Hunting for His EX-Wife

In the lounge next to Elliot’s office, Leah and Shawn were playing with Lego. They chatted away while a small table beside them was filled with snacks and fruits that Elliot had ordered.

Sean glanced over at Leah and Shawn having fun before he took out his phone and walked away.

“Yeah, I know, Khalil. Both Leah and I are staying at his place now. We’re in his office right now…”

The person on the other end of the line was Khalil. Sean never expected Khalil to come back to the country, let alone keep it a secret from them. If he hadn’t called, Sean would have never known.

“Khalil, does Mom know you’re back? She’ll be so happy if she knows,” Sean asked.

Khalil replied with some longing in his voice, “I miss Mommy too, as well as you guys. But things aren’t resolved yet; I can’t see her for now or else Elliot will find out. Stay close to Mommy for me; when everything is settled down later on, I’ll come find you guys.”

Khalil sounded like an adult giving advice to his younger brother; it was hard to believe that he was as old as Sean.

Sean couldn’t help but listen obediently to this big brother of theirs.

After the phone call ended, Leah turned her head curiously towards Sean. “Who’s Khalil?”

Sean hid away all traces of joy and happiness from his eyes so as not to worry her about Khalil’s return. “It’s Uncle Tom calling us asking how we’re doing.”

“Oh! It’s been so long since we’ve seen Uncle Tom; I miss him,” said Leah without any suspicion while smiling happily.

In the afternoon Rose went directly over Harper Group’s building where Elliot worked at.

The receptionist didn’t recognize her and stopped her downstairs. “Missy, you can’t go upstairs without an appointment.”

Rose called Elliot but no one answered after several attempts until she decided to call Elliot’s assistant who picked up quickly this time around.

However upon hearing lowered voice from the assistant, she realized they were having meeting right now.

The assistant glanced at many people inside the conference room, then looked back towards Mr. Harper sitting upright. Biting his teeth together, he leaned forward and interrupted Elliot’s meeting, saying softly, “Mr. Harper, Mrs. Harper has been stopped by our receptionist.”

Elliot was taken aback and hadn’t fully recovered from the meeting yet. He furrowed his eyebrows for a moment before slowly relaxing them, a hint of pleasure in his expression. “Let her come up, you go and bring her to my office,” he said.

The assistant breathed a sigh of relief at Elliot’s reaction and he knew that Mr. Harper would always make an exception for Miss Russell. Even in the middle of a meeting, he couldn’t bear to let her wait downstairs any longer.

The assistant quickly left to fetch Rose while she waited patiently. When the assistant returned, Rose followed him up to the CEO’s office on the top floor.

The receptionist saw Elliot’s personal assistant rush down to greet Rose with wide eyes filled with disbelief. After they disappeared, the receptionist sent a message to the chat group: Mr. Harper’s assistant personally came to the first floor to take a woman upstairs who didn’t have an appointment.

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“Is it Mrs. Harper or Miss Fox?”

The receptionist paused for a moment, wondering who these people were talking about.

When Rose arrived at Elliot’s office, there was no sign of their child anywhere around which made her frown slightly as she asked his assistant, “Where are they? I came here looking for them.”

Since Elliot had not mentioned anything about keeping Mrs. Harper away from seeing their child, his assistant led Rose into an adjacent lounge area where they found both children waiting there together which put Rose at ease immediately upon seeing them safe and sound.

Elliot’s meeting ended soon after that without much fuss or fanfare despite everyone expecting him to be angry over some mistakes made by one of his subordinates during its course but instead he simply pointed out some flaws that needed fixing before letting everyone leave early without further ado or reprimands.

Afterwards, everyone watched as Mr. Harper walked out of the conference room first – something unusual since he usually stayed behind until everyone else had left – heading straight towards his own office with quick strides.

As soon as Elliot entered his own office, he realized that Rose wasn’t there, so he turned around immediately, heading back towards the lounge and finding Rose and her children there.

Elliot’s gaze was fixed on her as he closed the door and walked in.

Upon hearing some noise, Rose turned her head and met Elliot’s gaze. He walked towards her, standing next to her as they both watched the three children playing with Lego blocks.

“What are you guys playing?” Elliot asked.

Without meeting Rose’s eyes, he continued walking towards them. Shawn was the first to speak up, calling out “Daddy” while Leah happily called him “Uncle”. Sean remained silent and coldly snubbed him.

Elliot’s gaze swept over Sean before settling on Rose. She felt uneasy in his presence as she couldn’t help but think about what had happened between them in the past few days.

The three children continued playing while a shadow fell beside the couch where Rose was sitting. Elliot sat down next to her, their proximity making it hard for her to breathe normally as a familiar scent wafted into her nostrils.

Rose stiffened and moved slightly away from him without being noticed by Elliot who looked at her with warmth in his eyes. “Why did you come to the company?” he asked casually.

Rose felt his breath lightly brushing against her face which sent shivers down her spine and made it difficult for her to concentrate on anything else. Was this really just small talk?

She didn’t answer his question but instead said, “I’ll be taking the kids home later.”

Elliot frowned when he heard this but then sighed resignedly upon seeing how indifferent she seemed about it all. “It’s getting late,” he said softly, looking at Rose intently before adding, “I’ll be off work soon so we can go home together.”

He knew that she might refuse so he quickly added, “It would be more convenient if I drove us back.”

The word ‘home’ made Rose feel dizzy as memories of what could have been flooded back into her mind only for a moment before fading away again like mist dissipating under sunlight.

When would they ever leave? Five or six o’clock? She glanced at her watch nonchalantly while trying not to show any emotion on face or voice when replying, “When do you finish work? It’s only three now,” she paused briefly before continuing, “We’ve waited long enough already; I don’t want us waiting any longer than necessary.”