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At Harriet’s thanks, Kelsey smiled and said, “By the way, Hara, I

wanted to ask you today if you could share some details about

the core of your patent technology. I’ve been getting into this

fieldtely, so I’m really interested.”

At Kelsey’s sense of entitlement, Harriet held her coffee cup in

her right hand and looked up at her.

Harriet stared at Kelsey for a long moment before finally saying,

“Kelsey, the patent technology is a project Gxy Innovations is

currently developing. Even if the product were already on the

market, I still couldn’t share technical details with you. That

would harm Gxy Innovations‘ interests.”

Looking straight at Kelsey, Harriet found it unbelievable.

How could she even ask about something so confidential?

At Harriet’s reminder, Kelsey didn’t get angry. She just kept smiling, “Hara, you’ve already received your patent fee. Don’t be

so serious! I just want to learn a bit. If you want, I can pay you

another patent fee, okay? Let’s just treat it as a private

exchange between friends.”

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In Kelsey’s memory, Harriet had always been obedient and well-

behaved.

Whether it was her or Ellsworth, whatever they asked Harriet to

do, she would quietlyply.

Even that night at the hotel, when the Townsend family asked

her to handle the rumors about her and Ellsworth, she did it

without a word.

Her family didn’t have much money, so a little cash was enough

to settle things.

At Kelsey’s nonchnce, Harriet calmly set her coffee back on

the table, looked up at Kelsey, and said, enunciating each word,

“Kelsey, I call you ‘sister‘ out of respect for your age, and

because I don’t want to fall out with another woman over a

man. After all, if it wasn’t you, it would be someone else.”

“But you’ve tried again and again to use my work, and now you

want ito /iextract Gxy Innovations‘ project technology from me.

Kelsey, what kind of person do you take me for? All along, it’s

not that I was itoo /istupid topete with you–it’s that I couldn’t

be bothered,”

i“/iiSo /iplease, don’t try to get close to me anymore, and don’t

expect to get any technical information from me. Don’te

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looking for me again.”

With that, Harriet picked up her phone and bag from the table

and stood up.

Across from Harriet, seeing her call her ‘Kelsey‘ directly and

speak so bluntly, Kelsey’s face turned pale.

Was this still the Harriet she used to know?

It’s not like she wasn’t offering money.

Even so, Kelsey didn’t fall out with her. She stood up as well,

forcing a smile as she asked Harriet, “Hara, is it because of

Ells? Is it because I came back, because Ells likes me, that

you’re treating me this way?”

At Kelsey’s maniptive words, Harriet replied coldly, “Kelsey,

there are no outsiders here. You don’t have to talk to me like

that. If you like him, you can have him.”

With that, Harriet pushed past Kelsey, who was blocking her

way, and left without looking back.

Normally, Harriet had a pretty good temper, but Kelsey’s actions

today had truly infuriated her.

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How could she even think of asking her to betray Gxy

Innovations?

It had been a long time since she was this angry, so Harriet’s

furysted all the way until she got home from work that

evening, and until she saw Ellsworth.

She hadn’t been that angry at first, but seeing Ellsworth,

thinking about how Kelsey treated her like a fool, how Kelsey

was his woman, and how Kelsey looked down on her–all of it

was because of him.

So, after opening the bedroom door, Harriet looked at Ellsworth

and said coldly, “Ellsworth, let’s go submit the application

tomorrow.”

At the bathroom door, Ellsworth was drying his hair. He looked

up and asked, “Did you swallow gunpowder?”

After Ellsworth’s explosive remark, Harriet’s attitude softened.

She spoke calmly and unhurriedly: “Your parents already know

about this, and even your grandfather didn’t object, so it’s better

to get it done sooner rather thanter.”

Harriet’s voice was always pleasant to listen to, even when she

was angry, it was hard for anyone to stay mad at her.

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Listening to Harriet, Ellsworth kept rubbing his hair and let out a

shortugh: “My parents?”

Afterughing, he didn’t nitpick her words, just asked

indifferently, “Weren’t we supposed to wait for the agreement

from the legal department?”

As soon as Ellsworth finished speaking, his phone, which was

on the cab, started ringing.

He turned around, walked over, and picked up the phone. It was

a call from Kelsey.

He tossed the towel he was using to dry his hair onto the

cab, then stood by the floor–to–ceiling window to answer the

call.

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