Chapter 652: Chapter 652: Syrup, Candy, Sugar (2)


    After Ruby Gregory finished speaking, fearing that Steve Burton would refuse to answer the hypothetical, she emphasized again, “Just in case.”


    Immediately, Ruby held her breath and stared at Steve without blinking.


    As far as Steve was concerned, this was an impossibility, and he was toozy to entertain the hypothetical.


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    However, faced with Ruby’s gaze, he eventuallypromised, imagining a simple scenario where he inadvertently ended up in bed with another woman, and she happened to be pregnant with his child…


    Although he knew it was just a hypothetical, Steve found it absurd and shook his head before blurting out, “If such a situation were to happen, I would never allow that woman to give birth to the child, and even if she did, I wouldn’t want it. Whether the child lived or died would have nothing to do with me.”


    Ruby felt as if a knife were stabbing into her heart, making her slightly dizzy. In disbelief, she whispered, “You wouldn’t want it?”


    She then tightened her grip on her bag, trying to maintain herposure, and scoffed at Steve with a look of disdain, “Steve, how heartless can you be? That would be your flesh and blood! Have you no humanity?”


    It was her idea for him to imagine this hypothetical, yet after he did, she turned around and scolded him…


    Steve let out a somewhat helpless chuckle, his heart bing slightly sorrowful.


    Actually, he could have been morepassionate, under one condition: the woman was Ruby. Even if the child in her belly wasn’t his, as long as the woman was Ruby, he could love them both equally.


    The atmosphere in the car was slightly quiet.


    The forced smile on Ruby’s facested only half a minute before disappearingpletely. She lowered her head, afraid that Steve might see the destion on her face.


    Steve didn’t say anything, staring straight at the road outside the car window, lost in thought.


    After a while, Ruby couldn’t bear the oppressive atmosphere in the car any longer. She took a deep breath, and then, with a calm expression, said, “Steve, it’s gettingte. I should go in.”


    Steve snapped out of his thoughts and turned to look at Ruby, nodding in agreement.


    Ruby only made brief eye contact with Steve before quickly turning away and pushing open the car door.


    Steve followed her out of the car, and after Ruby closed the car door, he took out his car keys, locked the doors, and said to her, “I’ll walk you in.”


    Ruby responded with a faint nod, walked around the car to Steve’s side, and then they both headed towards the entrance of the neighborhood. Just as they took a few steps, Steve stopped in his tracks.


    Ruby noticed Steve’s slowed pace and slowed down as well. Puzzled, she nced at him, about to ask, “What’s wrong?”, when she saw his gaze fixed on something straight ahead. She furrowed her brow, and following his line of sight, saw Edric Reat walking out of the neighborhood.


    Ruby abruptly stopped, and the next moment, she saw Edric’s gaze meet hers and Steve’s. His expression faltered, and he too stopped in his tracks.