Chapter 60: Let Her Be Happy for a While (8)
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Madeleine lifted her head, looking at Howard Coleman, “Howard, are you trying to fight ? I’ll call Jack over to help right now.”
Two against one? How could he possibly win?
Howard gritted his teeth till they chattered, looking at the smug Ruby Gregory, he swallowed his anger again.
A ga of Backgammon ended with Ruby winning, after countless bizarre reasons and threats served as excuses to remove Howard’s black pieces from the ga.
Ruby busily tried to convince Howard to play another round, but Howard, who had been forced to recall every humiliating event from elentary school to university by Ruby, shook his head, absolutely refusing!
Although Steve Burton appeared to be imrsed in the atmosphere of the birthday party, he had been watching Ruby all along.
Despite the distance, Steve’s good eyesight allowed him to clearly see Ruby, Howard, and Madeleine playing Backgammon.
It seed like Ruby had won. Her radiant smile was as brilliant as the blazing sun, dazzlingly beautiful.
Soon, she and Howard started another round. Her expression was serious, sotis frowning, sotis pouting, and sotis even biting her own finger, seemingly lost in thought.
She looked so animated and appealing with her myriad of expressions, more so than when she was always cautiously ticulous around him. He couldn’t help but be drawn to her.
It seed like Ruby was about to lose to Howard, so she cheated by kicking the table and ruining the ga.
This was just like the Ruby he first saw when he was four… if she couldn’t get sothing, she would just destroy it!
A faint smile curved at the corner of Steve’s lips, causing him to be penalized a drink for not paying attention to the ga at hand.
After the ga was wrecked, Ruby and Howard started another round. From a distance, he couldn’t tell what she was saying to Howard, but she kept removing the black pieces from the board. Howard’s face looked like he had eaten shit, getting uglier and uglier, becoming more despondent as each piece was removed. Towards the end, it looked as if Howard was about to cry.
Steve couldn’t help but let out a soft laugh, causing him to lose the ga once again and was penalized another drink.
These gas were child’s play for Steve, who had never lost in all these years.
Rusell Henris couldn’t help wondering why Steve was losing, only to realize that his gaze kept straying in Ruby’s direction.
The next ti Steve was penalized a drink, Rusell finally asked, “Bro, should we go see what Madeleine and Howard are up to?”
Upon hearing this, Steve, who had been raising his glass, paused. His eyes beca a bit dimr, and a hint of dejection could be heard in his voice: “If I go over, she might get upset.”
Rusell was taken aback.
Steve lifted his glass, downing the drink with one gulp. His eyelashes cast a shadow on his cheeks as he squeezed the glass in his hand, speaking again:
“Let her be happy a little while longer.”
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