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.”

calm, as if he

enveloped them once

sensed he was angry, but she couldn’t

seemed fine when

him? That seemed plausible upon

nothing

give the sachet to Jonathan?” His deep voice interrupted

second time she had heard

Chapter 137 Jealous

resentment and the same sulking

easily guess what he wanted. But why was George suddenly bringing it

“It was Jonathan’s

have my birthday in over two hundred days, and

if he was

between these men. It seemed she was so exhausted

a sachet too?

Silence again.

if he was knocking on

life, she might have

returned, “I don’t like using the same

Milly was speechless.

I’ll throw in a handmade gift that’s way better than that sachet of

those words slipped out, even she

exactly what she’d said a few minutes ago to calm

miraculously, the icy, resentful tone

Milly said nothing.

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

until he ended the

report, trembled uncontrollably, unsure if the CEO’s

taken his heart pills before the

about my

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