Burn Me Once Burn With Me (Ruby Grayson) novel Chapter 680

Forcing herself to relax, she immediately pulled out her phone and opened her messaging apps, looking specifically for an update from Cassian Veyne.

Everything had been total chaos tonight, and Mira was still at the Veyne Mansion.

Cassian hadn't sent her anything, but she did have a new friend request.

The profile picture was a selfie of a wealthy older woman lounging on a beach, wearing a pair of limited-edition sunglasses from the C Collective.

As soon as she accepted it, the Matriarch flooded her phone with pictures of Mira sleeping soundly, followed by a relentless string of adoration.

"Mira is such a little angel! She's so good when she sleeps, not a peep out of her."

"Oh, this sweet girl is a million times cuter than her father was at this age."

"She looks just like a little porcelain doll!"

The fact that his grandmother adored Mira this much was a pleasant surprise.

Reading the genuine, loving messages, the tight knot in Ruby's chest finally loosened.

"I'll come pick her up tomorrow."

The relentless stream of messages abruptly stopped. After a long pause, the Matriarch sent back a single, reluctant word: "Alright."

Meanwhile, back at the Veyne Mansion, the Matriarch—who had woken up in the middle of the night just to watch Mira sleep—was absolutely devastated.

She had finally been blessed with a perfect great-granddaughter, and now she was being taken away so soon.

The older woman wanted to cry. All she could do was grind her teeth and curse her utterly useless grandson.

He had a brilliant wife and a perfect daughter, and he had managed to lose both of them!

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. She threw off her blankets, got out of bed, and quietly slipped out of the room.

But the second the bedroom door clicked shut, her footsteps turned into heavy, furious stomps.

Where is Cassian?

Right now, she wanted nothing more than to drag him out by his ear and beat him senseless.

She stormed through the massive house until she finally located him in a pitch-black room, drawn by the sound of clinking glass.

Smack—

She slammed her hand against the light switch, flooding the room with blinding light.

There, slouched in the corner and completely wasted, was Cassian.

Seeing him looking like absolute trash only fueled her fury. She marched right up to him and kicked him hard in the leg twice.

"You lost your wife and your daughter, and your big plan is to sit here and drink yourself to death? How did my family produce such a pathetic loser?"

She snatched the expensive bottle of liquor right out of his hands. The overwhelming stench of alcohol hit her face, making her scowl in disgust.

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