Hunting for His EX-Wife

Elliot winced at the sight of her tears, rubbing his forehead to suppress his impatience and irritability. “Take care of Shawn first. When he wakes up, I’ll have those two kids come apologize to him,” he conceded.

Madeleine’s expression changed again, a hint of worry creeping into her mind. She had wanted that wretched Rose to apologize to her instead – how did it become about those two children apologizing to Shawn?

This wouldn’t do…

“Shawn doesn’t usually leave the villa anyway. We’ll go over everything once he wakes up. I’ll bring those two kids with me,” Elliot said sternly, leaving no room for argument.

Madeleine looked up at him helplessly and reluctantly agreed, seething with anger inside.Content © NôvelDrama.Org 2024.

They didn’t stay long at the hospital until Shawn stabilized enough for Elliot to drag his exhausted body back home. On the way there, all he could think about was how to persuade Rose into bringing those two children over for an apology.

But when he arrived home and stepped inside – aside from the sound-activated lights turning on as he walked by – everything was eerily quiet in the mansion. A bad feeling crept into his heart as Elliot strode upstairs towards Rose’s room without knocking or waiting for a response from within.

As expected, nobody was there.

Not even Leah or that little boy he saw earlier today.

“Where are they? Find out where they went,” Elliot ordered his assistant while walking outside towards their car in a hurry.

Rose didn’t have many places she could go in the country.

If nothing unexpected happened, she would definitely seek out Tom or Valentin… and Elliot knew where Valentin lived…

Halfway through driving there though, his assistant called confirming what Elliott already suspected: Rose had gone looking for Valentin.

Elliot sped down the road under cover of nightfal and arrived at Valentin’s house just after eight o’clock.

He parked outside on the lot but suddenly hesitated before entering; if Rose refused…

No!

She had no choice but follow him back; she belonged to him!

As Elliot arrived at the brightly lit villa, his anger flared up and he didn’t care about anything else. He rang the doorbell and Rose, who was watching TV with her two children after dinner, heard the sound and looked at Valentin sitting next to her. Valentin stood up to answer the door.

“Who is it?” he asked as he opened the door with a bang.

Rose had been absent-minded since she came back in the afternoon but she still heard Elliot calling her name outside. Her heart skipped a beat as she suddenly thought of something and her face changed drastically.

“Kids, go upstairs and wait for me,” Rose said to Leah and Sean before they went into their room. The obedient Leah and Sean didn’t go straight into their room but instead leaned over the railing, looking down below with serious expressions that made them look cute.

“Is it our scumbag dad who’s come?” Leah turned anxiously to look at Sean’s face.

“Don’t worry,” Sean patted Leah’s head reassuringly. “Mommy will be fine because Brother Valentin is here.”

He added hesitantly after some thought, “If anything happens later on, we’ll rush down there to help Mommy.”

Leah nodded repeatedly like an adorable little girl agreeing with him.

As soon as Elliot barged into the villa, he saw Rose slouching on the sofa looking calm without any waves of emotion on her face indicating that she knew why he had come.

“Mr. Harper, you’re trespassing private property.” Valentin was so angry that his face turned red while glaring fiercely at him wanting to drag him out but unfortunately couldn’t overpower him or do anything about it either way.

“It’s okay, Valentin,” Rose sat up slightly straighter while looking calmly towards Elliot. “What do you want from me?”

“If you want me to go back with you, then forget about it.”

After calming herself down for so long this time around, Rose finally became completely calm again despite seeing how angry Elliot was feeling inside which made her feel uneasy too.

“Rose!” Seeing how calm she looked only made Elliot even more unable to control his temper, making him both angry yet uncomfortable inside himself too. “Come back home with me! What are you doing living here? Don’t make a fuss!”

Rose laughed at him, but her expression turned cold and serious as she looked at the man a few steps away. It seemed like there was an insurmountable gap between them. “I’m not kidding with you, Elliot. I won’t go to your house anymore, and I definitely won’t bring my child there either. Today’s situation should make it clear to you that we can never be together again. You need to sign the divorce agreement as soon as possible so we can have a peaceful separation. I don’t want anything from you.”

Elliot’s face suddenly changed, and he froze in place with clenched jaws and a cold anger on his face. “Rose! That’s impossible! And let me make it clear to you: divorce is never going to happen! As long as I’m alive, don’t even think about it!”

After speaking, Elliot strode towards her and tried to take her away forcefully while Rose struggled against him with all her might. Valentin saw that things were getting out of hand and quickly stepped in between them.

“Let go!” Elliot glared at Valentin like he was shooting daggers at him, scaring him stiff so he didn’t dare touch him again or do anything else except try to persuade him, “Mr. Harper! Mr. Harper! If Rose doesn’t want to come back with you, then that’s her choice; what are you doing? Let go now.”

But Elliot clearly wasn’t listening; he just kept pulling Rose towards the door.

“Let go of me! Elliot, stop hurting me!” Rose screamed loudly before shaking herself free from his grip somehow.

She immediately took several steps back while avoiding his hand that was trying to grab hers once more.

Valentin gritted his teeth before stepping forward again in an attempt block off Elliot once more.

“Get out,” said Valentin calmly but firmly this time around since this was his home after all.

“I didn’t invite you here; yet here you are barging into my home, trying to take someone who doesn’t want anything to do with you away from my house? What kind of behavior is this?”

He had learned about what happened between Elliott and Rose, so naturally wanted to protect her.