Narrow escape

Chapter 39

It’s been three days since Ruby’s visit to the hospital and her sister was going to be discharged soon.

Ruby felt more than happy as it seemed like everything in her life was falling back into place.

Even her relationship with Jaxon was far better than before. Though he was still cold to her most of the time, she felt that he had loosened up a bit.

He bought an electric cooker for her to make her own meals, and during the few times he made him, he always made sure to keep a portion for her.

Ruby had just finished freshening up for the evening when she decided to go back downstairs, it was already past seven.

She arrived downstairs and saw Jaxon sitting in his usual spot, the only difference this time was that there was no laptop in front of him, just a bottle of drink that was already gone halfway.

“Hey,” she waved at him as she stepped closer to him.

Jaxon lifted his head from the cup as he looked at her briefly before looking away from her.

“Is everything okay?” Ruby aske