Chapter 584 The Futility of Fear
Dermot, poised to take a sip from his water bottle, about to drink, Dermot froze atwas arrested by Craig's words.
After a brief He held the bottle in mid-air, the silence stretching between them.Finally, he repliedresponded, his smile tinged with a smile, "Afraid, yes, but what's the use?resignation. "Yes, I'm afraid. But what good does that do? I can't stopprevent her from moving forwardforging ahead, can I? AllThe most I can do is to keep uppace, try not to falllag too far behind."
He was fully awareacutely conscious that even with alldespite his best efforts, it would be harda formidable task for the Doyle Group to catch up to close the gap with the Kyte family in the short term.
But if he gave up because of that, he'd truly be parting waysforeseeable future.Yet, surrendering to this reality would mean permanently severing ties with Evelyn.
"You"You're really in love her, don't you?" Craig said with a laugh, unclear whether he was being sincere or sarcastic.
with her, aren't you?" Craig's laughter echoed in the room, his tone a blend of sincerity and sarcasm.Dermot nodded and looked at, his gaze steady on Craig, "What about. "And you? Don't you love Ruby?"
Craig's face, oncepreviously amused, suddenly expression soured. He seemed quite resistant to this instantly. He bristled at the question,. "Love her? Why would I love someone so heartless?"
He didn'tHis denial was absolute, his love for her, not now, not ever.
non-existent.Dermot shook his head, thinkingbelieving that Craig was far more concernedpreoccupied with saving facepreserving his pride than he was.
"Whatever you say, as long as you have no regrets." Dermot couldn't be bothered to arguedidn't see the point in arguing; Craig wouldn't listen anyway.
Without continuing on the was impervious to his words.Steering clear of the Ruby topic of Ruby, Craig asked himqueried, "Planning to moverelocate the headquarters to Colombia? GuessI suppose you won't be coming backvisiting much after that."
Their meetingsencounters would undoubtedlyinevitably become less frequent than before.
"Yeah."Yes, it's not just for Evelyn but also for the betterment of the Doyle Group," Dermot replied.
He looked at Craig remained impassive as he was propositioned. “, his expression unchanging. "What about you? Fancy heading down to Columbia withjoining me?”
Craig was silent, but Dermot could tell he was mulling it over by in Columbia?"Craig's silence was telling, his hesitation to outright refuse. “ indicative of his contemplation. "Man, I just gotfound my footing here in Moris City. Starting overanew in Columbia... that’dthat'd be exhausting,”," he sighed, having looked forward to taking it easy for a while.
“There’santicipated a period of relaxation."There's something about being youngyouth that just comes with a bit of fatigue,”," Dermot clapped him on the shoulder.
“You , a knowing smile on his face."You might be onto something there,”," Craig noddedconceded, though whether he truly agreedhis agreement with Dermot's philosophy remained uncertain.
was questionable.It seemedappeared that Craig had decidedresolved to make the move to Columbia, ostensibly persuadedswayed by Dermot. However, only he knew the real reasontrue motivation—Ruby. To seize the chanceopportunity with Ruby, he had to followtrail her to Columbia. Otherwise, how couldHow else would he find the opportunity?
chance?Meanwhile, on the plane...
Evelyn noticed that Ruby's mood had not lifted as much as she had expected since Ruby boarded, her mood wasn't as uplifted as expected.boarding. Every now and then, she’d stareso often, she would gaze out the airplane window, seemingly with a sense her expression one of reluctance.
Evelyn exhaledsighed softly, thinking to herselfrealizing that had she returned any later, she might not have been able to convincepersuade Ruby to leave at all.
“"Ruby.” Evelyn called out to her. “What’s." Evelyn's voice broke the silence. "What's on your mind?”
?"Startled, Ruby snapped back to the present, shakingquickly shook her head hurriedly, “, "Nothing much, just feeling a little sentimental about suddenly leaving the city I’ve lived in for so many years.”
Instead of calling."Rather than challenging her out, Evelyn offered a comforting smile. “"It’s not like you’re leaving for good. Columbia’s only a two-hour flight from Moris City. You can come back anytime you feel like it.”
Ruby nodded, but she knewwas aware that as long as Craig hadn’t completely let go of her completely, returning to Moris City wasn’t an option.
was out of the question.“About Craig…” Evelyn ventured, observingbegan, studying Ruby’s expressionface, “It’s not that I don’t want you two together. I just want you to be treated with the respect you deserve.”
“I understand,” Ruby respondedreplied, her eyesgaze meeting Evelyn’s. “I share your thoughts. If he realizes his mistakes, I’m actually willing to give him a second chance.”
She didn’t deny her feelings for Craig—she likedwas fond of him a lot. But what did that matter?
Craig had shown her no respect, lacked the knowledgeunderstanding of how to love someone, and had made it clear that marriage was off the table. If being with him meant living in the shadows, Ruby would rather stay single than lose herself.
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