Chapter 286 - Chapter 286: Chapter 286: Wanting Her to Love Me (16)

Chapter 286: Chapter 286: Wanting Her to Love Me (16)

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Ruby Gregory paused before answering the call, trying her best to keep her voice steady. “Dad,” she said.

From the other end of the line came Maxwell Gregory’s voice, tinged with happiness. “Ruby, Mr. Robbins contacted me for dinner and even signed a contract with me.”

Originally, this was what Ruby wanted to happen. But now that the goal had been achieved, she felt no joy. Lowering her eyes, she deliberately asked with a relaxed tone, “Really?”

“Yes, Ruby, what method did you use to get Mr. Robbins to contact me proactively? And he even invited me out for dinner tonight.”

“There wasn’t any special method…”

Before Ruby could finish, Maxwell interrupted her excitedly. “Ruby, Mr. Robbins mentioned Steve during dinner, and he even said that when I become successful, I must not forget his help…” Maxwell paused for a moment, his voice slightly tentative but confident as he asked, “Ruby, did Steve help out?” Ruby hesitated for a moment and said, “Yes.”

“I was worried that your relationship with Steve was too stable, it seems I was overthinking. Ruby, you absolutely cannot make any mistakes with Steve again. ”

Ruby lowered her eyelids, glancing at the mess covering her body. Swallowing hard, she obediently responded “yes” to her father on the phone.

At the end of her reply, a misty layer formed in the depths of her eyes.

Her father on the phone seemed genuinely happy, first asking if she had eaten, then repeatedly reminding her not to make Steve angry, to take care of him, and so on, before hanging up.

Only after putting down the phone did Ruby raise her hand, wiping away the tears she’d been holding back at the corner of her eyes. She then curled up on the cold marble floor, hugging her knees and burying her head between her legs.

Since childhood, whenever she wanted to do something, she’d always do it well.

In middle school, when she wanted to win first place in a jump rope competition, she put a lot of effort into learning and ultimately succeeded. Later, she wanted to excel in calligraphy, asking her father to find a famous teacher to mentor her, just as she wished, and she won the best calligrapher award. In high school, she saw a celestial dance on TV and went on to learn it, winning the applause of the whole school at the Gala Party at the end of the

year.

But nobody knew that she had been told since childhood that she must do her best in one thing, and that was to marry Steve Burton. She had been trying her best all along, but found that with this one thing, she just couldn’t do it well; in fact, the more she tried, the worse she became.

In front of him, she was nothing but a pitiful creature who always sacrificed herself for others..