Never Too Far Novel

Chapter 1041-1050

Although it was snowy outside, the temperature inside the room was warm, and at that moment, there were sounds of footsteps coming from the second floor. Ruka lifted her head and saw Ren’s figure. He had just taken a shower too. He was dressed in a black sweater paired with a pair of trainers. His dark hair was not slicked-up like how it was in the daytime but was currently tousled loosely on his forehead. He looked five years younger than his actual age.

Ruka’s heart thudded frantically, and she couldn’t help recalling that kiss as her face flushed bright red.

Ren had a jacket draped on his wrist. As he stood in front of her, he handed it over to her. “Put this on if you feel cold.”

Ruka reached out to take the jacket, and she put it on subsequently. Ren then went to pour a glass of warm water to hand it to her.

“Thank you.” Ruka was sincerely grateful for his kind concern.

“Do you really like him that much?” Ren sat by the couch on the side and picked up a book casually before flipping through it.

Ruka held the mug as she recalled how she had sobbed in a drunken state and had even spouted nonsense to him in the car. Now that she had come back to her senses, she felt quite awkward and was so tempted to bury her head in the ground.

“I’ve caused a disturbance toward you tonight.” Ruka pursed her lips and sneaked a furtive look at his expression.

“In the future, no matter the trouble you encounter, you should never touch alcohol again.” The man lifted his head, and there was a commanding aura in his eyes.

At that moment, a shudder ran through her and she quickly nodded earnestly. “Sure, I promise you that I won’t ever drink alcohol at random again.”

“You’re worth someone much better.” There was a complicated look in Ren’s eyes as he looked at her.

Ruka was at her least confident moment tonight and her unrequited love had ended up on a sad note, so evidently, she didn’t think that she was worthy of being loved. She puffed her cheeks and spoke with a self-defeated tone, “It’s fine even if no one loves me. I can provide myself with sufficient self-love and that’s enough for me.”

“Who told you that no one loves you?” He narrowed his eyes.

Ruka lifted her head and asked him a question, “Who is it that loves me?”

“I love you very much.” His voice was slightly hoarse and there was a rarely seen tender expression on his cold face.

At that moment, Ruka’s mind turned blank. Did Mr. Ren misunderstand something? I mean romantic love between opposite genders, not the type of love from an elder! For a moment there, Ruka was in a slight dilemma, and she wondered if she needed to explain things to him.

However, Ruka was completely oblivious to the fact that the love he meant had nothing to do with the love of an elder. He meant romantic love between a man and a woman.

“Thanks for loving me.” Ruka smiled politely.

“Do you love me?” He asked her in return. Evidently, he wanted an answer from her regarding this topic of love.

Ruka responded practically instantly without any hesitation, “Of course I do! Everyone loves you! Do you know that there are many girls out there infatuated with you to the point of extreme! They would give anything at all to marry you!” Ruka said this with an expression full of admiration.

“Do you wish to marry me too?” He focused on her final sentence and questioned her once again.

“I would of course wish to…” Before she could finish her words, she placed a hand over her mouth hastily. Her pretty eyes widened and she shook her head hard before removing her hand over her mouth as she apologized, “I’m sorry, Mr. Ren. I nearly said the wrong thing. I definitely would not be able to marry you.”

At that point, Ren’s thin lips were tightly pursed and his brows were tightly furrowed. He suddenly increased his force as he turned the page of the book, and he nearly ripped the paper from the book.

Ruka was startled and looked at the book in his hand as she wondered why he suddenly used so much force to flip the page.

“Go and get some rest.” He kept his eyes on the book while voicing out, “Take the third bedroom on the left of the second floor.”

Meanwhile, Ruka felt slightly lost. Did I say something wrong? It feels like he’s unhappy.

Ruka got up and headed upstairs, but she realized that he had put down his book and got up too.

Out of courtesy, she stopped by the staircase and waited for him. He lifted his head to see that she was still standing by the staircase, so he gradually made his way, step by step, to her side before speaking up in a slightly hoarse voice, “Go to your room.”

Ruka could perceptively sense that he seemed to be suppressing something. Did my sudden presence disrupt his life?

“Mr. Ren, are your bodyguards on standby 24/7? Could you please get them to send me back to Husson Residence?” Ruka asked bravely as she realized that she would feel much more at ease back home.

Ren seemed quite affable and easy to get along with at Husson Residence, and she had seen him in the garden when he was working. He had a superior attitude and exuded a prestigious aura. However, after interacting with him personally in private, she felt that he seemed pretty schemeful and hard to predict. Besides, he made one feel quite pressured.

“Do you wish to go home?” He had just taken a few steps up the stairs when he suddenly turned around to look at her.

“I feel like I might have been disruptive,” Ruka expressed herself quite frankly.

“They’ve gone off work, so they can’t send you home.” Ren turned around after saying that.

Ruka quickly went after him. “I thought they were supposed to be on standby 24/7? They would definitely send me home if you gave them the word.”

They had just arrived at the foyer when Ruka ran over in haste while he stood still and turned around to look at her. At that moment, they collided slightly with each other.

“Ah…” Ruka leaned backward out of fright, and it was the staircase behind her, so it would be quite a nasty fall for her if she actually toppled down the stairs.

Ruka reached out to grasp at something out of desperation, and Ren’s eyes suddenly widened as he quickly reached out to grab her wrist. Subsequently, he pulled her back toward him, and shortly after that, he held her tightly in his arms. During that spur of the moment of worry, he grabbed the back of her head with his large hands, and after rescuing her, he gave her a tight hug.

Ruka hugged him tightly around the waist as well, out of fright, and her heart thudded hard. She felt as if she had just barely escaped death, so she was quite pleasantly shocked, and yet the fear lingered on too.

“Why did you run after me in such a rush at a staircase?” There was an anxious, chiding voice that rang out above her head.

Ruka lifted her head in fright and finally noticed that he was in such close proximity to her with his head lowered. They were so close to each other that she could feel his short breaths hitting her forehead. At that moment, she couldn’t help but breathe irregularly.

She was currently quite flustered as she tried to say something, but she couldn’t seem to come up with a full sentence in her mind due to the messy thoughts she had. Furthermore, their current hugging position felt quite intimate.

In Ren’s arms, Ruka opened and shut her red lips repeatedly as she tried to come up with the words to say. As soon as Ren saw that, he couldn’t quite suppress his urge.

He felt his throat tighten and the look in his eyes darkened significantly.

At that moment, Ruka was quite anxious too. Why is he hugging me so tightly? Just then, Ruka was about to lift her head when her eyes were met with a pair of dangerous-looking eyes. That didn’t seem like the look an elder would reveal to a younger member of his family. It was the primal look of a man studying a woman.

Ruka stopped breathing at that point, and something went off in her mind. “Uncle…”

However, he refused to let her finish her sentence as he quite domineeringly planted a kiss on her red lips, and subsequently, he managed to muffle her words.

Ren hated that form of address because he didn’t want to hear that from her lips at all.

At that point, Ruka stiffened, and her mind was a mess. She could no longer figure things out in her mind properly. She felt his soft touch on her lips, and perhaps he didn’t want to frighten her, so he didn’t kiss her too intensely. It felt as if he was savoring the sweetness of her lips.

Ruka hadn’t yet come to her senses as to how the kiss happened, but he had already released her from his arms. He whispered in her ears, “Ruka, I love you. I love you romantically, the way a man loves a woman.”

At that point, Ruka’s heart skipped a beat, and she shoved him aside. She turned around and ran off toward the third bedroom on the left before pushing open the door and burrowing into the room. She hyperventilated as if she had just completed a marathon. No. No. No. That can’t be possible. This is not possible at all! How could he possibly be in love with me?!

Ruka felt as if she were about to pass out. This man, whom she had regarded as an elder since she was young, had suddenly confessed his love to her. He was such an impressive man too, so she couldn’t quite accept the fact.

Ruka’s mind was scrambled at that moment and she remained in a dazed state for quite some time. In her mind, she could only hear the words that Ren had whispered in her ears, “Ruka, I love you. I love you romantically, the way a man loves a woman.”

She covered her face with her hands and blushed to the tips of her ears. This must be the most inconceivable thing that had happened in her life. What should I do? Currently, she was frantic, and she panicked quite badly.

She was the one who was supposed to confess her love for Jethro tonight, but now she was the recipient of another guy’s love confession. Besides, the guy was not just any other man; he was an elderly figure whom she respected and was in awe of. She felt quite lost at the moment, and she felt as if she had barged into Ren’s territory accidentally. She wasn’t quite sure of what to do.

Just then, there was a knock on Ruka’s door, and her pretty eyes instantly widened in fear. She glanced at the door and was fearful of opening it, but she didn’t dare not to either. She had no choice but to open a tiny crack of the door from the inside and reveal a pair of shy-looking eyes to stare at the man outside.

“U-Mr. Ren… Do you have anything else to say?” Ruka realized that she could no longer address him as naturally as before.

The man outside the door had one hand holding onto the door frame as he looked at the girl, who only dared to reveal half of her face. At that point, he felt resigned and slightly worried, so he asked hoarsely, “Did I startle you?”

“No.” Ruka shook her head and lowered it shyly.

“I’m sorry. I take back my words from earlier, so don’t take them seriously.” Ren’s voice sounded hoarser than ever, and he seemed to be muttering a remorseful reply.

Ruka, who had her head lowered, suddenly lifted it abruptly. “No! I’m happy that you’ve got feelings toward me, but I… I didn’t expect that at all.” Ruka lowered her head further, quite shyly.

“You should get some rest.” Ren turned around and left after talking it out with her.

Ruka shut the door behind her subsequently, and she felt that her mind was quite fuzzy at the moment. She attributed that to the fact that perhaps she was still under the influence of alcohol. The incident from before felt like a dream to her.

She fell back onto the bed and shut her eyes instantly. In her dazed state, she caught a whiff of male scent, and she instantly opened her eyes wide as she lifted her arms. At that moment, she realized that Ren’s distinct scent remained on the shirt. She blushed at that realization, and she thought, I’m still wearing his shirt! Gosh! It seems that everything that has happened has exceeded our previous relationship and it has now gone out of control.

body, she noticed the ceiling of the room and instantly sat upright. She realized then that she wasn’t at home and that this was Ren’s home. Where’s my cell phone and what’s the

frenzied state. She pulled open the door to the room and ran downstairs to search for her cell phone with her long hair

thought, It should

she noticed that Ren was currently all suited up and standing in front of the doorway as he

the wide lapels of the shirt emphasized her slender and slim figure. Her flowing, dark luscious hair was loose at the back of her head and her rosy cheeks made her look quite adorable. She had ruby-red lips, and there was

in front of him. He instantly shot a sharp look at his personal assistant, Elijah. Initially, Elijah had his eyes intently on Ruka, but as soon as Elijah noticed Ren’s sharp look, he instantly retracted his gaze and kept his eyes to himself. He stopped staring at what he was

Mr. Husson looked sleep-deprived today. It’s because someone else filled up his sleep time. This is the first time ever that I’ve seen a

addressed Ren, and Elijah was

in a clear voice, but there

at the couch. “It’s over

over to grab her bag, and she quickly took a glance at her cell phone.

to his senses at that point. Hold on! Is she Miss Singed, who usually

and the jacket she left on the couch last night. Her hair was unkempt, she hadn’t even freshened up, and the shirt she had on clearly belonged to a male. She turned

on your behalf,” Ren suggested in a low

she hastily put on her jacket. “No. I

as gaining her job through connections. Moreover, Victoria was very infatuated with Ren, and if Victoria

go to work in this attire?”

she unbuttoned the first two buttons on the loose male shirt she had

she turned to look at Ren smugly. “Look, I’m all set to go to work

of a smile and a doting look in Ren’s eyes as he turned to

way please.” Elijah instantly responded to Ren’s

at Ren slightly shyly. “Bye, I’ll be on my way

by voicing out

quite naturally went to her neck. He then tucked her upturned collar neatly for her. There was a jolt to Ruka’s heart, and she trembled slightly. She could distinctly feel the warmth of his fingers on

standing against the sunlight, and in close proximity, he had an intent and focused expression on his handsome face until he

a beat too. The look

felt as if time had come to a standstill and Ruka could only see his deep, soulful gaze as

short moment, they seemed to have experienced a

red as she frantically turned around

and take a look at Ren. She behaved furtively like a thief who had just stolen something and was

item that she had stolen was the lofty

way, while Elijah was focused on the road, he tried

working at the

started my internship yesterday.” Ruka couldn’t contain her smile as she spoke, “But I’m

important task, so they won’t blame you for being

so too, but she knew that she

way, Miss Singed, your birthday’s coming up soon. Is there anything particular that you want?”

did you know that my birthday

suddenly realized that quite a while ago, she would always receive a mysterious gift every year on her birthday. There was no sender information—name and

gifts

you select that necklace as my birthday present last year?”

the one who selected the present. Mr. Husson did that personally. He usually selects the present for you every year, and I’m just the one to

the backseat, was quite stunned and in shock. So it’s true that all the mysterious presents in the past years

couldn’t contain her joy. It felt wonderful to be cared for without even

her blush shyly at the thought of that moment. Inside the quiet car, she could practically hear the frantic thuds of

the office was empty and that there was not a single staff member to be seen. One of the cleaners currently cleaning

off in the direction of the meeting room, and she knocked

was seated in the main seat while the other permanent staff

arriving late.” Ruka immediately

Victoria snorted, “This is just the second day of work and yet you’re

pursed her lips and

dad’s shirt out?! Hah!” Inara was quite sharp-eyed. She noticed that Ruka had a man’s

so part of her shirt sleeve was hanging out of her jacket

as her eyes widened. The white shirt Ruka had on evidently wasn’t an ordinary shirt, and it didn’t come from any ordinary men’s clothing store.

one person before, and it was

extreme acts did they

in Victoria’s mind and

to Ruka, “Ruka,

to a vacant meeting room next door and entered the room. Once Victoria entered the room, she kept her eyes

spent the night at Ren’s by just a single look. Ruka

Ruka, “Did you guys spend the night with each

“No! That’s not it, Miss Parfait. Don’t jump to the wrong conclusion. There is nothing going

herself, and Victoria trusted Ruka’s words because Ruka clearly didn’t

the vice-president seems to be much closer

moment there, Ruka didn’t quite know whether

solemnly, “I have feelings for him though, and I’ve been pursuing him for the past five years. Over these five years, I’ve been deeply infatuated with him to an extreme state. Ruka, are you planning to vie for the

Ruka felt immense pressure. Ruka’s mind was a mess at the moment, and she didn’t know how to register Ren’s

for you. You can find someone around your age to get together with. For me though, I’ve waited for him for five years, so I will never give up.” Victoria said that without any intention of listening to Ruka’s explanation at all. Victoria merely patted Ruka on the shoulders. “Make sure to turn up to work on time from

that, she opened the door and left the

found out that Ren was in love with her, and she hadn’t even come to her senses from

moment when her cell phone suddenly went off. She reached out and lifted it to take a look. It was Scarlet on the line, so Ruka hurriedly answered the

“Hi, Aunt Scarlet!”

so we’ll be away for about one month. I think you should stay at Ren’s place for

to his life.” Ruka instantly rejected the suggestion without giving it

to send you over to stay with your aunt, but I considered that the commute time from there to the Translation Department would take

Mr. Ren actually suggested that I stay with him?! That would be such an inconvenience! We’re the opposite gender, after

me to stay with my aunt. I can wake up earlier each day

on? Don’t tell me that you’re afraid of staying under the same roof as him?!” Scarlet couldn’t

it was a fact. She

and you guys won’t encounter each other too much. I’ve spoken to your parents

point, Ruka

you to Richard and his wife.” Scarlet hung up the phone

at her cell phone, and she was quite dumbfounded. Do I really have to move into Ren’s house for the time being? Help! I really

gone, so she went

she didn’t even plan to respond

to your boyfriend?!” Inara continued

it didn’t belong to her father, then it would belong to

document in her hands. Just then, her cell phone went off

devoid of people in the garden

my place?” On the other end, a low male voice rang out,

expression froze at that point. Gosh! Seriously?! Did Aunt Scarlet give him a call after talking to

your life. I can stay at my friend’s place, and it’s

feel at ease

so she added, “Don’t worry. She’s a girl, and you met her the other day. She’s

she spoke,

few seconds before responding, “Alright. It’s up to

hung up

do at that moment so she turned around and instantly dialed

the vice president would be the one to fetch you last night? This is such an important matter and yet you didn’t

a fright?”

frightened out of my wits. If something

for the time being for the next month or so. Am I welcome to stay

“Why?”

won’t be back until next month, so I’ve got nowhere to stay. It’s been ages since anyone tidied up my

over then. Is the vice president your

brother and that’s why I have to address him as Mr. Ren. I’ve only met him less than ten times in my life since I

and carried you into the car. Did you touch him inappropriately in the car?” Rita’s teasing voice clearly indicated that she wanted to listen to Ruka make

going on in your mind?” Ruka chided Rita with a roll

If I were in

hastily replied, “That’s enough. Stop talking about this.

have the chance to meet

once I get the chance.” Ruka was unable to promise Rita

her feet to trip Ruka. Ruka stumbled to the front and somehow landed on Caspian. Caspian reached out to steady Ruka.

front of Mia while staring at the latter with an angry expression. “Why

was just stretching my legs and hips, that’s all. I didn’t expect you to

pretty face turned red out of

too much!” Caspian came over and

watch out. She

got up and went out with Mia. Ruka went back to her spot and massaged in between her brows. She could still feel the lingering headache

urgent assignment meant to test the interns’ skills, and the ten-thousand-word Chinese assignment had to be handed in before eight in the morning

over and asked her, “Ruka, have you

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