booknovelhub
Chapter 583: 583: Wait a little longer before giving up (23)
Chapter 583: 583: Wait a little longer before giving up (23)
Chapter 583: Chapter 583: Wait a little longer before giving up (23)
Ruby Gregory relayed to Steve Burton everything the doctor had told her. After doing so, she put all the medicines into a bag. Then she lifted her head, looking at Steve whose gaze remained fixed on her.
When Ruby was little, she would always stare at him with her big, black, innocent eyes, without shyness or fear. However, when she grew up and started to go out of her way to please him in hope of marriage, she became afraid to meet his eyes, for fear that he might see through her intentions. But now, all her reservations were gone. As their eyes met, she hesitated slightly, then looked straight into Steve’s eyes.
In the depths of his unfathomable, dark eyes, there was such a bright, dazzling light that it attracted Ruby and she couldn’t look away. For a moment, her mind went blank, forgetting what she was meant to say next.
Steve only regained his wits when the soft, warm voice at his ear ceased. He then found Ruby’s clear, beautiful eyes gazing straight at him.
In the bright light outside the emergency room entrance, he could clearly see his own reflection in the depth of her eyes.
Slowly, Steve’s gaze became a bit profound, and a warmth spread across his body. He quickly averted his eyes from Ruby’s face and stared at the barren tree branches in the distance. Swallowing hard twice, he suppressed his inner impulse, then cleared his throat and uttered a curt “Hmm” as acknowledgment.
Only then did Ruby snap back to her senses, realizing she had been staring blankly at Steve.
Her face turned slightly red from embarrassment, she handed the bag of medicine to Steve and murmured with her eyes downcast, “The medicine is all inside.”
Upon hearing Ruby’s words, Steve took a deep breath before turning back. He reached out and took the bag from her hand.
Ruby kept her eyes downcast, not daring to meet Steve’s. As he took the bag, she quickly lifted her eyelids and stole a glance at him, only to find their eyes once again meet.
Her whole body shuddered as if electrified, her face flushing red. She swiftly averted her gaze and quickly said, “Then you go to the Sapphire Bistro and have fun with Rusell and the others. I should leave now.”
From her words, Steve quickly sensed something was off, “Why don’t you join us?”
Had it not been for the fact that she had to bring him to the hospital, she, now expecting, would have long been in bed.
Without giving it much thought, Ruby Gregory rejected the idea outright, “I can’t, I have to go home.”
“I have to go home”… as if someone was waiting for her at home. Was it Edric?
Steve slightly pursed his lips. After a long pause, in a somewhat downcast tone, he said, “Let me drive you home then, it’s pretty late.”
“No need for that, it’s a long way to the Gregorys. Going back and forth would take more than an hour. I can just catch a cab,” Ruby contested, shaking her head.
So it turned out she wasn’t going back to the home she shared with Edric, but to the Gregorys’…
Steve felt as if his mood had been on roller-coaster, up and down, full of drama all night long.