To the Love of My Life

Chapter 299: 299: Observe Carefully and Learn Diligently (9)

Mrs. Taylor was actually right!

Steve Burton’s series of reactions just now wasn’t indifference and neglect toward her, but wanting her to stay.

It turned out that all those times, she had misunderstood his intentions.

Steve came out after washing his hands, seeing Ruby standing foolishly in the living room. He paused and asked, “Why are you standing here like a fool instead of eating when you’re hungry?

Ruby glanced at Steve, said nothing, and hurriedly ran into the bathroom.

When she came out after washing her hands, Steve was already sitting elegantly and leisurely at the dining table.

Ruby sat down across from him, and as she watched Mrs. Taylor bustling around preparing the dishes, she felt embarrassed and stood up to help.

With a ladle, Ruby served two bowls of soup and placed a stack of cilantro beside them. She knew that Steve didn’t like cilantro, so she only added it to one of the bowls and then handed the other clear soup to him. “Mr. Burton, this bowl of soup doesn’t have cilantro,” she said.

Just as Steve was about to reach out for the soup, upon hearing the words “Mr. Burton,” he found it particularly mood-breaking. His mood became instantly gloomy, and his hand only lifted slightly before falling back down.

Ruby clearly felt the brief change in Steve’s expression, growing colder. She furrowed her eyebrows and thought for a while, not understanding where she went wrong. Was it possible that his appetite had changed and he now liked cilantro?

Unable to decide, Ruby decided to be safe and brought the plate of cilantro to

Steve.

His expression darkened further as he stared at the additional plate of cilantro in front of him.

Since returning to the country, Ruby had only eaten with him a few times, let alone had a private meal like now. She was tense to begin with, and seeing Steve’s chilly demeanor made her even more uneasy, losing her appetite. She sat cautiously to the side, picked up her chopsticks, and just kept her head down, fiddling with the white rice in her bowl.

Her reaction, in Steve’s eyes, appeared to be struggling to swallow her food.

Was having a meal with him that unbearable for her?

Steve’s expression grew even darker.

The white rice was tasteless. Ruby ate without any enjoyment, wanting to try the steamed sea bass but noticed, upon lifting her chopsticks, that the dishes in front of her hadn’t been touched. She glanced over and saw that Steve’s soup and rice hadn’t been touched either.

Only then did Ruby raise her head and look at Steve’s face, finding his expression even more frightening than before. Her hand holding the chopsticks trembled, and she no longer had the courage to pick up the food.

However, the atmosphere was so stifling that Ruby didn’t dare to eat the rice in her bowl anymore. She could only raise her head and look to Mrs. Taylor for help.

Mrs. Taylor, standing to the side, had been fretting over the scene. Seeing that Ruby was finally willing to look at her, she quickly nodded at the dishes and then at Steve’s empty plate.

Ruby instantly understood Mrs. Taylor’s meaning: she wanted her to serve Steve some food.

With Mrs. Taylor’s recent success in understanding Steve’s thoughts, Ruby was quite trusting of her at this point, although she still had some doubts.

She had no idea how Mrs. Taylor could tell that Steve was waiting for her to serve him food, considering that he hadn’t said a word or shown any reaction since they sat down at the table..