To the Love of My Life

Chapter 355: 355: This Man is Too Shameless (5)

In her heart, an idea emerged, one that she had never had and didn’t dare to have: that Steve Burton actually cared about her.

Steve had said before that if she wanted to marry him, she should think about what he wanted and what she should give.

Turns out, it wasn’t that he would marry her if she gave him what he wanted but, deep down, he actually wanted to marry her all along?

This bold guess made Ruby’s heartbeat pause for a moment.

After a long while, she heard the “thump-thump-thump” of her own heart, one beat after another, clear and intense, along with a kind of indescribable joy.

She felt joy for achieving the goal she had been saddled with since childhood of marrying Steve, and joy for finally being able to lead Gregory’s Enterprises to great success.

However, behind all this joy was another kind of joy, sweet and warm, yet she didn’t know where this happiness came from.

When Ruby woke up from her nap, Steve was already back on the sofa, staring at his laptop with his usual focused expression, as if never having left the couch if not for her fingertips still carrying the warmth from his palm.

Ruby lay quietly on her hospital bed, not moving, her eyes fixated on Steve’s flawless face.

His long, curled lashes hung halfway down, under his tall, straight nose were his thin lips.

Today, he wore a milky-white shirt, the collar revealing two buttons undone, exposing his delicate, beautiful collarbone, elegant and sensual.

At this moment, the sunlight was just right, filtering through the spotless jalousie window, casting on him and making his originally fair skin look even more immaculate and unreal.

The jalousie window was left open, allowing a gentle breeze to flow in, swaying his slightly trimmed hair.

His expression didn’t change much, occasionally furrowing his brows, then raising his hand to type on his keyboard, his slender, agile fingertips exuding a lethal attraction.

Little by little, Ruby became mesmerized by Steve.

Not knowing how long she had been staring at him, Steve reached for the white porcelain cup beside him as if wanting to drink water, only to realize that it was empty, furrowing his brows and continuing his work after putting down the cup.

Ruby took note of his small reactions, and after a while, she got off the bed, scooped up a glass of water from the water dispenser, and carefully and quietly placed it next to his laptop.

Ruby did all these actions very carefully and silently, in an attempt not to disturb Steve’s work. However, as she stood up and prepared to go back to her bed, Steve’s light voice floated over, “Awake?”

His eyes never left his laptop, his fingers typing rapidly on the keyboard for a while before seemingly completing his work, closing the laptop with one hand and then looking up at Ruby.

Ruby could only halt her retreat, then smile at Steve, asking, “Done with work?”

“Mmhm,” Steve replied lazily, leaning back on the sofa and lifting the glass of water that Ruby brought, taking a sip.