Hunting for His EX-Wife

Rose hadn’t even taken a step when two children grabbed her arm from behind.

“Hmm?” She turned around. “What’s up?”

Thinking the kids were worried, Rose comforted them with a smile. “Mommy will be out soon, be good.”

Leah looked up at her. “Mommy, can we go in together? I want to see if great-grandpa is okay too.”

Rose hesitated for a moment before wanting to refuse. “Leah, you and your brother wait outside while I go in and tak a look. You guys shouldn’t come in and disturb the patient, okay?”

Leah wanted to say something more but Sean tugged on her arm so she closed her mouth and nodded as she watched Rose go inside.

Elliot’s gaze swept over Leah and Sean before telling the housekeeper to watch over them as he followed Rose into the hospital room.

The high-end ward was quiet, bright, spacious with not only a large bed but also an attached bathroom and small living room complete with sofa and TV – it looked like an all-in-one suite.

The elderly man lying on the hospital bed raised his upper body slightly as it rose along with the height of his bed until he met eyes with Rose who had just entered.

Rose clearly saw wrinkles form on his forehead while he impatiently looked at her expressionlessly – just when she thought old Mr. Harper would show displeasure or disgust towards her like during their previous few encounters but this time she didn’t expect that old Mr. Harper would only glance at her once then retract his gaze onto Elliot who had walked in after several steps behind.

“Grandpa.” Elliot glanced briefly at Rose, then pursed his lips as he greeted old Mr. Harper.

“Mm-hmm.” Old Mr. Harper greeted mildly, then nodded towards Elliot before looking again next to him where Rose stood, asking, “How did she come here?”

He still wasn’t fond of her but this time around his tone wasn’t as harsh as before.

Rose arched an eyebrow, then took initiative by answering, “Old Mr. Harper’s current condition doesn’t seem serious so I came along with Mr. Harper to take a look at you. Since that’s how it is, I won’t disturb you any longer; please rest well.”

She didn’t feel like talking to anyone and nodded lightly, intending to leave. Just as she took a step, Elliot grabbed her wrist and forced her to stop. The voice of old Mr. Harper followed, “Stop!”

Rose’s strange feeling became more apparent. Why did she feel that something was wrong with the current situation? Elliot was one thing, but why did old Mr. Harper suddenly have such a change in attitude towards her?

The eerie silence lasted for a few seconds in the ward before Rose shook off Elliot’s grip on her wrist and glanced at him before asking old Mr. Harper, “Do you have anything else you want to say?”

Old Mr. Harper coughed awkwardly for a moment and seemed uncomfortable but his tone became aggressive as he spoke up again, “Did you come alone?”

Rose was confused.

What does he mean? She couldn’t react.

Elliot beside them avoided Rose’s gaze calmly and turned his head towards old Mr. Harper with a frown, then interrupted him before he could say anything further. “Let’s go. I’ll send you out. Let Grandpa rest.”

Rose looked curiously at the two men which made her even more puzzled.

However, old Mr. Harper widened his eyes angrily but there was still some hidden glimmer of light flashing through his murky yet shining eyes. He muttered, “Bring your children next time.”

Rose paused for a moment, thinking that she had misheard it. She stopped walking incredulously, and turned around once again, “What?”

“What did you say?”

She didn’t notice that Elliot suddenly had become serious looking or disapproving when facing old Mr. Harper.

“Where are your two children? Bring them inside so I can see them.” Ignoring Elliot’s expression, old Mr. Harper said this sentence. He coughed uncomfortably, but still strongly demanded Rose bring her children inside.

Only now did Rose realize that she hadn’t heard wrong earlier. Old Mr. Harper really wanted to see her two kids.

“You want to see my kids? Why?” Suspicion filled Rose’s eyes as they landed on Elliot. She suddenly felt a sense of absurdity and panic in her heart.

“Well… bring them inside so I can take a look.” Old Mr. Harper nodded affirmatively, his gaze still somewhat expectant as he looked outside the ward. Rose saw how eager he looked, and it only made things worse for herself mentally.

“Why do you suddenly want to meet my son and daughter? If there is something, just tell me directly.” Her guarded and cautious attitude was evident in her words, as well as her blunt refusal.

Old Mr. Harper raised his eyebrows and his face instantly darkened, but he quickly suppressed it when he thought of something. He forced a smile at Rose, which looked terrifying on his deeply wrinkled face.

Rose was startled by his appearance and felt that he had some ulterior motive.

“Sorry, I’ll leave now. Take care of yourself, old Mr. Harper.” Rose turned around and left quickly, giving a deep and mysterious glance at Elliot who remained silent beside her.

“Hey! Wait up, Rose!” old Mr. Harper awkwardly called out to her but couldn’t stop her from leaving.

Elliot stiffened as he warned Mr. Harper with a look before following after them outside.

As Rose walked away with the two children in tow, Elliot caught up to them from behind and grabbed onto her arm.

“I’ll take you back.”

Rose shook off his grip angrily and turned to glare at him with an intimidating presence.

“What happened just now?” she demanded to know.

Elliot looked uneasy for a moment before regaining composure, “Nothing really happened; maybe he just mentioned it casually. Come on, let me take you back.”

Rose gave him several suspicious glances but couldn’t detect any unusual expressions on his face so she began doubting herself instead.

Do Elliot or even old Mr. Harper know…?

“No need for that; my kids want to go shopping for some time so we’ll catch our own taxi later.” She waved him off dismissively without realizing how arrogant she sounded while not worrying about being stopped by Elliot or forced back into the villa.

Elliot frowned instinctively wanting to refuse but then remembered their current relationship status, so he reluctantly sighed instead without stopping her.

“After you’re done shopping, I’ll have the housekeeper come pick you up along with your kids since it’s inconvenient taking a taxi.”This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

Although he didn’t try stopping her from going out with the children earlier; he still wasn’t comfortable letting them wander around unsupervised, “Be good.”

Rose didn’t refuse either way this time around.