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In this way… she could avoid his indifference, dislike, aversion,

and coldness.

When Harriet told him to go take care of his work, Ellsworth’s expression changed noticeably, but he said nothing and simply

walked into the doctor’s office.

At this point, Jonas apologized awkwardly: “Mr. Townsend, I’m really sorry. We shouldn’t have asked a female colleague to help, and now Harriet’s gotten hurt.”

To Jonas’s apology, Ellsworth replied calmly, “What’s done is done. Let’s take care of her injury first.”

As isoon /ias Ellsworth finished speaking, the doctor said they needed ito /iigo /ito Dr. Dudley to have the blood let out, and instructed the assistant to find a wheelchair for Harriet to take

her over.

Hearing this, Ellsworth didn’t wait for them to bring a

wheelchair. He simply picked Harriet up in his arms and carried her straight to Dr. Dudley for the procedure.

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When Dr. Dudley performed cupping and bloodletting on

Harriet, the pain made her break out in a cold sweat and

brought tears to her eyes, but she gritted her teeth and didn’t

make a sound.

Dr. Dudley couldn’t help butment, “This youngdy is really

tough. Even most of the guys whoe here can’t help but cry

out.”

Hearing Dr. Dudley’s words, Harriet gripped the chair tightly with

both hands and clenched her teeth even harder.

Over the years, no matter what happened, she had gotten used

to enduring it.

She lost her mother at a young age, and her father was always

busy with work.

iSo/i, she received less care and affection than most people, and

was neglected more than others.

In such an environment, it was only natural that she learned to

rely on herself for everything and became ustomed to all

kinds of endurance.

Looking down at Harriet, seeing tears streaming from the

corners of her eyes as she stubbornly kept silent, Ellsworth felt

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a pang in his heart.

Earlier, he had offered his hand for her to bite, but she shook

her head and softly declined.

Now, she was distant and polite with him.

Harriet’s endurance moved Jonas and the other two men

deeply; they all felt a bit sorry for her.

It wasn’t just because of her injury–anyone could see that she

must have suffered a lot since childhood, and had endured

many things to develop such resilience.

Otherwise, most people wouldn’t have this kind of endurance.

Not until the bloodletting was finished and Dr. Dudley had

applied medicine and bandaged her foot and ankle did Harriet

finally feel relieved, able to breathe freely again.

Back in the ward for her IV, she said she was fine and told

Jonas and the other two colleagues to head back first.

Seeing that she really was alright, everyone said their goodbyes

and left.

Ellsworth walked Jonas and the others to the door. Only after

watching them leave did he turn back to the ward, closing the

door behind him.

Lying on the bed, seeing Ellsworth return after sending Jonas

and the others off, Harriet looked at him and said softly,

“Ellsworth, there’s nothing much here. You should go take care

of your work.”

Walking unhurriedly to the bedside and seeing that Harriet.

looked a bit better, Ellsworth reached out to brush the messy

hair from her forehead and said quietly, “There isn’t that much

work to do.”

As he spoke, he nced at her foot and asked gently, “Does it

still hurt?”

Sitting on the bed looking at Ellsworth, Harriet shook her head.

“It’s alright. As long as I don’t move, it doesn’t hurt.”

Pulling out the chair beside the bed and sitting down, Ellsworth

gently stroked her face and asked softly, “How did you end up

hurting your foot so badly?”

Harriet replied in a calm voice, “We were moving things in theb. There weren’t enough people, so I went to help, and then I

identally got hurt.”

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As for the details in between, Harriet couldn’t be bothered to

exin.

After the pain, she just felt exhausted.

After Harriet finished speaking, Ellsworth’s hand remained on

her face, and he didn’t say anything more.

He wondered if, when she had her appendix removedst year, she had also driven herself to the hospital, enduring the pain.

Actually…st year, Harriet came to the hospital in tears.

At that time, there was no one around, so she didn’t have so

many concerns.

Ellsworth’s deep gaze made Harriet ufortable. She raised

her hand ito /itake his hand off her face, but Ellsworth’s thumb

gently brushed her cheek as he said, with unreadable emotion, “You let your tears fall but still keep silent. Harriet, why are you

so stubborn?”

She was indeed stubborn, had been since she was a child.

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