Chapter 319: Ember Vance Assassination Attempt
New Year’s Eve that evening, Yusuf Zuck and Ruth Wilcox each cooked up four dishes, making a total of eight dishes, and then placed many bottles of red wine on the table.
The two had been apart for more than two months, and it seemed like they had endless conversations. Eventually, Ruth drank too much and collapsed on the table.
Yusuf gently picked her up and carried her back to her room.
He did not cross the final line of male-female relations because he would not touch her without her formal consent.
Around midnight, after taking a shower, Yusuf went back to his room to sleep but found himself unable to do so for some reason. Too many things had happened in recent days, and he hadn’t had time to process them. He also felt an inexplicable restlessness.
Unable to sleep, Yusuf got out of bed, careful not to make too much noise, and sat on the sofa alone, boredly watching television.
Strangely enough, he was watching a Korean drama, and as he watched, the slow plot eventually lulled him to sleep.
He slept soundly until dawn, when he awoke to find something tickling his ear.
Ruth was teasing his ear with a strand of hair, a mischievous smile spread across her face.
"Ah, it’s already daylight, how can you be so naughty..." Yusuf instinctively pulled her into his embrace, and like a little kitten, she curled up in his arms, murmuring for him to stop fooling around.