To the Love of My Life

Chapter 693: Chapter 693: Chaotic Baby-Making (13)
 

Steve Burton couldn’t help but grip his phone tightly. After a long time, he exited the call log and saw over seventy unread text messages. He casually opened them, and the fifth message in his eyes was from Ruby Gregory. The date was the day before yesterday, and the content was simple and straightforward: “Steve Burton, contact me as soon as you return from Lilliput. I have something to talk to you about.”

As he had guessed when he was in Lilliput, Ruby Gregory did contact him. But what did she want to talk to him about?

Was it about not looking for her anymore? Or that she would not accept his…

During the half month he spent in Lilliput, Steve Burton had already prepared himself for the worst outcome—the outcome being that Ruby Gregory would suggest that they become strangers to each other from now on.

He knew that he would have to face such a scene sooner or later, but when it was time to face it, he wanted to escape.

It was terrible. Why did he have to drink so much alcohol that day? They say that alcohol leads to mistakes…

After a long time, Steve Burton, with drooping eyelids, made a phone call to The Burtons’ Mansion. After hanging up, he threw his phone aside and stared blankly at his computer screen.

When it was almost time to get off work, the manager of the HR department came to consult Steve Burton about a tricky issue. Steve was forced to focus his attention on the situation described by the HR manager.

After listening to the lengthy narration, before Steve could say anything, his phone suddenly rang. He instinctively reached out to grab it, glanced casually at the screen, and saw that the caller was “Ruby.” Steve, as if he had received a great shock, stood up from his office chair, not caring that the HR manager was still standing in front of him. He paced back and forth with his phone anxiously, causing the HR manager to look at him with a strange and puzzled gaze.

In the end, Steve didn’t have the courage to answer the call. He just waited dryly for the ringing to stop, then stared blankly at his phone screen for a long time. It wasn’t until the HR manager called out, “Mr. Burton?”

Only then did Steve come to his senses. He looked at the HR manager, remembered that he had come to consult about something, but was completely disrupted by Ruby’s call. He had forgotten what the HR manager had just said, and he was not in the mood to listen to the HR manager describe it again. So he waved his hand irritably, “Let’s talk about it tomorrow, I’m not in the mood to deal with it today.”

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Ruby arrived in Ciawell at ten o’clock in the morning, and at half-past ten, she received a call from Madeleine, informing her that Steve had returned from Lilliput.

After that, from the moment she received Madeleine’s call, all her thoughts were focused on her phone, for fear that she would inadvertently miss Steve’s call.

However, time ticked by, and Steve’s call never came.

Ruby promised Lady Gregory that she would return to the Gregorys’ Manor for dinner tonight. At five-thirty, the Gregorys’ driver came to pick her up. After getting in the car, she kept looking at her phone. Finally, she couldn’t help but make a call to Steve.

But…no one answered the call.Nôv(el)B\\jnn