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    He would just keep a closer eye on her in secret, and run into

    her from time to time.

    Otherwise, if they kept butting heads like this, he was afraid she

    wouldn’t be able to take it mentally.

    So, hearing Harriet’s thanks, Ellsworth said calmly, “If you need

    any help, you cane to me.”

    Harriet replied, “Okay, thank you.”

    After that, the two exchanged polite goodbyes and hung up.

    In her small apartment, Harriet held her phone and looked out

    the window, letting out a long breath. She hadn’t felt this calm

    in a long time.

    Even though the divorce wasn’t finalized yet, she had already

    changed jobs, moved out of Auburn Heights, and was now the

    project leader.

    In fact, she had already taken a big step forward.

    She and Ellsworth were over.

    Her youth was over, too.

    From now on, she would have to fight for her own ce in the

    world.

    Thinking of this, Harriet took a deep breath, then turned and

    went back to bed to rest.

    ***

    Meanwhile, at Auburn Heights.

    After hanging up, Ellsworth also fell silent in front of the floor- to–ceiling window.

    With Harriet gone, the house felt especially quiet.

    Looking at the room through the ss, he couldn’t help but

    recall what it was like living with Harriet, as if he could see their

    past reflected in the window.

    He saw Harriet rolling off the sofa onto the floor, saw her

    always sleeping with her back to him.

    He stood motionless in front of the window for a long time

    before finally turning and leaving the room.

    He went to find Johnathan and the others for a drink.

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    As it turned out, when he ran into Johnathan at the bar, both

    Johnathan and Darrick already knew that Harriet had bought a

    house with her patent fees. They’d figured it out from chatting

    with Kathie.

    They thought Ellsworth knew, but it turned out he was the only

    one who didn’t.

    In reality, Ellsworth had already guessed.

    He just hadn’t stopped Harriet, not wanting to argue about it

    anymore or make things even more tense between them.

    Seeing Ellsworth drinking in silence, Johnathan said, “A little

    time apart isn’t a bad thing–absence makes the heart grow

    fonder.”

    After Johnathan spoke, Darrick looked up at Ellsworth and

    gently reminded him, “But Ells, whether you want to make things work with Hara or have other ns, you need to make a

    decision.”

    “Hara’s attitude is clear now. If you think things can go back to how they were, that’s impossible. You can’t have it all. And as for you and Kelsey, you need to settle that too.”

    When Darrick finished, Ellsworth let out a shortugh. “What

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    could there be between me and Kelsey? I’m just helping Sylvia

    take care of the Graham family, that’s all.”

    When Ellsworth mentioned Sylvia, Johnathanughed as well,

    saying, “I told you, no matter how much they look alike, they’re

    not the same person.”

    Then Johnathan immediately added, “Still, you need to make a

    clean break with Kelsey.”

    Back when Ellsworth was with Sylvia, not many people knew.

    Because the Townsend family would never have approved of

    them being together, and everyone knew there was no future,

    so no one said anything.

    Actually, it had been years now. He should have let it go.

    Besides, he had done enough for the Graham family over the

    years.

    Ellsworth didn’t respond to Johnathan’s advice. He just silently raised his ss, thinking of Sylvia dragging her frail body,

    limping desperately to find help.

    Later, she left quietly, without disturbing anyone.

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    She even left her heart to Kelsey.

    Holding his ss absentmindedly, Ellsworth said nothing more

    as Johnathan and Darrick continued to urge him to let go.

    In the days that followed, Ellsworth didn’t contact Harriet.

    Until one morning, at a project work report, Ellsworth, as the

    project’s investor, came to Gxy Innovations for a meeting.

    Counting the days, it had been half a month since theyst saw each other, and the legal department was almost done with the

    asset division.

    At this moment, in the meeting room.

    Reginald sat at the head of the table, with the other investors and project staff seated on either side. To Reginald’s right was a prototype of the project product–the home robot developed by

    Harriet’s team.

    The robot’s design was quite cute: 80 centimeters tall, with a round head, a long, chubby oval body, and a disy screen on

    its chest the size of a tablet.

    Its arms weren’t very long, also round, and even its hands were

    chubby and round.

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    Short little legs.

    But all four limbs had hidden features–they could extend and

    retract.

    The design had been revised by Harrietter on, making it even cuter and more adorable, rather than the standard, conventional designs seen elsewhere.