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 were

them once

he was angry, but she couldn’t discern the reason

his mood seemed fine when he answered the

call have disturbed him? That seemed

if there’s nothing else, I’ll

give the sachet to Jonathan?”

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

Chapter 137 Jealous

had the same resentment and

what he wanted. But

“It was Jonathan’s birthday

my birthday in over two hundred days, and I have

he was blatantly asking

jealousy between these men. It seemed she was so exhausted she was

make you a sachet too?

Silence again.

he was knocking on something. Milly grew

her life, she

his voice returned, “I don’t like using the same thing

Milly was speechless.

gift that’s way better than that sachet of his, it’s totally one–of- a–kind worldwide.

words slipped out, even she was taken

she’d said a few minutes ago to calm

resentful tone softened

Milly said nothing.

some sort of enchanting power? Are they a charm

until he

man, delivering a work report, trembled uncontrollably, unsure if the

he’d taken his heart pills

sir, about my project

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