Hunting for His EX-Wife

In his eyes, Rose’s words were meant to draw a line between them, to divorce him and run away far from him.

“Rose! What do you mean by that?” Elliot was furious, gripping her shoulders tightly and forcing her to face him. “You still want a divorce?”

“Answer me!”

He even growled the last word, scaring Rose who was already worried and afraid. Her mouth trembled for a while before she could speak. Despite this, the man kept questioning her.

“I… haven’t decided yet.” Finally, Rose dryly uttered these words which only earned an exasperated and powerless bitter smile from Elliot with red eyes.

Her heart felt like it had been pricked by needles all over as he stood up despondently without saying anything before leaving the kitchen.

Rose sat in her seat for a long time with bowed head, so no one could see what expression she had on her face. The whole first floor of their house became silent again.

She didn’t know how long it took but eventually Rose’s gaze moved away from the cold dishes in front of her. She slowly shifted in place; perhaps because she had been sitting too long or maybe due to the chill creeping inside outwards that made her shiver slightly.

Sighing deeply, she couldn’t express what she really thought at this moment inside herself – there was some bitterness mixed with unease and regretful emotions all tangled together making it impossible for her to face them head-on but instead evade them repeatedly.

However, despite everything else going on around Rose right now, deep down inside herself she knew very clearly that this choice wasn’t something she could escape from at all costs.

The next day after their conversation about divorce at dinner table, Elliot started acting differently towards Rose; he became somewhat reckless.

When they ate meals together, he would serve food onto plates for both of them, then pour soup into bowls himself before handing hers over. He also washed fruits, cut them up directly into pieces and handed them. Even when she was taking care of their children, he would intervene directly somehow managing to heat milk up or bring dishes over.

After finishing eating, if they rested on sofa in the living room, Elliot would come sit close beside whereupon eventually pulling her into his arms while they sat there side-by-side.

After lunchtime, when Rose planned on resting, Elliot forcedly dragged her off somewhere unknown.

His attitude towards rose changed completely. It seemed as if their conversation at dinner table had never happened.

Rose hesitated to speak several times, but seeing the man’s serious profile, she couldn’t bring herself to say anything. Because she knew that as soon as she mentioned it, she would have to give Elliot an answer.

“Where are we going?” She turned her head and glanced at him, asking nervously.

“To the company,” Elliot didn’t hide anything from her and spoke directly.

Rose exclaimed in surprise and asked, “To the company? Why am I following you?”

Elliot looked inexplicably sexy while driving but remained silent at her words.

Not knowing what he was thinking, Rose asked again but didn’t get a response. After more than half an hour of driving, Rose followed Elliot out of the car. The employees in the company noticed them immediately and curiously watched them as they walked side by side into the building.

Wherever they went caused a stir until they entered their office and closed their door for privacy.

“Take a break,” said Elliot naturally while pointing to a sofa beside him. “I’ll handle work; it will be over soon.”

Rose questioned him with confusion written all over her face, “What should I do?” She was completely clueless about why she had come with him to his workplace.

Elliot seemed amused by her expression; his lips curved upwards before quickly returning back down. “Just keep me company while I work,” he said nonchalantly.

It took Rose a moment before realizing what he meant by that statement – so basically coming here was just for keeping him company? When did she agree? He never even asked if it was okay! Her face flushed red from anger mixed with embarrassment; glaring fiercely at him just when someone knocked on their office door interrupting whatever retort Rose had planned on saying next.

An assistant accompanied by some executives came inside reporting on some work-related matters. Their attention shifted towards Rose from time to time, making her feel uncomfortable enough that all thoughts were pushed aside as she silently sat on the couch instead.

The reports continued one after another without any end; initially curious about listening along for awhile until boredom set in causing Rose to play around aimlessly on her phone wishing for an opportunity to escape this dull situation.

Elliot must have been crazy bringing her here like this… what is there even left for me do here?

Unfortunately, before Rose had a chance to slip away, the assistant who went out to get some files returned and said, “Mr. Harper, Miss Fox is here.”

Rose lifted her head from the video screen and listened silently.

Elliot rubbed his forehead and looked at her back before asking expressionlessly, “Who do you work for?”

The assistant turned pale at this question and hurriedly explained, “Mr. Harper, Miss Fox said she has something to tell you about… about the young master.”

He didn’t really have a good reason to refuse. While he had known that Mr. Harper wasn’t particularly fond of Miss Fox, he had never witnessed Mr. Harper go so far as to block her from entering the company before. Things had clearly changed now.

Thinking of this made the assistant glance towards the sofa area again; it seemed like they couldn’t let Miss Fox in anymore in future.

It took Elliot two seconds to understand that when he mentioned “young master,” he was referring to Shawn.

“What’s going on? Let them in,” Elliot frowned unconsciously as he thought of Shawn’s condition which made his face look unpleasant.

Rose’s hand holding her phone stiffened suddenly.

At this moment, she suddenly understood why she hesitated with what Elliot said earlier – because there was another woman and child involved – Madeleine and their child. As long as that child existed between them both, then they would never end up together; they would always be entangled with each other.

Rose felt a little sad and wronged inside.

She found herself once again attracted by Elliot during these past few days of being together constantly, unable to resist his tenderness, but reality wasn’t like that at all – it was completely different.

She still… had to stick with her original decision, right?

Rose sighed deeply.

In this second it seemed like Elliot also sensed Rose’s change. His mind raced, causing him to blurt out without thinking, “Rose, actually Shawn isn’t…”Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.