To the Love of My Life

After the reunion dinner, the Chinese New Year gala just happened to start. The servants brewed some tea and brought out some nuts and fruits. Everyone sat on the sofa, watching TV in harmony.

Just as Madeleine had described, at West Suburb Villa, when the New Year’s Eve struck, fireworks were set off at the top of the hill.

The New Year is all about liveliness, so when it neared 11 o’clock, not only did Maxwell Gregory and Lady Gregory leave for the hilltop, but even the housekeepers and servants did so too.

Ruby, carrying her own child, did not want to go out late at night in the cold. Thus, she randomly came up with a lame excuse and declined to go.

After all the Gregorys left, the villa seemed somewhat desolate. The Chinese New Year gala was something that seemed lively when watched as a family. Now she was left alone, completely uninterested in watching TV, she decided to go upstairs.

Passing by the newspaper stand on the first floor, Ruby casually pulled out a copy of the business newspaper that Maxwell Gregory had subscribed to.

Back in her room, she took a bath and, as usual, did some prenatal yoga, got on the bed, picked up the business newspaper, and casually flipped through it. However, she was surprised to find the headline news about Yanna’s Enterprises being taken over by Gregory’s Enterprises.

Nowadays, Gregory’s Enterprises had already been acquired by Pristine’s Enterprises, so essentially, Yanna’s had been swallowed up by Pristine’s.

And Evan Yanna, was the man who had harassed her at the Gardenia Clubhouse that day.

Ruby’s heart suddenly became a little unsettled.

Why did Pristine’s Enterprises suddenly decide to acquire Yanna’s? Was it because of what happened that afternoon?

While Ruby was lost in her thoughts, a deafening sound of fireworks exploded from outside the window. She turned her head and saw beautiful fireworks spreading across the sky right beside her window; it was a magnificent sight.

Ruby placed the newspaper on the bed, wore her slippers, and ran towards the balcony. Pulling open the sliding glass door, she poked her head out briefly to find Steve Burton sitting leisurely on his balcony next door, holding a porcelain cup in his hand and looking up at the sky.

Ruby paused for a moment and swiftly withdrew, closing the sliding door quickly. Her heart was uncontrollably beating much faster than usual.

Why was Steve Burton on the balcony? Hadn’t he gone with the Burtons to the hilltop to watch fireworks?

Ruby awkwardly walked back to bed and sat, holding the pillow while staring at the different beautiful fireworks bursting in the sky. Her mind was filled with what Madeleine had told her about the wound on Steve’s leg.

The wound was deep, exposing the white bone, but he always refused to go to the hospital…

The more Ruby thought about it, the more restless she felt. She lay heavily on the bed, her head hitting the newspaper about Yanna’s Enterprises being taken over; her thoughts became even more jumbled. The last image was of Steve Burton trudging awkwardly into the Burton’s compound in the afternoon.

With a hard shake of her head, Ruby sat upright on the bed. She walked into the dressing room, about to change her clothes, when she suddenly remembered that she and Steve had called off their engagement. Would it be ok for her to go and find him so directly?