of them got out one after the other. 

As they walked side by side to the elevator, Ellsworth naturally 

reached for Harriet’s hand, but she just as naturally pulled her 

hand away. 

Then… she raised both hands and crossed them over her chest. 

Her posture was very guarded. 

Earlier, when no one knew they were getting divorced and she 

wanted to keep it secret, if he needed to put on an act, she 

would play along. 

But now, everything was out in the open. 

There was no need to keep up the act anymore. 

Besides, she no longer liked Ellsworth getting close to her, 

didn’t like his touch, and didn’t want to hold hands. 

Harriet abruptly pulled her hand away. Ellsworth turned to look 

at her, seeing her defensively hide her hands. He stared at her 

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for a long moment, his own hand hovering in midair, unable to 

bring himself to withdraw it. 

At that moment, Harriet glanced at him nonchalantly and gently 

reminded him, “The elevator’s here.” 

Only then did Ellsworth come back to himself, slowly clenching 

his right hand into a fist and slipping it back into his pocket. 

They got into the elevator one after the other. Harriet looked at 

him and asked, “Which floor is Grandpa on?” 

Ellsworth replied in a low voice, “Twenty–third floor.” 

Harriet pressed the button for the twenty–third floor without the 

slightest notice of Ellsworth’s mood. 

These days, she couldn’t even be bothered to care. 

Soon, the elevator stopped at the twenty–third floor. When they 

knocked on Raymond’s hospital room door, Kathie was there 

too. 

Seeing Harriet arrive, Kathie quickly got up to greet her: “Hara, 

you’re here.” 

“Kat.” After greeting Kathie, Harriet walked over to the bed, 

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gently took Raymond’s hand, bent down and asked with 

concern, “Grandpa, are you feeling any better?” 

Raymond said, “It’s nothing serious. The doctor just made it 

sound worse than it is.” 

Kathie, standing by, complained, “I told you not to drink, but you 

insisted on sneaking some. Now look, you drank yourself right 

into the hospital.” 

Raymond replied, “Isn’t the whole point of living to enjoy a good 

meal and drink?” 

Harriet couldn’t help but laugh, then pulled a chair closer and 

sat beside him, still holding Raymond’s hand. 

Raymond wouldn’t let go, keeping hold of her hand as he talked. 

First, he talked about his health. 

Then, as he went on, Raymond started reminiscing about the 

old days with Harriet’s grandfather, telling stories about fighting 

in the war. 

Harriet listened intently, a smile on her lips. 

Even though she’d heard these stories many times before. 

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Sitting nearby, Kathie said she wanted to write a biography about Raymond and his friends. Raymond finally let go of Harriet’s hand, waving dismissively, “Those were just things we had to do–hardly worth writing a book about.” 

In fact, there were already books and even movies about them. 

Lounging lazily on the sofa, Ellsworth idly flipped through a 

book, occasionally glancing at the three chatting together, 

watching Harriet laugh so freely. 

Ellsworth was a little moved, his attention lingering for a long 

time. 

Days like this didn’t seem so bad after all. 

But wanting to keep things this way, to go back to how things. 

were with Harriet, was already nearly impossible. 

After chatting with Raymond until noon, the housekeeper 

brought lunch. Raymond looked at Ellsworth and said, “Ells, take 

Hara and Kat to eat.” 

Hearing this, Kathie quickly said, “Grandpa, Hara and I have 

something important to do. My brother can stay here and eat 

with you. We’ll go eat on our own.” 

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Without waiting for Raymond’s approval, Kathie grabbed Harriet 

and hurried out. 

After the two of them left, Raymond’s expression turned noticeably darker as he looked at Ellsworth. 

Gazing coldly at Ellsworth, Raymond said, “You don’t know how lucky you are. I never should have agreed to let Hara marry you. 

I should have let her marry Ken.” 

Before Ellsworth could reply, Raymond continued, “She doesn’t 

care for you anymore, does she? Remember how much she 

used to like you? Now she can’t even stand to look at you.” 

At Raymond’s reproach, Ellsworth replied lazily, “Enough, there’s 

no point in saying more.” 

Ellsworth’s indifference only made Raymond angrier. He 

demanded, “No point? Then why did you agree to this marriage 

in the first place?” 

He pressed further, “There’s no one else here. Be honest–what 

are you thinking now?” 

Putting down his book, Ellsworth looked up at Raymond and 

said unhurriedly, “I’ve never thought about getting a divorce.” 

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Raymond retorted, “If you never thought about it, why aren’t you living properly? Why are you still tangled up with Kelsey?” 

Hearing Raymond’s words, Ellsworth let out a heavy sigh and 

said, “I’m already trying to make it up to her.” 

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