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Ruby Gregory closed the door and followed Steve Burton, deliberately walking slowly down the steps and increasing the distance between them.
The two of them walked along the path, still silent, one behind the other.
The moon tonight was in its waning phase, a crescent hanging on the horizon, casting a gentle luminance on the ground.
The night breeze in the suburbs carried a hint of chill, mixed with a fresh fragrance, giving a sense of tranquility.
However, Ruby’s heart couldn’t seem to find peace.
Steve walked to the main entrance of the Gregorys’ residence, stopped, and turned to look at Ruby, who had fallen far behind him.
Ruby’s steps hesitated for a moment, but she still braced herself and slowly approached the entrance, where she finally stopped at a certain distance from Steve.
During their time inside the Gregorys’ house, Steve hadn’t had the chance to take a good look at Ruby.
Now standing at the entrance with only the two of them, under the dim light of the doorway, Steve saw that in just a few short days, Ruby had lost a noticeable amount of weight. Her already delicate face seemed even more petite.
She kept her gaze lowered, not looking up at him, and appeared somewhat nervous. Steve noticed her hands silently hidden behind her skirt, clenched into fists.
Steve stared at Ruby for a while before finally speaking, saying, “There’s a company department banquet tomorrow evening.”
He had spoken concisely, but Ruby understood that this meant she would have to go to work at Pristine’s Enterprises the next day. Ruby gently nodded her head without uttering a word.
The two of them fell silent once again.
Ruby thought that her silence brought about the awkwardness, so she tried to quickly think of something to say but couldn’t come up with anything meaningful. Finally, she looked up at Steve and said, “Goodbye.”
Upon hearing these words, Steve’s brow briefly furrowed, but in the next second, he wordlessly turned around and strode toward the Burtons’ entrance without looking back.
Ruby stood at the door, watching Steve’s figure gradually disappear around the corner of the Burtons’ entrance, then let out a long sigh of relief. She stared blankly in the direction he’d gone, before slowly turning around and retreating back into the house.
Ruby’s pride told her that she didn’t want to marry Steve anymore.
But her reason was telling her that she couldn’t abandon the Gregorys, who had raised her all these years.
For the past few days, she had been wavering on this issue, but still hadn’t reached a decision.
So, on the second day after Steve showed up at the Gregorys’, Ruby went to work at Pristine’s Enterprises..