To the Love of My Life

Chapter 540: Let’s Pretend She’s Dead (10)
When Ruby Gregory said this, her eyes became slightly red: “But I don’t want to be like this anymore.”

No one knows how much she regrets now, regrets that she initially approached Steve Burton with a purpose in mind.

If it weren’t for her family’s mission in the beginning, perhaps she and he would not be in such a terrible state now.

She had lived for the Gregorys all these years, obeyed Maxwell Gregory and Lady Gregory for so many years; she was genuinely tired. She wanted to live a good life for herself and the child in her womb once more.

She no longer wanted to be a chess piece, a puppet, the Ruby Gregory who could only survive by relying on Steve Burton.

Sometimes life is full of drama. When she didn’t love him, she desperately wanted to marry him; when she had him in her heart, she began to think about leaving him.

Perhaps this is the destiny between her and him, seemingly deep as the ocean, but in fact, they are predestined but cannot be together.

More importantly, the child in her womb; she could have asked him one more time. She now had his child in her belly, did he really want it?

But in the end, she didn’t have the courage to take the child in her belly as a gamble.

Because she was afraid that Steve Burton would really not want the child, and then force her to take it away. She had no confidence that she could contend with him.

Moreover, that bottle of long-term contraceptive pills was a solid fact.

It is said that a mother’s love is the noblest love in the world, and those who are not mothers will never understand it.

Perhaps the courage that suddenly rose from the bottom of her heart came from the child in her womb. She turned her head, looked at Edric Reat, and whispered, “Can you do me a favor?”

Without waiting for Edric to speak, she lowered her eyes: “Besides you, I don’t know who else I can turn to for help.”

“You tell me.”

Ruby pressed her lips together, and after a long time, she quietly shared her plan with Edric.

After listening, Edric seemed a little calm and after a long time, he finally asked: “Are you sure? Ruby?”

Without any hesitation, Ruby said: “Yes.”

“Let me think about it.”

Ruby nodded but said nothing.

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Although Edric said he would carefully consider Ruby’s plan, it took him only half an hour to nod and say to her, “I promise.”

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Steve Burton had no dinner party that night, nor did he work overtime. At six o’clock, he left the company on time and drove to the apartment.

On the way, he received a call from Madam Burton, reminding him of the engagement details for tomorrow and urging him to take Ruby to the Red Park Resort & Villas early tomorrow morning.

Steve didn’t say a word, just lightly hummed in response after Madam Burton finished speaking and then hung up the phone.

When he returned to the apartment, the lights were still on inside. The suit jacket he had worn yesterday was still on the living room couch, and it hadn’t been picked up, probably because Mrs. Taylor hadn’t come today.

Steve changed his shoes at the foyer area, looked up at the second floor, and saw that the study door was still ajar, in the same state as when he had left yesterday.

Steve glanced at the doorway and then went into the first-floor bathroom, washed his hands, and then slowly began to climb the stairs.