SOME THINGS ARE MEANT TO BE

CHAPTER 91

Ruby lowered her head in bewilderment and put her hand on her stomach. She really wanted to have a baby, but somehow, they just couldn’t. She couldn’t possibly force one into her womb.

Her face was pale, and she dared not lift her head.

“Mom, we haven’t thought about having a baby this early. Let’s wait for a while longer.” He put his hand on Lorraine's shoulders and took all the responsibility.

It was definitely not wrong when people said he loved his wife as much as his own life.

“Fine. You can do anything you want to. I won’t care anymore.” Lorraine sighed softly. She was not worried about her excellent son, and she believed that he would not let her down. He had never let her down before, since he was young.

Lorraine left, and Diego sat on the sofa. Ruby raised her head and hugged his waist. “Diego, what do we do?”

Diego’s black eyes were heavy, and he hugged Ruby in his arms. “What else can we do? I’m not in a rush to have kids. You’re so worried about this. Are you doubting your husband’s ability?”

He pressed his lips together, and something seemed to sink in his face.

“That’s not it.” Ruby cowered in his arms in embarrassment, her cheeks reddening. Her heart skipped a beat. Even though they did not do normal things couples do every day, this man was always competent in bed and was always as gentle as on their first night together.

He filled her days with happiness.

It’s just that... could ‘gentle’ be a word to describe Diego? Maybe she did not understand Diego well enough. He should actually be wilder, more ill-tempered, and more indulgent.

“I’ll go make you a cup of coffee.” Ruby stood up and walked to the kitchen with a red face. If this went on, she wouldn’t be sure what she would do to Diego next. Even though they were married, she did not like making the first move.

Diego sat on the sofa and pressed his thin lips together, his eyes too dark to read. He took out a box of cigarettes from his body, retrieved one, and lit it. In the haze, the man’s face seemed to reveal a pain no one knew.

Was this the life he really wanted? He had been looking forward to this for so long, but now he was just enduring it. He did not know whether he was just restraining himself—or enduring others, but he had enough of these vapid days.

“Sir, there is a phone call for you.” The nanny walked in holding a wireless phone. Diego stood up and reached for the phone in her hands. A lot of things have changed in three years. Even Maria had left, and nannies came and went, leaving even him to be unable to remember their faces.

He snuffed the cigarette out and sat back on the sofa. “Hey...” The deep voice sounded extremely magnetic.

“It’s me, cousin. I’m taking a leave today, so I won’t be heading over to the office.” Anton’s relaxed voice rang out.

“Okay, I got it.” Diego replied dully, but unexpectedly, he heard another man’s voice through the phone.

“Anton, control yourself! Don’t let your mum find out, or she’ll be angered to death. She wanted you to have children to carry on the family name, but you’re determined to swing the other way. This is really frustrating.”

“Haha...” Anton laughed dryly from the other end of the line. “I didn’t expect it to turn out this way, too, but you’re already born, and I’m smaller than you, so it’s acceptable...”

Diego hung up immediately, his face clouded with a scary iciness. That face was frozen thoroughly, completely.

If it wasn’t for Anton’s inability to filter words through his mouth and his senseless personality, he would have thought that he did it deliberately to apply salt to his wounds.

He threw away the phone and sat back on the sofa again. Soon, Ruby came over with a cup of coffee. Diego took it and drank it. It was the same taste that only Ruby could brew, slightly bitter and acidic.

“Did you add anything inside?” Diego asked suddenly, but he did not have any underlying motive. It was just a casual question.

He failed to realize that when Ruby heard the question, her body stiffened unnaturally.

“No, I didn’t put anything in. This is pure grounded coffee beans.” She lowered her eyelashes, blocking out the light in her eyes.

“Add some sugar tomorrow. It’s bitter.” Diego put down the cup in his hand. Indeed, it was bitter because she did not add anything.

“I got it.” Ruby breathed a sigh of relief in secret. She clenched her fist, her face showing some paleness. Her eyes were slightly confused, a little scared... and even a little unwilling carefulness.

The light from the outside landed on both of them, one standing and one sitting, and it seemed to bring about a sense of thoughtfulness and a lukewarm relationship.

On the other hand, Anton put his phone back into his pocket and turned back to the man behind him, blinking his eyes rapidly. “Done.”

“Is it?” A faint voice sounded, and then a man, who seemed as dangerous as a leopard, curled his thin lips. His figure was extremely huge. Even without standing up, his crossed legs seemed much longer than a normal person’s.

He moved his hands to Anton’s shoulders. “You’re really not afraid of the Duru Family going extinct?” His cold voice made Anton roll his eyes.

He grabbed his own hair and rolled his eyes again. “It won’t be a big deal. My cousin can just have another baby, and I will adopt that child. Besides...” He poked the man in the chest. “This is all your fault. If it wasn’t for you, I would not have swung the other way.”

This was not something to be embarrassed about, but it was for them.

“You’ve been at loggerheads with me for so long and kept finding trouble with me. Have you already set up a trap and waited for me to jump in?”

“What do you think?” The man leaned against the sofa again, and Anton took in the aggressive nature shown on his face.

His shameless and unscrupulous attitude made Anton’s teeth ache with anger.

“We’re both the same height, so why am I at the bottom?” The corners of his mouth twitched, and the other man just crossed his arms in front of his chest, his voice cool.

“Because you fit.”

The room was filled with Anton’s furious roar. “Just you wait. I’ll top you!”