Helen Melendy’s chewing paused for a brief moment and she immediately understood who Elly Campbell was referring to by "someone."
The taste in her mouth was still that familiar one. She lowered her eyes and pressed her lips tightly, her facial expression painted with complexity.
Elly Campbell looked at her and felt a pang of pity, frowning slightly.
"Why do you have to be ? It’s clear that you still love him. I can see that Harry Hall is really concerned about you. What you saw back then might not have been the truth. Why don’t you just ask Harry Hall directly instead of making wild guesses here?"
Helen looked at Elly, listened to her words, smiled helplessly, and shook her head, "That’s not the main point."
Ever since that day, when Elly told her that maybe what she saw in the past was a misunderstanding about Harry, she had gone back and thought it through again. Perhaps Elly was right; she had misunderstood Harry.
The reality was that the gap between her and the Hall family, and between her and Harry, was too great.
"Elly, I can’t drag him down."
Her gaze fixated on the few remaining skewers of wings on the table, her voice tinged with despondency.
"If he’s with me, his father won’t hand over the Hall Clan to him. If I insist on being with him, it would give his dad a perfect excuse. He is the legitimate heir to the Hall family. Why should he lose his right to inherit just because of me?"
For some reason, at this moment, Elly was getting quite annoyed by Helen’s stubbornness.
"No, have you asked Harry? How do you know that Harry doesn’t have the ability to take control of the Hall Clan? Or rather, how do you know that Harry even wants the Hall Clan? Maybe he wants you more?"
Elly looked at Helen’s surprised expression and said, "Everyone knows that William Hall would prefer to leave the Hall Clan to his illegitimate son. If Harry wasn’t capable, it would have already belonged to that illegitimate son, and he wouldn’t even have the option to choose."
Helen was taken aback by Elly’s words and looked at her silently for a long while.
"Helen, you should know Harry better than I do. His ability is not as bad as you think. He doesn’t need you to step aside for him to succeed. Just remember, if Harry wants the Hall Clan, he will get it himself and not just because William Hall gives it to him. If he doesn’t want it, and you leave him to ’help’ him, what’s the point?"
"You’re not only hurting yourself, but him too."
Elly scolded Helen with frustration bordering on disappointment, causing Helen’s head to droop even lower.
"Before, I didn’t want to meddle in your affairs, thinking you genuinely didn’t want to be with Harry anymore. But deep down, you love him very much, don’t you?"
In the end, Helen was so berated by Elly that she couldn’t even lift her head. She just let Elly rant until she was done, then looked up, her eyes filled with grievance, and muttered,
"Are you defending him because you ate the food he grilled and that’s why you’re scolding me ?"
Elly picked up the pillow she had been holding, threw it at Helen’s head, and started eating from the bowl on the table.
"Hey! Didn’t he say not to snatch my food?"
Helen lunged forward to seize the food, but Elly dodged her.
"I brought it over for you on his behalf, can’t I take a little service fee?"
Seeing Helen about to snatch it again, she jammed the rest of the food in her mouth.