Chapter 137 Jealous

The frigid, resonant voice sliced through the phone, reaching Milly’s ears and making her heart skip a beat. The words she had prepared suddenly seemed to stick in her throat.

“Um… I …

“What was she supposed to say now?

“Heh.” A soft chuckle emanated from the other end, laced with an inexplicable indulgence. “Take your time.”

Milly blushed at his laughter.

She believed she could be ruthless and unfeeling, decisive and swift, with the wisdom of two lifetimes. But hearing his voice for just a moment left her flustered.

She coughed and forced herself to calm down. “Joy told me that you saved me when I fell into the water on set. Thank you.”

Silence followed.

After a moment, he only said, “Hmm.

“Did you call just to say that?”

His tone seemed to shift, becoming subdued as if she had said something wrong.

Remembering something, she quickly added, “Oh, right, there’s something

I got

the helicopter and the truckload of gifts. Joy said they were from you too. But didn’t you say you’d give them to me only after I got into Crestfallen University? Why did you send them early?”

Instead of answering directly, he asked, “Do you like it?”

Milly was taken aback and responded honestly, “I like it, but isn’t it too extravagant?”

“Not at all.”

was unnervingly calm, as if he

them

Joy’s suggestion. She sensed he was angry, but she

fine when he answered the

him? That seemed plausible

nothing

you give the sachet to Jonathan?” His deep voice

taken aback. It was the second time she had heard this question today. The first was

Chapter 137 Jealous

same resentment and the

guess what he wanted. But why was George suddenly

“It was Jonathan’s birthday

my birthday in over two hundred days, and I have trouble

he was blatantly

strange jealousy between these men. It seemed she was so

too? I’ll add some

Silence again.

end as if he

hadn’t saved her life, she might have hung

don’t

Milly was speechless.

better than that sachet of

those words slipped out, even she was

a few

miraculously, the icy, resentful

Milly said nothing.

this story’s universe, those words possess some sort of enchanting power? Are they

until he ended

middle–aged man, delivering a work report, trembled uncontrollably, unsure if the CEO’s

his heart

about my

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