Chapter 172: Chapter 172: Crying herself into unconsciousness (18)
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Steve Burton seemed to ignore Ruby Gregory’s words, just reaching out and taking the glass cup from her hand.
Seeing that Steve did not respond, Ruby hesitated for a moment then made up an excuse: “I just called The Gregorys and they are on their way. You can go do your thing, you don’t need to keep me company…”
Before Ruby could finish, Steve fixed his gaze intently on her.
The expression on his face grew increasingly indifferent.
There was no trace of emotion in his eyes, only a vastness like that of an ocean, giving off a shuddering sensation.
Ruby felt a bit jittery under Steve’s gaze. Lowering her eyes, she worked hard to steady her voice and continued, “You have to work tomorrow, you can’t rest well here…”
There was a sharp “pop” that interrupted her sentence.
Ruby looked up to where the sound came from. The glass cup that Steve had held in his hand had shattered, its fragments scattered all over the floor. The clear and lonely sound it made in the quiet, spacious suite was strikingly hollow and harsh.
Ruby’s body jolted as she looked up. Steve’s face was wearing an unnerving, somber expression.
Her intuition told her that this was a sign that he was getting angry. Ruby held her breath and a sense of terror rose from the pit of her stomach.
Shouldn’t he dislike her? She had fabricated such a considerate excuse for him to leave the person he loathed, why was he still so upset?
Ruby’s fingers tightly gripped the bedcover; her eyelashes trembled violently as she awaited Steve’s impending outburst.
His chest heaved unnaturally. He felt like there was a ball of fire slaloming inside him, ready to blow him up at any moment.
He stared at Ruby, chuckled lightly, his voice chillingly cool. The tone he took on was a trademark mock, “Ruby Gregory, this is the real you, isn’t it?”
Ruby did not understand what Steve meant by his words and she had no mental capacity left to second guess his thoughts.
Just hearing the familiar sarcasm he used when angered was enough to scare her into a frenzy.
She was unsure if his next words would be more biting than the times he said she disgusted him and was hypocritical, and told her to leave.
He always wanted to know the real Ruby.
From yesterday when he delivered the meal to The Gregorys under the guise of a visit, until now when she feigned concern to get him to leave, he finally saw the real Ruby Gregory.
A Ruby who really didn’t want to be with him.
His pain deepened at the sight of her hypocrisy.
Discovering her true thoughts only intensified his agony..
