To the Love of My Life

Chapter 765: Fearlessly Blocking the Blade (15)

Chapter 765: Chapter 765: Fearlessly Blocking the Blade (15)

“Oh, really?” Steve Burton knew that Rusell Henris was teasing him, but he still took it seriously as praise and nodded in agreement. He slowly threw down a card and replied, “Well, I suppose it’s because of having triplet children. After all, becoming a dad requires patience. Having three children at once means I need to have triple the patience. Anyway, there’s no point talking about this with you. You wouldn’t understand.”

“Damn…” Rusell muttered under his breath, “Can you please come up with a different excuse instead of always talking about the triplets?”

“Forget it, Rusell. Our brother here can’t help but mention his precious triplets. This afternoon, he was talking business with a client and trying to get more profit. He even brought up the triplets, saying…” Edward Woods paused for a moment and then imitated Steve’s elegant posture when he was sitting on the sofa earlier in the day. With a calm and sophisticated tone, he said in resignation, “I have no choice but to raise the price by 5 percent because I suddenly have triplets now. The expenses have increased a lot. So, I need Mr. Madris to be more understanding and bear with me.”

Rusell couldn’t help but laugh at Edward’s imitation of Steve’s mannerisms and tone of voice.

Steve wasn’t bothered by their teasing. He leisurely picked up his phone and saw that it was almost eleven o’clock. He sent a text message to Ruby Gregory, “Ruby, what time are you coming home? The Triplets miss mom and dad already.”

After sending the message, Steve constantly checked his phone. About ten minutes later, his phone finally rang. It was a call from Ruby.

Steve immediately grabbed his phone and was about to answer the call, but it was suddenly disconnected.

Steve assumed that Ruby had accidentally hung up and didn’t think much of it as he called her back.

The call rang for a long time, going unanswered until an automated response came through: “Sorry, the person you are trying to reach is temporarily unavailable.”

Steve frowned and tried calling Ruby again, but this time the call was not only unanswered, it was disconnected halfway through. When he tried calling again, her phone was turned off.

Did Ruby’s phone run out of battery?

Steve looked up and asked Howard Coleman who was sitting across from him, “Howard, can you call Madeleine and ask if they’ve finished their gathering?”

As he said this, Steve tried calling Ruby again. When the call went through, he was still met with the “phone turned off” response.

Steve put down his phone and looked at Howard, “What did she say?”

Ever since getting married to Madeleine, Howard had never taken the initiative to call her. So when Steve asked him to make the call, he tensed up. After Steve asked him a second time, Howard swallowed hard and made the call to Madeleine.

About a minute later, Howard put down his phone: “No answer.”

A faint feeling of unease welled up in Steve’s heart as he called Madeleine as well.

Edward Woods observed Steve for a while and saw that he hadn’t said anything, meaning the call hadn’t gone through. So he asked, “Still no answer?”