Burn Me Once Burn With Me (Ruby Grayson) novel Chapter 642

He rubbed his fingertips together and got back in his car. But after a moment’s thought, he decided to go into Southgarde Estate to see Mira.

Meanwhile, at Veyne Mansion.

Monica Ashley made a grand entrance, pulling up to the old mansion in a flashy, custom-designed pink sports car encrusted with rhinestones.

When she got out of the car, the old woman was already sipping tea in the solarium.

“Grandma!”

Monica Ashley’s gaze swept arrogantly over the servants lined up at the door. But the moment her eyes landed on the old woman, her expression turned sweet and docile.

She trotted over and threw herself into the old woman’s arms.

The old woman smiled benevolently, patting her hair in a polite and gentle gesture. “Monica, I bet you ran off again without telling your family, didn’t you?”

Though it was a question, the old woman’s eyes showed she already knew the answer.

Monica Ashley stuck out her tongue playfully and snuggled against her grandmother. “Grandma… you already know, and you’re still teasing me!”

The old woman just smiled without saying anything, until she felt a cold presence behind her.

She glanced to the side and, sure enough, saw a human icicle standing there.

Monica Ashley followed her gaze, and her face flushed red the moment she saw that handsome face.

“Cassian…”

She murmured his name, her entire demeanor becoming affected and delicate.

“Grandma, she’s on her way.”

Cassian didn’t respond to Monica, not even sparing her a glance.

The old woman heard him and slowly straightened up.

Only Monica Ashley looked on in confusion.

As Ruby was led closer by a servant waiting at the door, the old woman’s eyes welled up slightly, her gaze warm and affectionate. “You must be Ruby?”

Ruby followed the voice and saw an elderly woman in an elegant silk tunic. Her face was kind and round, with two bright, dark eyes that shone like polished stones.

Facing an elder, especially one who might have known her grandmother, Ruby was perfectly respectful and well-mannered. With a gentle smile, she nodded. “Madam, yes, it’s me.”

The old woman’s eyes filled with approval as she looked Ruby up and down.

She was as lovely as the moon, seemingly delicate, yet her posture was straight and slender, like a rare orchid from a deep valley.

She had been the one to arrange their marriage. Just a few days later, Cassian had called to complain that she’d saddled him with a troublesome girl.

Was this really the kind of woman that boy had complained about in the beginning?

Feeling a bit self-conscious under the old woman’s scrutiny, Ruby shifted her gaze and it landed on the slender figure standing next to her.

It was the same woman who had antagonized her at the mall earlier that day. She was now staring at Ruby with a look of utter disbelief, as if she’d seen a ghost.