To the Love of My Life

Chapter 688: Chapter 688: Chaotic Baby-Making (8)
 

Madeleine waited for a long time, until she felt a little better, then quietly got out of bed and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

By the time she came out, Howard Coleman was already sound asleep.

Madeleine, who always suffered from insomnia, was even more restless at this time. She sat on the edge of the bed, staring at Howard for a long time, wanting to reach out and touch him several times, but not daring to. In the end, she waited quietly until dawn, then washed up and went downstairs to make breakfast.

Madeleine made breakfast, arranged everything neatly on the dining table, but did not enter the bedroom to call Howard, just waiting quietly. At nine o’clock, Howard came out of the room, dressed and ready to go.

Only then did Madeleine stand up from the sofa and smile at Howard: “Do you want to have breakfast?”

Howard adjusted his tie, glanced at Madeleine without acknowledging her, picked up his messy phone and car keys from the coffee table, which had been cleaned up by Madeleine since last night, and then headed for the foyer area.

Madeleine stood stiffly in place, watching Howard put on his shoes, open the door, close the door, but never looking back at her, her expression becoming extremely despondent.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Madeleine blinked, suppressing the mist in her eyes, just as she was about to turn around and go to the dining room to eat, the closed door was opened again. Howard, who had just left, had come back. Madeleine’s eyes flashed with surprise, and she looked at Howard, asking out loud, “Did you forget something? I’ll get it for you.”

Howard didn’t pick up on her cue, but stared at her for a while and said, “Did you take the pill?”

It took Madeleine about half a minute to realize that the pill Howard was referring to was the emergency contraceptive pill. She opened her mouth, then tightened her lips.

Howard spoke again, “I remember you should still have one left, right?”

Madeleine didn’t say a word, she just silently turned and walked to a nearby cabinet, took out the last box of contraceptives from the first drawer, opened it without hesitation in front of Howard, put the pill in her mouth, swallowed it forcefully, and then looked at Howard.

Howard didn’t say a word, just stared at Madeleine’s face for a long time, before slamming the door shut with a bang and leaving completely.

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About a week after Ruby Gregory’s call to Madeleine, she made several irregular calls to her again, but the news she received was that Steve Burton still hadn’t returned to the country. As for Steve’s phone, either no one answered or Ms. Taylor did. After a while, Ruby simply stopped calling Steve.

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During the two weeks Steve spent in Lilliput, both his work and life were in extremely poor shape.

Every day, no matter what he was doing, his mind was filled with images of Ruby Gregory. Eventually, he recalled the night before his business trip, where he got drunk and ended up at the Gregorys’ house.

That night, he drank too much alcohol. The next day when he sobered up, his head was hurting like hell. Before opening his eyes, his mind was filled with the scene of him holding Ruby, babbling on about a lot of things. He even said, “Ruby, I like you.” Then he suddenly sat up from the bed, realizing he was in his own room, and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking it was just a dream he had last night.