To the Love of My Life

Chapter 678: Chapter 678: Qingqing, I Like You (8)
 

Such pain had not yet completely subsided, and the words Steve Burton continued to speak made Ruby Gregory’s heart ache as if it were being sliced by a knife.

“It’s not right… Ruby, you’ve already left me…”

In such a short sentence, he described such heartache and loss, as if he had lost the most precious thing in the world. It made Ruby feel that the tall and imposing Steve, who was holding her, seemed like a little boy who had lost his most beloved toy, panicked and at a loss.

After saying this, he fell silent for a long while before speaking again, “You left me… Ruby left me…”

By the end, Steve’s voice was somewhat choked, “Ruby, do you know? I love you, but, as I loved and loved you, how did I lose you?”

A mist clouded Ruby’s eyes, and her lips began to tremble, but she did not make a sound.

“Ruby, do you know? I didn’t want to cancel our engagement, I wanted you to stay by my side, but, it’s terrible, I’ve only ever loved you alone, I haven’t loved anyone else, I haven’t learned how to love someone, I don’t know what to do to keep you from leaving me…”

Some words, when not spoken, are always difficult to know where to begin.

From their innocent interactions in childhood to their wholehearted love, over such a long period of time, too much had happened and been experienced – things she knew and things she didn’t.

But now, Steve had spoken, and he found that the pain in the depths of his heart, like a dying heart, was slightly eased.

He thought that it was only because he was drunk on alcohol and had hallucinations that he had spoken these words he had buried in his heart for years, but at least it wouldn’t leave him agonizing with no place to vent.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

“Ruby, tell me, is it okay? Tell me, what do I have to do to make you love me?” As Steve spoke, Ruby felt her neck getting wetter and wetter, and the man’s arms around her began to tremble, his voice wavering slightly, “Oh, no… Ruby, I don’t need you to love me, I just want you to be by my side…”

“I won’t ask you to like me anymore, it was all my fault before, I wanted you to care about me deep inside, and as soon as I saw you ignoring me, I couldn’t control my temper. I just wanted you to care about me as much as I care about you… but no one told me that if I did that, I would lose you…”

Steve rubbed his face against Ruby’s shoulder, tears streaming down one after the other, and he complained a little bit pitifully and innocently, “If I’d known that my selfishness would make me lose you, Ruby, I definitely wouldn’t have done that…”

It’s just a pity that he didn’t know that until after he lost her.

“Ruby, I used to think that if you liked me, I would let you know that I liked you too, and if you didn’t like me, I wouldn’t let you see me liking you even if it killed me. Ruby, in fact, it was just my self-esteem at play…Ruby, I’ve actually always liked you…It’s just that I didn’t have the courage to face the fact that you didn’t like me, and then I did so many foolish things…”