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 ssage notification sounded again.
Howard extended his hand, took the phone, rubbed his fingers across the screen a couple of tis, 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 ?”
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 ti was the most beautiful and peaceful ti of her life.
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She no longer had to wait alone in an empty room for Howard, who she knew wouldn’t co ho until dawn. She could listen to his long breaths, sll 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 rely 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 ssage, 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 sowhat burdened and complex, as if he were wrestling with so 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 ssaging app.
Who had sent Howard the text ssage that he was so engrossed in?
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 ca 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 ti had passed, Madeleine finally saw Howard, who had maintained the sa expression the whole ti, 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 ti before he ca 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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