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Ellsworth paused, teacup in hand, and just looked at Harriet.

After staring at her for a while, he let out a shortugh and said,

“You’ve been doing quite a lot behind my back.”

After Ellsworth spoke, the waiter began serving the dishes.

Ellsworth didn’t say anything more, but instead served Harriet

some soup and rice.

When picking food for Harriet, he would always remove the

seasonings she didn’t like, and even picked out the fish bones

for her.

Harriet noticed Ellsworth’s tenderness that night, but said

nothing.

She waited quietly for him, waiting for him toy his cards on

the table.

Because Ellsworth’s tenderness tonight felt very much like a farewell before parting.

After dinner, Ellsworth even took Harriet for a walk by the river.

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He held her hand, and for a moment, they were just like they

used to be.

It wasn’t until after nine o’clock at night, when the car stopped

in front of Auburn Heights, that Harriet woke from a nap ito /ifind

Ellsworth leaning in close to her. Harriet stared at him without

moving.

By now, it was already dark outside.

The blue ambient lights in the car made the atmosphere feel

ambiguous… and intimate.

Leaning in toward Harriet, Ellsworth had originally meant to help

her unbuckle her seatbelt, but seeing her open her eyes, he

paused, just looking at her.

Their eyes met, and outside the yard, frogs and insects could be

heard.

Looking down at Harriet, Ellsworth saw his own reflection in her

eyes–clear and bright.

Moved, Ellsworth leaned in even closer, pressing down and

kissing Harriet directly on the lips.

Harriet frowned and tried to push him away, but Ellsworth was

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prepared. He grabbed her hand, inteced their fingers, and

easily pinned her down.

The car was so quiet that they could hear each other’s

heartbeat and breathing.

Ellsworth’s lips were soft. He was good at kissing, good at

controlling the rhythm, and good at… controlling her.

The atmosphere was so charged, so intimate, that Harriet

couldn’t resist.

So intimate that all she could do was stare at Ellsworth.

After a long, heated kiss, Harriet looked at Ellsworth calmly and

said, “Ellsworth, you shouldn’t do this. You shouldn’t make me

misunderstand.”

If he hadn’t been cold to her for three years, she might have

thought Ellsworth liked her.

After all, in the past, he had given her too many reasons to

misunderstand.

At Harriet’s words, Ellsworth leaned against her side, smiled,

and asked, “What did I make you misunderstand?”

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Without looking away from Ellsworth’s face, Harriet gazed at

him and said calmly, “If you hadn’t fought for me, if you hadn’t

helped me skip ss, hadn’t let me sleep in your room, hadn’t

let me hold your waist when you gave me a ride on your bike,

if…”

Halfway through, Harriet suddenly couldn’t go on.

Still looking straight into Ellsworth’s eyes, she stared at him for

a long moment before speaking again: “If none of those things

had happened, we probably wouldn’t have gotten married.”

If he had only saved her, she wouldn’t have dared to express her

feelings back then–she would have kept them hidden in her

heart.

It was he who made her believe that he liked her.

As Harriet recalled the past, Ellsworth’s gaze grew even softer.

With a faint smile on his face, Ellsworth held Harriet’s hand,

gently kneading it as he said, “You still remember all that.”

At this point, Ellsworth suddenly changed the subject and

asked, “Harriet, did you ever like me? Did you ever have feelings

for me?”

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Have feelings for him?

She had far more than just a little feeling.

Back then, she liked him so much it hurt. She wished she could

think about him twenty–four hours a day, with her mind full of

nothing but him.

No one knew that when Raymond arranged for her to marry

Keh, she nearly broke down, so anxious she couldn’t sleep

for days and nights. In the end, she mustered all her courage to

talk things out with her grandfather.

Only then did she get the chance for his grandfather to ask her

about her situation.

She just never expected that all her joy would be exchanged for

these three years.

Looking into Ellsworth’s eyes, Harriet thought of him standing

by Kelsey’s side at Rushtar Group acquisition signing press

conference that morning.

Thinking of that, she remembered her own humiliation over the

past three years, and his repeated indifference.

Swallowing, Harriet was about to say something when

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Ellsworth’s face darkened. He suddenly sat up straight and, as

if nothing had happened, smiled and said, “Alright, I won’t make

things hard for you. Let’s go back.”

He had actually already seen the answer in her diary, and her

silence was an answer, too.

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