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    She could be stubborn enough to skip meals, refuse water, or

    not sleep, and would never let herself be wronged, inot /ieven a

    little.

    But… with Ellsworth, her sharp edges had already been worn

    down.

    Removing Ellsworth’s hand from her face, she smiled and said,

    “It’s fine. I can handle it.”

    After Harriet pushed his hand away, Ellsworth didn’t try to touch

    her again. He just asked what she wanted to eat, saying he’d

    have Noel bring it overter.

    Harriet said anything was fine, so Ellsworth told Noel to decide

    for himself.

    After that, he didn’t leave or go anywhere else.

    During this time, Kelsey called him twice, saying she wanted to

    meet and discuss something, but Ellsworth turned her down

    both times.

    Lying in bed, Harriet didn’t say anything or interfere with any of

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    his decisions.

    She just watched the IV drip, and before long, sleepiness crept

    over her.

    Eventually, she simplyy down and went to sleep.

    With the IV still in the back of her hand, Ellsworth was worried

    she might move and cause backflow, so he found a small box

    and gently taped her hand to it with medical tape, preventing

    her from pulling out the needle in her sleep.

    When she was little and her mother was still around, he had

    seen her get injections, and her mother had handled it this way.

    After finishing all this, Ellsworth bent down close to her, ced

    his right hand on her forehead, watched her quietly for a while,

    then leaned over and kissed her forehead before sitting down

    again in the nearby chair.

    He flipped through the magazines in the ward, asionally

    ncing at Harriet and the IV drip.

    Before long, Noel brought the food.

    Harriet was still asleep, so Ellsworth didn’t wake her. He just

    quietly kept herpany, just as she used to do for him.

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    It wasn’t until after eight in the evening that Harriet woke up.

    Seeing Ellsworth still at the hospital, she greeted him softly,

    “You’re still here.”

    Seeing her brace herself on the bed to sit up, Ellsworth said

    expressionlessly, “You haven’t been discharged. Where else

    would I go?”

    Harriet nced at him and said nothing more.

    Ellsworth saw that she wanted to get out of bed. He didn’t need

    to ask to know she wanted to go to the bathroom, since she’d

    had several IV bags.

    So, he got up and went to pick her up.

    Seeing this, Harriet quickly said, “Just help me up, that’s

    enough. No need to carry me.”

    Ellsworth couldn’t be bothered to argue and simply carried her

    to the bathroom before putting her down.

    A momentter, when Harriet hopped out of the bathroom on

    one foot, Ellsworth carried her back to the dining table, reheated

    the food, and brought it over to her.

    The two of them sat side by side at the round table. Ellsworth

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    showed no intention of leaving, and Harriet didn’t say anything

    more.

    She didn’t want to argue about these things when she was

    already physically inconvenienced.

    At this moment, the ward was very quiet. Whenever Ellsworth

    picked up food for Harriet, the sound of the fork tapping her

    bowl could be heard clearly.

    After dinner, Ellsworth tidied up the table. When Harriet hopped

    over saying she wanted to shower, Ellsworth carried her to the

    bathroom again.

    However, when he wanted to stay in the bathroom, Harriet

    wouldn’t allow it and insisted on pushing him out.

    ***

    Over the next two days, Ellsworth didn’t go to the office and had

    Noel bring hisputer to the hospital.

    He stayed at the hospital with Harriet.

    Even though Harriet told him several times it wasn’t necessary

    and that he should go take care of his work, Ellsworth still

    stayed.

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    It wasn’t until Saturday morning, when a foreign business

    partner came to visit and Ellsworth had to meet them, that Harriet finally got a moment of peace.

    Lying on the hospital bed, she had just finished revising a paper

    she had written earlier when there was a knock at the door.

    Thinking it was a colleagueing to visit, Harriet looked

    toward the door and said softly, “Come in.”

    After speaking, she quickly turned to herputer to save her

    paper.

    At that moment, the door opened.

    Harriet looked up, only to see that the visitor was not a colleague from Gxy Innovations, but Vicente.

    For a moment, Harriet sat up even straighter than before and quickly greeted him in surprise, “Mr. Leach.”

    But how did he know she was injured, and why did hee?

    Seeing Harriet about to get up, Vicente walked over to the bed, raised his hand to signal her not to, and said with a smile, “No need to be so formal. You’re already injured, so let’s skip the

    pleasantries.”