Chapter75

Ellsworth took his hands out of his pockets and slowly trapped Harriet against the wall with his arms. Lowering his head to look at her, he teased, “You sent everyone to the hospital. Shouldn’t you at least give me a son to make up for it?”

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‘…” Harriet.

Their eyes met. Harriet reminded him, “That person isn’t pregnant. If you want a son, you’ll have to work a bit harder.”

Harriet’s subtle sarcasm made Ellsworth burst outughing, his

provoking me? How about I verify it right here with you?”

Ellsworth didn’t seem angry at all. In fact, he seemed to be in a

good mood, every wordced with flirtation.

Harriet pressed her back tightly against the wall, her hands.

braced against Ellsworth’s chest. “No need. If you want to verify

something, go do it somewhere else.”

The more Harriet resisted, the closer Ellsworth leaned in. Seeing

her avoid his gaze, Ellsworth bent down to kiss her, but Harriet

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pushed him away at once.

Ellsworth still wasn’t angry. He grabbed her hands and pinned

them against the wall, then leaned down and kissed her lips.

Her lips were caught in his kiss. After a moment, Harriet grew

angry. She shook off Ellsworth’s hands and pushed him away,

saying, “Ellsworth, do you really take me for an idiot? Do you

really think I have no temper? Just because I don’t argue with

you or make a scene doesn’t mean I don’t have thoughts of my

own.”

After speaking, she rubbed her left wrist, which had just been

grabbed, with her right hand, her expression dark.

Ellsworth didn’t mind at all. He lifted her chin, half-smiling as he

said, “So what are you thinking? Tell me about it.”

In three years of marriage, this was the first time Harriet had

gotten angry over his affairs outside. He was actually quite

interested, wanting to hear what she really thought.

She thought Ellsworth would make a big deal out of it, get angry

at her for raising her voice, or use her of being heartless.

However, Ellsworth waspletely unconcerned. Instead, he teased her with genuine interest, leaving Harriet with no temper

left.

Not wanting to keep arguing, Harriet changed the subject. “Go

take a shower first. My stomach hurts today, so let’s both get

some rest early.”

By saying this, Harriet was also hinting to Ellsworth that she

wasn’t feeling well today, so he shouldn’t get any other ideas.

As she brushed past Ellsworth, he grabbed her arm and, with a

bit of force, pulled her back.

Her back pressed against the wall-not too hard, not too soft-as

Ellsworth trapped her again. For a moment, Harriet found him

rather annoying.

Maybe it was because she had dealt with Eileen’s issues during

the day, or maybe it was because of her period, but right now

she was irritated by Ellsworth’s persistence-especially since it

was his fault, yet he was demanding an exnation from her.

Lifting her head, she met Ellsworth’s intense gaze. Harriet didn’t

hold back and said directly, “I find you disgusting. Disgusted by

how dirty you are outside. Is that reason enough? Can you stop

touching me from now on?”

Harriet’s voice wasn’t loud, nor was her emotion intense, but

her slow, measured wordsnded with weight

Very heavy.

Ellsworth stared at Harriet, motionless. For a moment, he was

speechless, stunned by her bluntness,

He had expected her to get angry or make excuses, but he

hadn’t expected her to be so honest about her disgust.

With his eyes lowered, Ellsworth looked at Harriet, unable to

speak for a long time.

They stared at each other for a while, Seeing Ellsworth stunned

by her words, Harriet removed his hand from the wall, quietly

stepped out of his embrace, and said calmly, “I’m going to rest

now. You should get some sleep too.”

With that, she walked to the right side of the bed, pulled back

the covers, andy down.

With her back facing Ellsworth’s side of the bed, Harriet said

nothing more,

Only then did Ellsworth turn to look at Harriet.

Those two sentences she had just said were indeed heavy-

heavier than he could have imagined.

He was truly surprised.

Staring at Harriet for a long while, Ellsworth finally looked away,

picked up his clothes in silence, and went to the bathroom.

A whileter, when he came out after his shower, Harriet was

still lying on her side with her back to him. Ellsworth rubbed his

hair dry, and only after it waspletely dry did he turn off the

main light and lie down beside Harriet.

A small bedsidemp was left on in the room. Ellsworth

nced at Harriet, saw that she was still motionless with her

back to him, then turned on his side and pulled Harriet into his

arms.

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