To the Love of My Life

The more it was like this, the more acute Steve Burton’s sense of smell became. Ruby Gregory’s faint scent continuously drilled into his nostrils.

Steve’s mouth became dry, and he clearly had a premonition that, if he stayed any longer, he would lose his composure.

Trying his best to maintain his sanity, he took out his phone from his pocket and glanced at the time. Then, with a calm tone, he said, “It’s getting late. I have to go.”

Ruby’s uneasy mood suddenly turned a bit reluctant when she heard Steve was leaving. She lifted her head, glanced at him, moved her lips, and then gently nodded.

Seeing her nod, Steve hurriedly left, saying, “Goodbye.”

He quickly walked back to the living room, picked up his car keys from the coffee table, and hurriedly left Ruby’s house.

Only after a while did Ruby come back to her senses after the living room door closed. In the empty room, she was left alone, with the lingering scent of a man in the air.

An indescribable sense of loss rose from the bottom of her heart.

Ruby stood in front of the table for a long time before getting up, tidying up the bowls on the table, and placing them into the sink. She washed them carefully, then neatly put them in a sterilizer.

Returning to the living room, Ruby picked up a yoga mat, spread it on the floor, and absentmindedly practiced prenatal yoga. After that, she took a bath.

When Ruby came out of the bathroom and was making milk powder, she thought of the milk powder that Steve had brought back from Lilliput. Her hand trembled slightly, and she closed the can of milk powder she had bought from the supermarket. Then, she walked to the living room, opened the paper bag, took out the milk powder, and made a cup of it.

As she picked up the cup to drink, Ruby grabbed her phone, took a picture of the opened milk powder, then another picture of the brewed cup, and uploaded them to Twitter with the caption, “A cup of milk powder for pregnant women before bed.” followed by two blushing emojis.

After posting, Ruby sipped her milk while staring at her Twitter feed.

She didn’t know if it was because of Steve’s milk powder, but she found it to be more delicious than any other milk powder she had tasted.

When she was halfway through drinking the milk, Ruby noticed a like under her Twitter post.

It was from Ruby’s Time.

Ruby’s lips curved up, and she swiped on the screen to enter Steve’s Twitter page and sent him a direct message: “Home?”

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Steve walked out of Ruby’s building and went straight to his car. He turned on the air conditioner and set it to the lowest temperature. After blowing cold air for a long time, the heat on his body finally subsided. The thoughts in his body gradually calmed down as well. He leaned against the car seat, let out a long breath, and slowly drove away.

While driving, Steve received a call from Rusell Henris. After the call, he habitually refreshed Ruby’s Twitter and saw she had updated her status.

She posted a picture of the milk powder he had bought, opened, as if to say she had started drinking the milk powder he bought?

PS: Today’s story ends here. There’s a little writer’s block, so I will go sort out the plot for now~~~ Today is February 1st, the first day of the month. If you have any monthly votes, please give them to Yezi~~~ As I promised, I will start updating more frequently since the Golden Keyboard is the number one choice. From the 2nd onward, I will maintain ten updates per day for five days, continuing until I reach ten updates in total~