Chapter 264

Abel leaned against the wall and swirled the wine glass even harder. Then, he stopped doing it so that the wine did not spill out of it.

Ruth’s head only reached his chest. If he just wrapped his arm around her waist, he could easily hold her in his bosom.

When he looked into Ruth’s slightly narrowed eyes, he said faintly, “Your gut is lying to you, I assure you.”

Ruth was rendered speechless.

She did not believe him!

She was sure that Abel was doing it on purpose and was about to suck in a deep breath to rebuke him on a moral high ground when Abel sighed. “I did guess that you were hiding something from me, but I thought you were just hiding the fact that you are the Gate to the Heart’s author.”

Ruth fell silent. Her mind went blank.” How did you know?”

Right after she said that and saw Abel’s surprised eyes, she pulled her hands back and covered her mouth.

Oh no. She just made things worse.

It was just as they said. “It never rains, but it pours.”

Abel’s eyes darkened.