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 nced 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 asional 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 themotion for a

while, but hadn’te 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 exined 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 ce.

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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 moreshes, 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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