To the Love of My Life - Chapter 747 - Chapter 747: Chapter 747: A Mysterious Express Delivery (7)

Chapter 747: Chapter 747: A Mysterious Express Delivery (7)

She couldn’t accept it. Even with her face battered by Mr. Leighton’s wife, witnessing how gently and lovingly Steve Burton treated Ruby Gregory, she still couldn’t accept it.

But now, Ruby was the one who answered her call.

Despite her resentment, she had to accept the reality: Ruby and Steve were together again, as good as they had ever been.

Her plan had failed, once again.

How many years had it been…from college until now? In all those years, she schemed, she manipulated, and she chased away countless irrelevant women from Steve’s life. Even Olivia Foster, a relative of the Burtons, was easily defeated by her. Yet, Ruby Gregory was the one she meticulously and carefully targeted. However, every time she ended in failure.

In that moment, her heart crumbled, and she was so speechless that she barely made a sound. Then, she heard Ruby’s triumphant sarcasm.

At first, she could tolerate it. But when she heard “Whatever the woman who chased you down and beat you up in the streets could do, I, Ruby Gregory, can do as well,” she knew–on that day, both Ruby and Steve had seen her humiliating defeat. Suddenly, images of Steve’s disdainful gaze filled her mind, and she instinctively hung up the phone, angrily throwing it across the room.

She felt a fire burning in her chest, making it impossible for her emotions to calm down. Unable to control her anger, she cursed Ruby loudly. Meanwhile, she began smashing everything in her room.

Pillows, cups, teapots, porcelain, television…anything that could be smashed, she smashed it. In the end, she was exhausted and, sitting in the ruins, began sobbing uncontrollably.

She was so unwilling to accept it!

From college until now, it had been eight whole years. Eight years! Resistance against Japanese occupation had succeeded, but why couldn’t she defeat Ruby Gregory?

She sacrificed her self-respect, accompanying one man after another like a prostitute. From not being able to drink alcohol, she forced herself to down glass after glass as if it were water. She treated herself so cruelly, all so that she could get closer to Steve.

She truly loved him–loved him to the point of madness. She didn’t care if he didn’t love her, or if they didn’t end up together. All she wanted was for him to have no other women by his side…for her to stand close enough to him…

But now?

They even had children together, and they were really going to be together. Was she going to admit defeat?

As these thoughts raced through Maya Mitchell’s mind, she suddenly lifted her tear-filled eyes. A ruthless glint flashed in them. She couldn’t, wouldn’t accept defeat.

If she couldn’t have what she wanted, then neither could Ruby!

Better to shatter with the gemstone than to be left as a complete tile!

Worst-case scenario, they would all meet their doom together!

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At this thought, a cold smile emerged at the corner of Maya’s lips.

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Every weekend, Madeleine would return to the West Suburb Villa to spend time with her parents and visit Howard Coleman’s parents as well.

After Ruby was discharged from the hospital and moved into the West Suburb Villa with the Triplets, Madeleine would visit them during the weekends and check in on the Triplets.

Every visit, Madeleine would habitually bring gifts with her.