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.”

unnervingly calm, as

enveloped them once

was angry, but she couldn’t

his mood seemed fine

have disturbed him? That seemed plausible

nothing else, I’ll

give the sachet to Jonathan?” His

aback. It was the second time she had heard

Chapter 137 Jealous

same resentment

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

tentatively, “It was

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

he was

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

a sachet too?

Silence again.

“thump thump thump” from the other end as if he was knocking on something. Milly grew

life, she might have hung

pause, his voice returned, “I don’t like

Milly was speechless.

that’s way better than that sachet of his, it’s totally

slipped out, even she was

she’d said a few minutes ago

miraculously, the icy, resentful tone

Milly said nothing.

of enchanting power? Are they a

until

work report, trembled uncontrollably, unsure if

he’d taken his heart pills before

about

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