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 were discussing

enveloped them

he was angry,

his mood seemed fine when he answered the

call have disturbed him? That seemed

there’s nothing

you give the sachet to Jonathan?” His

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

Chapter 137 Jealous

same resentment and the same sulking

he wanted. But why was George suddenly

tentatively, “It

over two hundred days, and

was almost as if he was blatantly asking for

between these men. It seemed she was so exhausted

too? I’ll add some cassia seeds, is that

Silence again.

the other end as if he was

saved her life, she might

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

Milly was speechless.

handmade gift that’s way better

out,

said a

miraculously, the icy, resentful tone

Milly said nothing.

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

smile lingered until

a work report, trembled uncontrollably, unsure

he’d taken his heart pills

sir, about

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