She couldn't accept it. Even with her face battered by Mr. Leighton's wife, witnessing how gently and lovingly Steve Burton treated Ruby Gregory, she still couldn't accept it.
But now, Ruby was the one who answered her call.
Despite her resentment, she had to accept the reality: Ruby and Steve were together again, as good as they had ever been.
Her plan had failed, once again.
How many years had it been…from college until now? In all those years, she schemed, she manipulated, and she chased away countless irrelevant women from Steve's life. Even Olivia Foster, a relative of the Burtons, was easily defeated by her. Yet, Ruby Gregory was the one she meticulously and carefully targeted. However, every time she ended in failure.
In that moment, her heart crumbled, and she was so speechless that she barely made a sound. Then, she heard Ruby's triumphant sarcasm.
