Hunting for His EX-Wife

At 7 PM, as the weather grew colder, Rose wore a sweater and a short winter coat. She carried a large thermos and made her way to the hospital, following the assistant’s directions to find Elliot’s room.

As she searched for his room, her phone suddenly rang. She glanced at the message display and clicked it open.

–Working overtime tonight. Don’t wait up for me.

Rose’s eyes landed on the top of the message where it said “Elliot.”

Working overtime? Rose was puzzled for a moment before realizing that he might be lying to her on purpose. But why?

She arrived at Elliot’s room but hesitated when she saw Madeleine leaning over Elliot lying in the sickbed.

Rose knocked heavily on the door, causing Madeleine to jump in surprise and waking Elliot up.

“I brought you some congee,” Rose said expressionlessly as she looked at Madeleine who stood silently beside them. “The doctor said it would be okay for you to drink.”

Elliot looked confused by her cold demeanor towards him as if he had done something wrong again.

“Why are you here?” He regretted his words immediately after they left his mouth.

Had he been too harsh?

Rose’s face instantly changed from indifferent to coldly fierce with clear eyes staring daggers into him before answering with anger in her voice, “Your assistant called me saying that you had surgery today and asked me specifically to bring dinner over.”

Madeleine watched nervously from beside them, afraid that Rose might tell Elliot what just happened.

Rose felt herself foolish for coming all this way and intending to take care of him for a night. After all, he already had another woman by his side.

She put down the thermos and didn’t look at Elliot or Madeleine, just said, “Since you have someone with you, I’ll leave. I shouldn’t have come to the hospital to meddle in other people’s business. It’s a waste of my time.”

Elliot glanced at Madeleine and only then noticed her presence. His face didn’t look too good as he asked, “How did you know?”

Madeleine saw his coldness towards her and gritted her teeth. “I came to the hospital to get Shawn’s medicine and saw your assistant…”

Rose wasn’t interested in their conversation and was about to leave when Elliot stopped her.

His voice was cold but carried a hint of unknown tenderness as he said, “Rose, wait for a moment.”

Rose stopped walking towards the door and turned around. “What else do you want?”

If she hadn’t arrived on time earlier, would Madeleine have kissed him? Does he even know? Rose was feeling very upset.

But she had no choice but to pretend that she didn’t care about anything anymore; that nothing mattered except herself if she wanted to deceive herself into thinking that she no longer had feelings for Elliot.

“Stay here first,” Elliot said anxiously as if afraid that Rose would leave again. He lay on his bed with his head tilted watching her before turning back towards Madeleine and saying without any mercy in his tone, “I’m fine now; you can go first.”

Madeleine bit her lip unwillingly before giving Rose an envious glare, not knowing whether or not Rose had discovered what happened earlier before leaving.

The door of the VIP ward opened, then closed again returning silence back into the room while Rose stood by the door several steps away from Elliot looking at him across some distance.

Elliot struggled sitting up. He just underwent surgery so it wasn’t easy for him since moving caused discomfort which seemed connected with his wound making his face turn pale momentarily while gasping heavily several times after.

His painful appearance made it impossible for Rose not to feel heartache even though she tried hard not show it; Taking big strides, she walked over helping him sit up against the pillow.

Once Elliot sat down properly again, he looked at her intently.

Rose had rarely seen Elliot in such a pained state. In her memory, he was either erupting in anger at her or he exuded a particularly dark and fierce demeanor.

After all these years of entanglement between them, had all that remained between them been nothing but unbearable memories?

Rose sighed and softened towards Elliot, who looked like this now.

“Why don’t you eat properly? The doctor said your stomach problem is very serious. You went to check it a few times before and got medicine, but you still didn’t eat well when you went back. Do you not have regular meals during the day?”

Rose first raised the small table on his bed for him and then opened the thermos, taking out the food.

The steaming hot food emitted a delicious aroma, and Elliot glanced at it hungrily.

“No time. Too busy,” Elliot replied to her words. However, no matter how he answered her question, Rose felt both angry and heartbroken.

In Elliot’s eyes, work seemed to always come first.

Oh wait! Before that was his woman and child.

Thinking of this made Rose think of Madeleine who had just left; her face turned cold as she arranged the dishes for him while sitting quietly in a chair watching him eat.

Elliot looked up at her several times during his meal until he finished eating; then Rose cleaned up before continuing to ask, “You said there was something important? What is it?”

Elliot quickly reacted and casually asked, “Shawn didn’t faint again, did he?”

Rose narrowed her eyes. “His mother was here just now; why didn’t you ask about that?”Belonging to NôvelDrama.Org.

Why would he ask her about Shawn? Was he afraid she would harm Shawn?

During these times when he wasn’t home, with only three children besides herself, Shawn wasn’t her child, so it’s understandable that Elliot would worry…

But no matter how Rose thought about it, she still felt angry, suddenly standing up and facing Elliot with an angry stare. “What do you mean? I wouldn’t do anything bad to a child.”

Elliot froze, realizing that she misunderstood him.