Ruby.
It was her.
She loved Theo, but I was his real wife.
Ruby naturally saw me as a thorn in her side. It just did not occur to her that her love for Theo had gone to extremes.
Forget it. The recording had been recorded. It was time to go.
I quickly finished filling the glasses and was about to leave.
I had just turned around when I was stopped by Ruby. "Wait."
My heart skipped a beat. Was I found out?
I gulped silently and stopped in my tracks as I obeyed her command.
"There's one more glass left to fill."
I turned around to see Ruby pointing her finger at the table, and sure enough, I missed one.
"Sorry, I’ll fill it in right now." I feigned panic and busied myself by half-squatting down to fill the glass.
Ruby's gaze followed me. Looking like she wanted to find out more, she wrinkled her brows and tilted her head. "You have beautiful eyes. I think I've seen them somewhere, but where..."
Seeing that she was really thinking, I was really afraid that she would remember. I hastily spoke, "Oh, yes, this is the first time someone praised me. I'm from the countryside. I don’t know nothing. It's a good thing the manager took me in and let me stay here to work."
At this moment, I really had to thank Theo for making me stay at home. There was nothing to do but watch TV all day. I naturally could act the role after watching so much TV.
Listening to this accent of mine, I managed to see dislike in Ruby's eyes. She waved her hand. "All right, get out when you're done."
"Aye, aye."
I bowed respectfully to them, then I was ready to leave.
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