Chapter 402: Chapter 402: Never Touch Her Again (2)

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Thinking of this, Steve felt utterly exhausted, with a slightly pale face, and a trace of sadness appeared on his face.

He was not supposed to be such a man.

The love, hatred, passion, and emotions were all under the control of a woman named Ruby Gregory.

However, some things seemed to be predetermined in the unseen realm.

She stepped into his life with shaky footsteps, and since then, for nearly twenty-three years, she has turned his world upside down.

He loves her deeply, while she is as indifferent as water.

Maybe in her heart, twenty-three years is merely a simple number to be casually mentioned, not worth much.

But to him, it is his entire life.

All along, what he wanted was for her to willingly be with him, to kiss, to make love, not to deal with him as if it were a task to be completed.

It was as if taking painkillers for her, merely forcing herself to accept him.

He suddenly remembered that on the night when she was kidnapped from the hospital, she tilted her head so innocently and sweetly, reached out her hand to him, and called him, Steve, I’m hungry.

She never knew how that gesture touched his heart, and in that moment, he felt that he could let go of all the things he had been holding on to.

That night, after she left, he stood alone in the deeper and colder night, gazing at the starry sky without the moon, still thinking in his heart, that this time, she should not disappoint him again…

But in the end, she still disappointed him.

She didn’t love him, she still didn’t love him.

Her good to him, her attention to him, her changes to him, it was all because of Pristine’s Enterprises behind him, not because he was Steve Burton.

Yet, even so, he found that he was still unwilling to give up on her.

After such anger, disappointment, self-blame, and sadness, he was still willing to give her another chance.

After Steve left, Ruby Gregory stayed there alone for a long time before regaining her senses.

In her mind, she could still hear the sentence Steve said before leaving, “In fact, deep down in your heart, you don’t really like doing this with me, right?”

Did she not like it? The past her did indeed dislike it.

It was painful and uncomfortable, if not for her wanting to marry him and have a child in the past, she would not have bitten her teeth and endured it time and time again.

But now, she couldn’t quite explain her attitude towards her intimate moments with Steve, but she was sure in her heart that she was no longer as resistant as before.

However, without taking painkillers, she still became uncontrollably tense and fearful.

Ruby barely slept the entire night, and it wasn’t until the sky outside the window showed a glimpse of light that she closed her eyes drowsily. In her semi-conscious state, Ruby heard a faint shout from downstairs.

It was a female voice.

Ruby hurriedly sat up on the bed, grabbed a robe from the side, and wrapped herself in it. As she opened the bedroom door, she heard Mrs. Taylor’s voice clearly. She let out a quiet sigh of relief, slowed her pace, and heard Mrs. Taylor’s urgent words, “Mr. Steve? Mr. Steve?”

Ruby frowned and quickly ran down the stairs. Only then did she see Mrs. Taylor kneeling by the pool, trying her best to pull the unconscious Steve out of the water.