CHAPTER 11DAX’S POV“I don’t like you, Dax. I don’t like people that hurt me” Ruby’s slurred words when she was half-conscious kept on playing in my head like a broken record and it broke me just as many times as I remembered her saying them to me before she passed out.They said a person’s true colors showed when they were either drunk, sedated, angry, or desperate, and well, Ruby was angry at me.Coupled with her being half-conscious, I could tell that she meant what she said.First, it was the tears she shed on the sidewalk after she walked out of the cafe and that broke me to know I caused her pain.Now, she said I hurt her and she didn’t like me and she wasn’t wrong. I did that to her and I didn’t know if I was ever going to do enough to make up for my foolish mistake of hurting her.Who the hell broke up with their fiancee over the phone on the day of their pre-wedding photoshoot and then called them a fake but still secretly loved them? I was the only idiot who could do such
CHAPTER 12RUBY'S POVI almost began to panic when Sally had called me mum in front of Dax but I was happy with the way Clarissa handled the situation. The only thing to do now was to get Sally to start calling her mum instead of Aunt Clarissa and I was sure that would be a piece of cake.Once everyone was gone, I knew this was it. The moment that I would have to take Dax back if he asked again because I couldn’t wait to get on with the revenge and have him out of my life for good once I was done with him.I felt nervous and I couldn’t even bring myself to look at him because I could remember what I said to him before I passed out.Slowly, I looked beneath my blanket and I saw I was still in my pink pajamas. For an unexplainable reason, I suddenly felt embarrassed and conscious about how I looked so I quickly tried to fix my hair before sitting up and he was quick to assist me but I still didn’t look at him. Not when he had his hands on my skin and it was making me have a huge meltdow
CHAPTER 13RUBY’S POVThe next hour was filled with tense awkwardness in the air while we all had dinner from the takeout that Clarissa had ordered for all of us. I was surprised she even included Dax and Simon, his bodyguard but one of her rules was never to get back at anyone with food.She claimed it would be harder to poison them because it would be suspicious if she offered food out of nowhere. So she believed it would be easier since feeding whoever she hated had always been her treat. I just hoped she didn’t poison Dax because I didn’t want him to die yet. Not when I hadn’t gotten my revenge yet.Soon, dinner ended and Dax took his cue to leave, claiming that he still had to set up where he just moved into but I knew he was lying. He was a billionaire so he could just hire someone to get it done for him but I still played along to not make him feel embarrassed.Once the door closed after he and Simon, Clarissa immediately turned to me and stared questioningly. I shrugged which
CHAPTER 14RUBY’S POVMorning came and the doctor was in the middle of checking my vitals when Dax walked in and Simon was also on his trail. Clarissa scoffed audibly from beside me and when I looked at her, she was glaring at Simon. I looked at Simon and he was staring at her too but his eyes were so cold, they could laser through ice. I had no idea what it was they argued about the previous day but after seeing their countenance toward each other, I didn’t think I wanted to be involved. They were both two grown adults so I was sure they could resolve it amicably.“That’s all, Miss Sinclair. You can head to the nurse on duty now to get discharged and go home. Also, be careful not to take an overdose next time” She ended with a warning and I gave her a sheepish smile while nodding my head. There was no way I would be making that mistake again.The doctor walked out and I turned to look at Dax who had been standing in a corner of the room. He came toward me with a smile directed at me
CHAPTER 15RUBY’S POVMy session with Dennis in the club wasn’t a long one because he also knew I would never dance for him after our first encounter. So once we were both done signing the contract, I told him of my progress with getting back with Dax and he was satisfied to know I was already working on it before we even signed the contract.With that, he left the room first and I busied myself with cleaning up after him. When I was done, I grabbed a copy of my contract and tucked it into my brassier before I walked out of the room. Suddenly, I bumped into someone coming toward me and the glass of wine that I held spilled. I looked up to apologize and when I saw it was Lilac, all the apology died on my tongue because I was certain she did this on purpose to cause a scene and pin the fault on me. The nerve of the sneaky little bitch. “Are you blind? Watch where you’re fucking going” she screeched while she wiped the wine off her face and I gave her a blank look.“Really? That’s how
CHAPTER 16RUBY’S POVDax didn’t say a single word to me after taking me out of Avery’s office. All he did was pull me along with him and I was too tongue-tied to utter a single word as I followed him with so many questions swirling in my head. Why did he pay for me exclusively for the rest of the month? Why did he bother to defend me? Most people wouldn’t care even if they witnessed the whole thing but he was different. He cared.He suddenly opened the door to one of the private rooms and I was about to tell him it was occupied but I was too late. He had pulled me in along with him and we witnessed a client and one of the dancers kissing. He literally had his tongue down her throat while she gave him a handjob and I was too stunned to move or look away.It was both shocking and arousing at the same time and it made my skin tingle with something unrecognizable. It made me wonder how it would feel to have Dax kiss me just like that.Quickly, Dax withdrew from the room and shut the doo
CHAPTER 17 RUBY’S POVCrawling into bed with my vibrator in hand, I closed my eyes to visualize a scene that would turn me on but all I could think about was Dax and only his face filled my imagination.I was too desperate to climax so I didn’t care and just went ahead with it. The least he could do was stay in my head and help get me off since he walked out on me at the club.So I turned the vibrator on and trailed it up my thighs slowly to set the mood before I slowly inserted it into my pussy and let out a soft moan while I busied my other hand by rubbing it over my clit. I arched my back as the pleasure took over me and invaded my senses and my lips parted while I let out noiseless pants and subtle moans in between as my body got closer and closer to the edge.In my head, Dax was touching me and whispering dirty words to me in my ear while he played with my clit and fingered at the same time. He made me look him in the eyes while his fingers pumped in and out of me and he made s
CHAPTER 18RUBY’S POVMonday came around again and Sally was ready for school.The bus had just arrived so I walked her out and I stood by the porch to watch her get into the bus. Then she waved at me through the window and I did the same while she mouthed a goodbye to me.Once the bus was gone, I saw Dax walking toward me from the other side of the street and I waited to hear what he had to say to me even though I was still mad at him for leaving me like that at the club.“Off to school uh?” he asked, referring to Sally when he finally joined me on the porch and I nodded, my hands securely folded across my chest as a way to try and keep my inner panic at a minimum because I was still freaking out about our kiss. I bet he wouldn't feel the same way because Magenta was just a random masked dancer in a club that he was probably momentarily obsessed with and was soon going to get bored of. Just like he would with me if I let him in again.“Yeah. Now what is it that you have to say? It's
RUBY'S POV It was quite a sunny day. A perfect weather for a perfect wedding and I couldn't stop grinning to myself as I stared into the mirror before me, marveling at my look after my makeup was done and I was dressed in my wedding gown. “Are you ready for your big day, dear bride?” Clarissa, who was my chief bridesmaid asked me as she walked into the room along with Patricia, Cecelia, Sid and Michael as they were all in my bridal train.“You bet I am” I replied excitedly and they all hugged me before accompanying me to the altar where Dax waited for me.Half of New York was present because they were all excited to watch the epic wedding between me and Dax since our breakup eight years ago made it to the headlines.I couldn't take my eyes off Dax as he stood alongside his groomsman, Simon, and neither could he and when the officiator asked us to say our vows, our eyes still remained locked until we sealed the marriage with a kiss and a ring each and we became husband and wife.Eve
CHAPTER 135DAX'S POV After Ruby left the hospital in a fit of rage, I felt uneasy. Shebqas right about everything though. We both kept secrets from each other and were both angry but it wouldn't lead anywhere if we didn't calm down and talk it out.I knew immediately that I had to see her and speak to her but I was admitted under close care and watch so I turned to Simon who had been silent ever since the huge argument between me and Ruby happened. “I need you to check on Ruby for me. I don't know what she's thinking but I want to know if she's at the resort” I told him and he nodded before standing up to leave but then he paused by the door and looked back at me.“Ruby wasn't lying, Dax. She didn't know about Dennis’s plan to shoot you and she also wasn't lying about loving you and wanting you alive for her and Sally's sake. You know I'm good at reading people” He said and I nodded because I was also great at reading people and I knew she wasn't lying about anything from the mome
CHAPTER 134RUBY'S POV It was already dark by the time I arrived in Denmark but my blood was still sizzling with anger and all I wanted to do was see Dennis immediately. So I boarded a cab, gave the driver the gallery's address as my next stop and called Dennis. “We need to talk. Face to face, right now” I snapped at him once he picked up my call and he chuckled over the phone.“I was expecting this ever since I found out that Dax eventually knew everything. What a waste of a bullet” he said and I took a deep breath to keep my emotion under control because he was obviously testing me with his insensitive remarks.“Meet me at this place. I'm sending the address to you now and I'll be waiting. You'd better not be late or Dax will come find me when he realizes I'm in not in Greece with him anymore and I'm sure you don't want to get cornered by the man you almost killed” I made sure to let him know I wasn't joking around and I heard him groan over the phone. He was pissed and it felt g
CHAPTER 133RUBY'S POV Humming to myself as I made my way to the room where Dax was admitted along with a paper bag filled with lunch I bought from a restaurant for both of us, I hoped he would wake up to eat with me because I missed him and missed eating with him.I opened the door when I got to the room and immediately I walked in, I noticed the atmosphere was different. Dax was awake and seated up in bed and I was about to hug him but noticed he was staring at me like he didn't recognize me. I frowned because I didn't know why he would be watching me with such foreign eyes.I looked at Simon, hoping he would tell me what was happening but he also stared at me the same way and I wondered again, what on earth was happening and why they were both staring at me like that.“Is something wrong? Did something happen?” I asked out loud when they wouldn’t say anything and Dax placed a phone on the bed side with a video playing on the screen.“Care to explain what this is?” he asked me an
CHAPTER 132RUBY'S POV On the second day of Dax being admitted, he was still unconscious. He only repeatedly slipped in and out of his consciousness where he would just stare at me blankly before losing consciousness again and my eyes were already swollen and hurting due to how much I cried.That afternoon, I was dozing off while I sat beside an unconscious Dax and suddenly, my phone began to ring and when I checked the caller ID, it was Dennis. Quickly, I rejected the call but he kept on calling no matter how many times I declined his calls so I gave in and picked up on his seventh attempt at pissing me off.“What the hell do you want from me, Dennis?” I snapped at him while whispering and he snickered, making me want to strangle him through the phone. “I'm sure you know I did it by now” he went straight to the point and my grip on my phone tightened so hard that I thought my phone would break to pieces in my hand while I gritted my teeth so furiously.“How could you try to kill s
CHAPTER 131RUBY'S POV Morning came and I woke up when I heard someone knocking on the door. Dax was still asleep so I decided to get the door instead. I managed to slip out of his arms since he was holding onto me like I was going to run away in the middle of the night. Then I put on my vest and shorts while the knocking persisted and I rushed toward the door to know who was there.I opened it and I was surprised when I saw it was breakfast. I looked at the resort staff before me and she smiled at me so I made way for her to come into the room and she headed straight for the table In the room to set our breakfast for us.“We didn't order anything though, so how did you know what we wanted?” I asked her and she kept on smiling while she did her job.“Mr. Kellen already scheduled everything with us when he booked the room for your stay here” she explained and I nodded in response before she left the room.I noticed my purse which was still by the entrance to the room and I smiled as
CHAPTER 130RUBY'S POV The surprise location was Santorini and I found out just when we landed in the country and got out of the plane. To say I was elated would be an understatement. I was beyond excited, over the moon and happy that he chose that place for our vacation because it was so beautiful and dreamy and I had always dreamt of going there. So I hugged and kissed Dax on the cheek to thank him and show how much I loved his gesture and he was beaming from ear to ear after I did that in front of the hostesses that worked on the plane. I guessed he was over the moon to have me show that he was mine in public for the first time. “Good day sir and madam. We’ll be heading to the resort now” a driver said after bowing to us and I looked at Dax since I had no idea what was going on.“He’s going to be our designated driver while we’re here” hhe explained when he saw I looked clueless and I nodded before smiling back at the driver while our luggages, a box each of our own, were moved
CHAPTER 129RUBY'S POV Days later, I was safely discharged from the hospital and it was time for the vacation which Dax had proposed. On my way to the airport with him for our vacation, he wouldn't let me out of his sight until we got into the car and I couldn’t help but notice he became even more clingy after our reconciliation and sometimes, it felt like I was imagining it all just like how I thought I imagined everything I told him when I was sedated that night. He had no idea that I could remember and I didn't plan to let him know because I felt embarrassed about it.Patricia and the rest came over to check on me at the hospital and they were even happier than me to know that Dax was speaking to me again. They were glad their plan worked out for me and I would be lying if I didn't admit that I was over the moon too.Arriving at the airport, our luggages were taken into the plane by the staff and I used that moment to tell everyone goodbye one last time before leaving. I hugged
CHAPTER 128DAX’S POVI couldn’t sleep. Not after the conversation I just had with Ruby so all I could do was watch her while she slept thanks to the sedating medication she was given after shebwas rushed to the hospital for her fever and my guilt ate at my insides without mercy.There was a lot about Ruby that I didn’t know. I had no idea that she went through all of that after I broke up with her. I didn’t even know that Micahel had thrown her out because I was trying to avoid her and hearing her say all of it to me while half asleep made me realize how much of a selfish jerk I was.If I were in Ruby’s shoes, I’d do the same and not tell me I was Sally’s father because she was right. I left once so what would stop me from leaving again? she was just protecting her daughter and that was what I failed to understand after knowing the truth.So I spent days away from her, overworking myself to get over the fact that I missed her and my daughter even though Simon told me that she was a m