Chapter152

“But in the end, Hara didn’t fall for your trick. She didn’t plead for you, and all your effort was for nothing.”

After thinking it over all night, Kathie concluded that Ellsworth

couldn’t possibly be stupid enough to get whipped for no

reason.

So… there was only one possibility: Hara insisted on the

divorce, and he had no way to stop her, so he came up with this

n.

In the end, he got whipped for nothing.

Hearing Kathie’s analysis, Ellsworth shot her a cold look. “Not as

scheming as you.”

Kathie burst outughing at that. “Not as scheming as me?

You’ve got more than eight hundred tricks up your sleeve-no

one can beat you! And you say you’re not as scheming as me?

Who are you trying to fool?”

At this, Kathie tossed the apple core perfectly into the trash can, then looked at Ellsworth and said, “Ellsworth, beg me. If you beg

me, I’ll go sound out Hara for you and see if there’s still a

chance to turn things around.”

Ellsworth couldn’t even be bothered to look at her and said

carelessly, “Kathie, you can go y somewhere else now.”

Kathie, seeing this, boasted smugly, “You really want me to go?

You’re really going to let that whipping be for nothing? Bro, don’t

forget, I’m Hara’s best friend. My words carry a lot of weight.”

“Don’t say I won’t help you put in a good word. If I wanted to

mess things up for you, it would be pretty easy.”

Ellsworth shot her a cold re, and Kathie immediately slipped

into the room, giggling, “Ellsworth, just admit it. You still have

feelings for Hara, you can’t let her go, can you?”

***

Meanwhile, Harriet had alreadye out from Raymond’s ce

and was nning to go to Ellsworth’s room to get something.

However, just as she reached the door to Ellsworth’s room, she

heard Kathie’s voiceing from inside.

She heard Kathie say to Ellsworth, “Bro, there’s no one else

here. Just be honest-do you not want a divorce? Do you still

care about Hara, do you like her?”

Hearing Kathie’s question, Harriet’s steps came to a sudden

halt, and her right hand, which was on the doorknob, froze.

Inside the room, seeing Kathie pestering him relentlessly,

Ellsworth grabbed her arm and tried to throw her toward the

door. “Go y somewhere else.”

Kathie clung tightly to the bookshelf, refusing to leave no

matter what.

She said, “I’m not leaving. Today I’m going to help Hara get a

clear answer. Ellsworth, what do you really mean? Do you like

Hara or not? Give a straight answer.”

Kathie’s shamelessness made Ellsworth both exasperated and

amused.

In the end, he let go of her arm.

Kathie let go of the bookshelf, straightened her clothes, and

looked at Ellsworth with disdain. “At your age, don’t tell me

you’re still embarrassed. But when you were out partying, you

sure weren’t embarrassed then.”

Ellsworth’s eyes darkened slightly as he looked at herzily.

“When did I ever go out partying?”

Kathie: “Oh! So now you dare to do it but not to admit it.”

She continued, “Ellsworth, I won’t ask too much, I won’t make

things hard for you. Just give me a straight answer: after three

years of giving Hara the cold shoulder, three years of ignoring her, are you just waiting for Hara to ask for a divorce first?”

Ellsworth found Kathie’s analysis nothing but amusing-he

couldn’t help butugh.

Afterughing, he walked over to the sideboard by the floor-to-

ceiling window, reached for the cigarettes and lighter on top,

took out a cigarette, bit it between his lips, and lit it as if nothing

had happened.

He took a deep drag, exhaled a smoke ring, then turned back to

Kathie and said with augh, “If I wanted a divorce, would I

need to wait for Harriet to bring it up? Would I need to wait three years?”

Kathie looked at him suspiciously. “So, you’re saying you didn’t marry Hara back then because Grandpa forced you?”

Ellsworthughed even more. “Kathie, you’ve known me for twenty-three years. Do you think anyone could force me to do

anything?”

Kathie was unimpressed by Ellsworth’s smugness and said, “If that’s the case, then why do you treat Hara so coldly? Why can’t you be nicer to her? To be blunt, even if you’re naturally yful, you’re not stupid. Since you married Hara, you’d at least care about her reputation. You’d keep things proper at home, even if you yed around outside.”

“You want everything, but Ellsworth, for the past three years you’ve been making Hara’s life miserable. You haven’t shown her a bit of kindness or given her any dignity. Everything you do seems aimed at divorce. So what’s all this for?”