It had already taken a great deal of courage for her to say it once, and the second time... Ruby clenched her fingers tightly. After a long while, she said in a low voice, "I said, I don't dislike you touching me..."
Ruby's voice was still pitifully small, but her words were much clearer, allowing Steve to hear them distinctly.
When Ruby said this again, her dark eyes were constantly looking at Steve. However, as she finished speaking, she shyly lowered her eyelids, no longer daring to look at him.
Ruby continued to tightly clench her fingers, holding her breath.
What she said was not 'I love you', 'I want to be with you', 'I miss you'... Not any warm or touching words of affection.
All she said was a simple sentence, "I don't dislike you touching me..."
But for Steve, he felt that this sentence was the most beautiful one he had ever heard in his life.
Happiness had come so quickly that he could hardly digest it; his entire body seemed frozen, unable to react at all.