NovelEnglishChapter 898 Ruby shook her head. "No need. I live close to the company and the main road, so there are still plenty of people around at this hour. I'll be fine." Nyla didn't insist, nodding. "Alright, messagewhen you get home." "Will do," Ruby replied.
After that, Nyla and Damon quickly got into the car and left, while Ruby turned to head home. Just as she neared her house, she suddenly received a call from Sullivan. "Aren't you hyet?" Sullivan asked.
Ruby, not used to his overly familiar tone, frowned. "I'm on my way home. Thanks for your concern, Sullivan, but is there something else you need?" Sullivan, unfazed by her cold tone, kept his voice gentle as always. "Be careful on the road. Letknow when you get home." Ruby took a deep breath before replying, "Sullivan, I thought I made myself clear last time. I really appreciate you savingtwice, but my feelings for you are nothing more than gratitude." Sullivan had heard this rejection so many times that he didn't take offense. "Ruby, why not give us a chance? If, in the end, you can't develop feelings for me, I'll let you go." "There's no point in trying something that won't work," Ruby replied.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtBesides, he wasn't the type of person she liked.
They both grew up in families that didn't offer much love, like two hedgehogs bristling at the slightest threat. Being together would only cause them to hurt each other, and she didn't want to waste ton that. "You don't know it won't work," Sullivan said, his voice persistent.
Ruby lowered her eyes, speaking slowly. "Sullivan, people who grow up without love don't have extra love to give. Loving themselves is already difficult enough.
"I don't want us to hurt each other, and you cclose tofor other reasons at first, didn't you?" In the lab, Tina and Demi were more attractive and lively than she was. Why would Sullivan notice someone like her, with no shining qualities? There was silence on the other end of the line.
Ruby was about to hang up when Sullivan's voice suddenly cthrough again. "Ruby, I won't deny it, when I first approached you, I did have other motives. But after learning that you've had similar experiences, I becdrawn to your resilience.
"I can promise you now, I really like you. It's not for any other reason, but because I truly care for you." His tone was sincere, and for a moment, Ruby imagined him standing before her, looking at her as he said those words. She clenched her phone tightly.
After a long pause, she replied slowly, "But I don't like you. Please stop liking me." With that, she hung up. Turning it to silent, she tucked it into her bag and began walking.
She had long gotten used to being alone. She wasn't afraid of loneliness. In fact, she had becaccustomed to it. But when she heard Sullivan's words, they still moved her, and her heart skipped a beat.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmIt was only a momentary flutter.
She and Sullivan were too alike-similar childhoods, similarenKadshaped experiences, which Kad shaped similar stubborn personalities. Two people so alike could never work together.
Sullivan slowly put down his phone and stared out the window Afterm being rejected tand tagain by Ruby, his patience was running thin. In the hospital room...
Just then, his phone rang. He looked at the screen with anticipation but his expression darkened when he saw who was calling.
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