To the Love of My Life

Chapter 818: Chapter 818: Overbearing CEO Falls for the Delicate Wife (18)_1
 

Howard Coleman didn’t look at his phone, and about half a minute later, the text message notification sounded again.

Howard extended his hand, took the phone, rubbed his fingers across the screen a couple of times, and then lifted it to his face to unlock the screen and look.

It was still from Anita Madris.

“Howard, I know you’re not asleep.”

“Howard, don’t you have anything you want to say to me?”

Madeleine had closed her eyes only after Howard Coleman had lain down beside her. Although they hadn’t even touched hands during this period, she felt that this time was the most beautiful and peaceful time of her life.

She no longer had to wait alone in an empty room for Howard, who she knew wouldn’t come home until dawn. She could listen to his long breaths, smell his unique scent, and sweetly fall asleep.

Howard’s phone often received calls and texts, which Madeleine didn’t pay much attention to; so when his phone rang twice in succession that night and he picked it up to check the text, she merely opened her eyes casually, glanced over, then closed them again.

The light from Howard’s phone screen was a bit bright, reflecting uncomfortably on Madeleine’s closed eyelids. She hadn’t fallen asleep and hadn’t heard Howard reply to the message, so she opened her eyes and saw Howard staring blankly at the screen.

In the dim glow of the room’s sleep light, Madeleine could clearly see the expression on Howard’s face—he appeared somewhat burdened and complex, as if he were wrestling with some particularly difficult issue.

Madeleine looked at Howard’s phone screen. She couldn’t make out the specific content on his phone, but she could roughly tell it was the messaging app.

Who had sent Howard the text message that he was so engrossed in?

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A vague sense of unease began to surface at the bottom of Madeleine’s heart. She lay quietly beside him, silently observing his profile.

Because it was a thunderstorm, it came fiercely but also left quickly. Now, the thunder had quieted, and the wind and rain had subsided, making the world even more silent.

Not knowing exactly how much time had passed, Madeleine finally saw Howard, who had maintained the same expression the whole time, blink, lock his phone screen, and casually throw it aside before closing his eyes.

Fearing that Howard might notice her watching him, Madeleine quickly closed her eyes as he put down his phone, feigning deep sleep.

Only after a long while did Madeleine open her eyes again. The sleepiness had gone, and she just stared at Howard’s seemingly asleep profile, motionless.

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Steve Burton was utterly entranced by Ruby Gregory’s two phrases, “husband” and “I love you.” He stood on the street with her on his back for a long time before he came back to his senses, put Ruby down, and pulled her into his arms, going straight in and kissing her lips without hesitation.

Halfway through the kiss with Ruby, Steve received a call from the driver. He answered and gave the driver the address. Within no more than five minutes, the car slowly stopped in front of him and Ruby.

The driver got out and personally opened the rear car door. As Ruby got into the car, Steve still stood there, dazed, not knowing what he was thinking, and then for no apparent reason, he curled his lips into a smile.

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