Steve Burton couldn't help but increase his strength, trying to use pain to evoke her response. However, she just kept her eyes tightly shut, silently enduring it. Not even a weak moan or a frown due to pain was given to him.
He thought of her reuniting and warmly smiling at Howard Coleman, Russel Henris, Madeleine, and Edward Woods after their separation, while being spoiled and making a fuss. But when facing him, she either addressed him respectfully as Mr. Burton or tried to please him cautiously.
No matter how harshly he treated her or how cold he was toward her, she could always act as if nothing had happened with such calmness, too lazy even to give him the slightest bit of anger or tears.
Just like now, he blocked her way of diverting her thoughts and pain. He tried his best to make her hurt, but she just maintained her silence and indifference, with no change in her expression.
This numb Ruby Gregory stimulated Steve Burton, making him treat her even more brutally.
