Relentless Pursuit After Divorce
Chapter 656. Conscience was eaten by a dog_1

Chapter 656: 656. Conscience was eaten by a dog_1

Not wishing to appear too weak in front of Harry Hall, she mustered up her spirits, raising her voice slightly as she said:

"Mr. Hall, is there something you need?"

The distant, nearly indifferent tone caused Harry to fall silent for a few seconds before he finally spoke slowly:

"I heard you were hospitalized."

Helen Melendy’s expression turned stern, and then she said indifferently, "Yes, acute enteritis. Do you have anything else? If not, I’m hanging up."

As she was about to press the red button, she heard Harry’s cold voice coming from the other end of the phone, "Helen Melendy, have you no conscience?"

Helen’s hand tightened around the phone as she pressed her lips together for a long time before saying, "Yes, it was eaten by a dog."

Having said that, she hung up the phone and took the opportunity to add that number to the blacklist.

When Elly Campbell pushed the door open, she just happened to see Helen Melendy with a solemn face ending the call. That cold tone made it obvious who had called without needing to guess.

Thinking of the unresolved issues between these two, Elly sighed and said:

"There may truly be some misunderstandings about what happened in the past. Don’t you plan on asking Harry for clarity?"

"There’s nothing to ask about. Even if there was a misunderstanding, it’s over, isn’t it? It’s not just Leanne Richards who is unwilling to accept me as a daughter-in-law. Harry’s father and his grandfather too would never accept me. Why should I humiliate myself?"

Helen Melendy shrugged her shoulders with a laugh, seeming utterly nonchalant as she said:

"Besides, Leanne is right. It’s better for him to marry a woman of equal social standing than to marry me, who can’t help him with anything. Why should I hold him back?"

"How do you know you’re holding him back?"

Elly was somewhat anxious, feeling that Helen was being overly conscious of family backgrounds to the point of belittling herself and being stubborn.

"Who is Harry? His status and position aren’t propped up by the Hall Family, so naturally, he doesn’t need a woman to enhance his own stature. You’re overcomplicating things."

Helen Melendy smiled faintly, showing no sign of taking Elly’s words to heart as she spoke on:

"Leanne once told me that if Harry marries a wife without a strong family background, William Hall might very well hand the Hall Clan’s inheritance to that illegitimate son outside."

She cast her eyes downward, not looking at Elly as she continued:

"So, clarifying whether it’s a misunderstanding or not is pointless. Even if it’s not, I can’t be with him."

Elly actually wanted to say that Harry might not care about the Hall Clan at all; if it goes to the illegitimate son, then so be it.

But she wasn’t Harry; she couldn’t make that kind of decision for him.

Not caring is one thing; whether or not to give it away is another.

Even if Harry didn’t care about everything the Hall Clan stood for, he might not be willing to let the illegitimate son benefit from it so easily.

In the end, she didn’t know how to persuade her, so she simply stopped bringing up their matter.

The Hall Family—

After work, Harry went home to change clothes and hurriedly went downstairs to leave, just in time to run into his mother Leanne Richards, who had returned from playing poker.

"Where are you rushing off to in such a hurry?"

The relationship between Leanne and her son Harry was not very good, and it had grown colder and more distant due to Helen Melendy. Seeing Leanne made Harry think of what Elly had said. His gaze towards Leanne turned even colder.

Leanne felt somewhat annoyed by the look in Harry’s eyes, and her eyebrows involuntarily furrowed as she said:

"Why are you looking at me like that?