Hunting for His EX-Wife

Elliot strode up the stairs and went straight to Rose’s room, pushing the door open in one breath.

Rose looked up at him but didn’t want to acknowledge him. Who knew this man would barge into her room without any warning? She frowned and stared back at him coldly.

Leah was sitting next to Rose on the bed, looking curious as she examined her father’s expression. She glanced over at her mother before shrinking back and remaining silent.

Her father’s expression was terrifying!

“Rose! How dare you hire a lawyer to talk about divorce with me in my own company?!” Elliot pushed open the door and immediately confronted Rose. He watched as she remained emotionless while staring back at him, causing his heartache to intensify. He couldn’t help but growl lowly, “You can forget about it! It’s impossible!”NôvelDrama.Org © content.

Rose burst out laughing when she heard his words. “Why is it impossible? There are so many lawyers in this world; I don’t believe that no one will take my case!”

Elliot’s temples throbbed when he heard her words, feeling like his head was going to explode from anger. He clenched his fists tightly and spoke fiercely, “It is impossible! No lawyer dares take your divorce case because you’ll never be able to get divorced without my consent! Even if you find a judge who agrees with you, it won’t matter because I won’t allow it! If you don’t believe me, then go ahead and try!”

Rose was taken aback by what he said while Leah beside her couldn’t believe what she had just heard either; she covered her mouth with both hands trying not to scream out loud.

Her father didn’t want a divorce from her mommy after all!

She never expected that Elliot cared so much for her mommy!

Rose only felt Elliot seem arrogant and conceited, as though anything he said could come true no matter what.

With cheeks flushed red from anger, Rose’s eyes became even brighter than before which momentarily blinded Elliot’s vision.

“Elliot, stop being so arrogant!”

“I’m going to see if you really have control over everything! Just wait for me. I will definitely get divorced from you!”

As Rose slid off the bed onto the floor below where soft blankets brushed against her feet causing an itchiness that made her heartbeat faster while making some careless remarks due to frustration.

Elliot’s gaze grew darker by each passing second until finally there were no words left for him to speak anymore.

Rose turned around and hugged Leah, ready to leave. She coldly snorted several times and was stopped by Elliot when she passed him. “You can’t go anywhere.”

As soon as he spoke, his voice became low and hoarse. The sound was magnetic, making her unable to help blushing and her heart beating fast. She didn’t know if it was out of anger or something else.

“We’re going downstairs to eat! Is that okay?”

After speaking, she went around Elliot and took the child downstairs. Her tone softened in the end.

Elliot watched her back with deep reluctance in his eyes.

He would never give Rose a chance for divorce.

Never.

On the other side, as soon as Sean returned to Shadewoods Villa, Valentin stared at him nervously and pulled him inside by the arm. “Sean, what happened? You couldn’t escape?”

Tom explained everything that happened at the airport before Valentin knew about it all. He couldn’t help but sigh with worry. “It’s Elliot again! If you didn’t leave this time, he might find out later! Really now… he’s everywhere!”

Sean nodded in agreement while clenching his fists tightly with indignation on his face. “Mommy was taken back by him; my sister is here too so I stayed behind with Uncle Tom to help Mommy! I’m going to make him suffer!”

Valentin felt both worried and amused looking at Sean’s little figure. “Sean… Mr. Harper is not simple-minded; he has deep scheming skills, so don’t act recklessly or else he’ll notice you.”

Sean shook his head stubbornly. “No way! My stupid dad is too dumb; he won’t notice anything wrong happening around me anyway. Besides, I have ways of avoiding detection, so don’t worry.”

Valentin looked at Sean’s determined expression but still thought that this kind of calmness wasn’t typical of a five-year-old child.

“Be careful,” warned Valentin.

…

The next day Elliot arrived early at work just as an assistant carrying a cake approached from the front desk area towards him. He ignored them completely without stopping until they both entered into CEO’s private elevator together.

“Good morning, Mr. Harper! This is your cake; haven’t had breakfast yet?” The assistant handed over an eight-inch cake smilingly greeting Elliot who remained silent throughout their interaction .

Glancing at the cake, she could saw layers of fruit and cream. The sweet aroma filled the elevator as it ascended quickly to the top floor. Elliot’s expressionless face turned away from it. “I’m not eating it. Take it away.”

The assistant looked at the exquisite cake and muttered, “It looks delicious and beautiful… Maybe a woman who admires Mr. Harper sent it before.”

“If you don’t eat it, can I have some?” The assistant cautiously looked at Elliot and saw him nod slightly with calmness on his face, which made her smile.

As soon as they arrived on the top floor with a ding sound, the assistant stepped out first to his position and opened up the cake just in time for Elliot to walk slowly over to his desk.

“Bang!”

A muffled sound followed by low groans came from where she was standing; she had opened up the cake only for it to explode suddenly! The frightened assistant stood still with a pale face while colleagues around were startled by what happened – they looked at the assistant and then back at Elliot beside him.

Elliot lowered his head, looking down upon tiny spots of cream on his suit jacket while a small piece of strawberry slid off from its hem onto the ground below.

His eyebrows furrowed tightly together in anger.

The assistant regained consciousness after staring blankly into space for some time; he watched helplessly as Elliot walked into his office wearing an icy expression. He tried wiping off large patches of cream stains on his clothes but ended up making them worse instead – deepening their color even more unevenly across its surface area.

Elliot immediately took off his coat when he entered into office; fortunately only parts of its hemline and cuffs were stained with some cream, so he changed into another suit jacket without showing any facial expressions.

That cake was meant for him!

If today it wasn’t given to an assistant, then that person who got splattered all over would be him instead!

Who did this?

Elliot couldn’t help but turn cold-faced now that such childish pranks had been played upon him; whoever did this would definitely receive proper feedback from him later…

Under everyone’s pitiful gaze, the assistant apologized proactively after entering Elliot’s office again.