Chapter 170 The news hit Jaxon hard. His face drained of color as he struggled to wrap his head around the truth that had just been revealed. It seemed impossible, unreal even. How was it possible that she was alive? He had seen the evidence of her suicide, and even though he suspected that it was suspicious, he was not expecting this result. “What are you talking about Damon? She committed suicide, you showed me the evidence! How is this possible?” Jaxon asked in disbelief. He struggled to make sense of the whole situation. “It’s all fake. I also couldn’t believe it at first but she is alive and well.” Jaxon knew something was wrong somewhere. “What happened? How did you come across her?” Jaxon asked. “I don’t know what happened, I wanted you to interrogate her yourself. She is currently in my custody.” Jaxon ran his hand through his hair. He groaned as he stared at Damon intensely. “I need to see her. Take me to where you kept her.” Damon nodded his head. Jax
Chapter 171Jaxon gently helped Serena to sit back on the bed and passed her his handkerchief. She sniffled as he collected it and used it to gently wipe her tears and snot. He motioned for Jaxon to pass him the glass of water that was on the bedside drawer. Jaxon took off the lid and passed the water to Serena, she collected it and drank the water in large gulps. She held the glass tightly with both hands and rested it on her lap. When Jaxon felt like she had calmed down enough to start talking he started asking her questions. “What happened? How and why did you disappear at the very last moment? I looked all over for you, I had my men searching for you but they couldn’t find you. Did you run away on your own accord or were you forced to?” Jaxon asked all the questions that were disturbing him. He wanted to know she had managed to stay off the radar for so long and why she came back looking so battered and bruised. “I did not run away Jaxon, I was kidnapped. Why would I run away
Chapter 172 Jaxon had found out so many things had happened right under his nose, and he was at the center of it. Yet he had been unaware of everything. He glanced out the window of his car and stared absentmindedly at the sky. The sky had since gone dark and he could see some stars twinkling. He had spent longer than he planned to outside, and he hoped Ruby didn't wait up for him. She was pregnant and needed all the rest she could get. He got to the house, and he noticed there were no lights on, so he assumed Ruby had gone to bed. That thought lasted only a couple of minutes because he found Ruby waiting for him in the living room. "What are you doing here so late, you're supposed to be resting." Jaxon scolded at Ruby's figure curled up in her favorite chair. He sighed out frustrated because he didn't want to take his anger out on her. " Where's my grandfather? He already left?" He asked in a calmer voice and he got a nod from Ruby. "I think he was burnt out from a
Chapter 173 Jaxon froze. He hadn't even thought that Ruby would be interested in knowing where he had been. But now that he thought about it, he and Damon had left without much explanation and it was only natural to be curious. He remained quiet not because he didn't have what to say but because he didn't know how tosay it. He was caught between telling Ruby the truth or brushing the situation off like it was nothing. "Jaxon," she whispered in a bid to get his attention but he was still lost in his head. He didn't want to pour the news of Serena and June on Ruby, especially since she was pregnant. He felt it would stress her out and she didn't need that right now, or ever really. Bothering her was the last thing on his mind. Ruby squeezed his arm to get his attention once again and he was forced to look at her. "Jaxon, I know you're hiding something from me." True. "And it only makes sense that whatever it is you're hiding is connected to why you and Damon left th
Jaxon held Ruby’s waist as he led her through the graveyard. She tightly pressed her body into his as they passed various marble graves. The place was well taken care of. She could tell from how clean the headstones looked, there was not a speck of dust,the lush green grass was properly trimmed and there were vibrant flowers around. A testament that it was a place where the rich and affluent were put to rest in splendor. Jaxon stopped In front of a marble graveyard. It was gleaning under the sunlight and Ruby’s eyes burned when she looked at the headstone. She read her sister’s tombstone and tears started to fall from her eyes. Ruby’s heart felt heavy with grief as she stood before Kimberly’s grave. She wasn’t expecting herself to feel so much sadness over the woman that tried to kill her. She pulled away from Jaxon and walked closer to the grave. Her tears kept falling as she wept for her sister, she wept for the life she had lost, she wept for their relationship that had gone so
Jaxon kept glancing at Ruby as he drove away from the graveyard. He felt helpless tad he watched the soft shaking of Ruby’s body as she cried.She was looking away from him and Jaxon hated that. He didn’t want her to ever feel the need to hide her pain away from him. Ruby was staring out the window and Jaxon sighed softly as he placed a hand on her thigh.“Gem, are you okay? Do you need something?” Jaxon softly asked and Ruby’s heart clenched as her crying reduced to small sniffles.“I’m fine and I don’t need anything.” Ruby sniffled.Jaxon's heart felt heavy with the weight of Ruby’s sadness. He didn’t like seeing her sad even though he knew she needed to mourn her sister. He silently tapped her thigh with his hand, a silent display of comfort and support. He wanted her to know that he was there for her.His eyes were filled with concern as he desperately thought of ways to ease her pain and make her happy. He was desperate to take away her pain. His heart was aching with the desire
Jaxon's phone pinged beside him and he reached a handout and felt around his bedside table. His phone screen flashed and he squinted his eyes as the light from it nearly blinded him. He saw it was still quite early in the morning but he still considered it late. What had he set an alarm for again?He couldn't remember why he had set it or it could be that he was still groggy from sleep and that was why he couldn't remember. He glanced at the time again to make sure he wasn't seeing things but the time hadn't changed. To the average man, that was an early time to wake up but to him, it was late. He was usually up before then and he wondered why he had slept longer.He stretched his body on the bed and felt so refreshed. He hadn't slept that well in a while. Beside him, Ruby was still fast asleep and he took pleasure in just watching her sleep. He abandoned his phone back on the bedside table and scooted over until he was right next to her. He placed an arm around her to pull her close
"What?" Ruby blinked."Really, you're not joking right?" She was still evidently shocked."I wouldn't joke with a matter as serious as this." He told her firmly. The idea of going to see June had been in his mind for days and he had finally decided to stop pushing it back and take the bull by the horns."You're going to see her today?" Ruby asked him and he nodded. He knew June would be in her office today and he wondered what he would say to her when he got there. He also thought about how June seemed to trust herself and her plan so much that she actually didn't consider him finding out about what she had done."I am." He replied simply."Does she know you're coming to see her?" Ruby asked again and he shook his head."She doesn't, that would take the element of surprise away and I want her to be unsettled when I talk to her. That way she would speak freely and out of turn." Jaxon explained to Ruby. He wanted June surprised so that when he sprang up on her, she would be flustered an