The voice was so familiar that Benjamin's body shook and the movement of turning his head was half a beat slower.
When he saw Ruby, his eyes were overflowing with disbelief: "Ruby, you're not ......"
Ruby slowly hooked up a smile, but the smile did not reach the bottom of her eyes, instead it was flushed with coolness.
"I'm not what?" She asked, her tone hushed, "Am I already leaving for Z Country? Is that you want to ask?"
Benjamin's expression froze, his mouth opened, and for a moment he didn't even know what to say.
His eyes strayed and his face turned even paler when his gaze landed on Levi’s face.
Ruby took in all of his reactions, snorted, and walked slowly to Jacob.
Jacob was very good at reading eyes and without saying a word, he stood up and offered her a seat.
In a matter of moments, Ruby sat down in the seat that had just been vacated, tilting her head slightly and looking straight towards Benjamin.
Even though she was sitting low, in a posture of looking up, the clear light of her eyes conveyed a sense of superiority.
"Benjamin, you deserve it."
The corners of Benjamin's mouth pressed down, his lips pursed, and he didn't say a word.
When things had come to this point, what was there that he did not understand, he had fallen into the trap set by Ruby.
After a dozen seconds of silence, he turned to her, his eyes half-lidded, his meaningful gaze fixed on her, his tone somewhat unkind.
"Ruby, you have set me up. Otherwise, why would we meet in this way today?"
Hearing this, Ruby laughed out loud as if she had heard some funny joke.
"Benjamin, has it become my fault? From the beginning to the end, I have never set you up, and as a friend, I have not wronged you in any way, but what have you done? You sent mercenaries after me, pretended to hijack a plane, ambushed me in F Country, failed once but still continue to kill me, and pretended to be a good guy to save me, just to make me let down my guard. What, you have done so many things and now you are blaming me?"
As she spoke, the curvature of her mouth narrowed and her face took on a slightly colder tone.
"If you hadn't set me up twice, why would I have made this game? It's all about the cause and the effect. You get what you have done.”
At this point, Levi walked over to Ruby and leaned on the sofa where she was sitting, with a somewhat carefree look.
"Yes, Mr. Hayes, person should be reasonable, you are unkind in the first place, you are already in the wrong, so don't blame others for being unjust."
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