To the Love of My Life

The Burtons had a lively New Year’s Eve family dinner, and he didn’t know if it was because Ruby had returned to the Gregorys and was close to him, but his mood was good, and he drank a lot of alcohol.

With the family gathered in warmth, a full table of delicacies steamed in front of their eyes. When Steve got up to pour wine for his father, he inadvertently glimpsed an empty seat beside him. His once-good mood then turned a little melancholic.

If their engagement had not been called off, she would probably be sitting right next to him right now.

The originally harmonious New Year’s Eve family dinner suddenly plummeted his mood to rock bottom.

Now, she was just standing in front of him like this, ungracefully dressed in her pajamas, and it made him so dazed for a moment that he forgot to speak.

Ruby stood at the door, hesitated for a while before she finally gathered up all her courage and pressed the doorbell. The doorbell rang only half a ring, and the door was pulled open, scaring her, and she instinctively stepped back. Then she looked up and saw Steve, still wearing his casual clothes from the afternoon, squatting down, tying his shoelaces, and not looking up at the visitor.

Ruby felt a bit awkward, nervously not knowing what to say. Just as she was thinking about whether she should quietly leave, Steve looked up, saw her at the door, and their eyes collided without warning.

Fortunately, he spoke first, and then she finally replied.

But after just two dry exchanges of words, he just stared at her without saying a word.

Ruby gathered a lot of courage to find him, but now seeing him silent, she only thought he didn’t want to deal with her. Suddenly, she felt an unspeakable embarrassment and discomfort at the bottom of her heart, just like the time when she cared about him but was ridiculed by his furious anger.

Ruby bit her lip, her fingers gripping her clothes tightly, and forced a smile, “If you don’t have a candle, I’ll go borrow one from the neighboring house.”

It was only then that Steve suddenly came to his senses and saw Ruby turning around to leave. Without thinking, he anxiously said, “Wait a moment.”

He didn’t wait for a response from Ruby and hurriedly turned around, heading into the house.

After taking two steps, Steve remembered something, stopped, and said to Ruby, who was still lingering at the door, “You should come in and sit down.”

Ruby hesitated at the door for a moment before nodding gently and walking in.

Steve pointed to the sofa, motioning for her to sit, then brought her a glass of warm water and placed it in front of her.

Ruby smiled at Steve and said, “Thank you.”

When Ruby took the glass of water, her fingers accidentally touched Steve’s warm fingertips. The man’s whole body shuddered for a moment, and he stared at Ruby for a big while before standing up hurriedly and turning around to find a candle.