CHAPTER 116RUBY’S POV“So tell me, did you have a good time without me while you were on your date?” was the first question Clarissa asked when I showed up on the porch of our house with Sally after getting out of the Uber and I rolled my eyes in response.“Stop being jealous, Clarissa. You know you’ll always be my best friend and number one” I told her while laughing as I took off my shoes and she huffed while folding her arms across her chest.“So you did have fun without me. How was it with her? awkward, enlightening, fun or just blank boring?” she asked me after we both came in and Sally hopped around in the living cheerfully. She didn’t get to play at Patricia’s place but I could tell she enjoyed her lunch and dinner which was probably why she was energetic. Patricia was a great cook.“Hello, aunt Clarissa,” Sally greeted while she kept on hopping around and Clarissa picked her up when she wouldn't stop. Then she began to laugh when she started to tickle her.“Did you miss me,
CHAPTER 117RUBY'S POV “Tell me how much you want me right now, Ruby and if you are not convincing enough, then we’re going to bed right away” Dax said to me and my jaw dropped while I stared at him in shock. If he thought he was in control of the situation, then he had to be joking because I was about to show him I was the one in control.“Is that a threat, Mr. Kellen?” I asked him seductively, my voice barely above a whisper while I trailed my fingers down his chest and he chuckled when he realized what I was doing.“Use your words, Ruby and keep your hands where I can see them because I’m not going to let you turn me on with your hands” he replied and I smirked as I placed my hand over his length at that moment, making him drag in a long audible breath in reaction.“I’m sorry, what were you saying?” I asked, trying to act clueless and he shot me a sharp, lustful look after realizing this was a losing game for him and he was eventually going to pleasure me as I wanted.“Ruby…” he
CHAPTER 118RUBY’S POV“Ruby, you better get your ass out of bed this instant. I know it’s a sunday morning but it’s 12 pm already and you haven’t had breakfast” Clarissa yelled from outside my room, her voice sounding far off as I woke up to see it was morning already.I moved to get out of bed but was held back by the large arm wrapped tightly around me and I looked back over my shoulder to see it was Dax and he was asleep. We both had a blanket over ourselves but we were stark naked beneath and memories from the previous night flooded my head, making my face heat up as I recalled everything and Dax opened his eyes to look at me.“Hey, baby” he called sweetly, his voice deep and rough and doing things to my insides and I smiled at him beforre giving him a brief good morning kiss and he pulled me closer just as I moved to get out of bed for the second attempt.I laughed when he rubbed the tip of his nose against mine and he grinned too before pulling back and watching me.“What was
CHAPTER 119RUBY'S POV Dax got ready and returned just as I asked him too and I on the other hand was almost ready too. So he waited in the living room while I put on a black colored with white flowered patterned sundress.Then I held my hair up in a ponytail and wore a pair of shades before I grabbed my purse and left for the living room where he waited only to see he was getting drilled by Clarissa for using the window and I held back my laughter when he looked at me with eyes that cried for help.“Okay, okay. That's enough Missy. Next time, he'll use the door to coke in okay?” I interrupted, gaining her attention as she stopped drilling Dax to look at me and she frowned. “Whatever. Soothe yourselves” she snapped and stood up before exiting the living room. Dax stood up and I internally swooned at how effortlessly good he looked. He was dressed in all black; a pair of black jean trousers, a black T shirt along with a black leather jacket and I realized he was holding his hand out
CHAPTER 120RUBY'S POV “Tell me again, Patricia. What did you just say?” Dax asked Patricia again just to be sure he heard correctly and she giggled.“Stop acting so surprised like you don't know about it already. Ruby told me when she came over for our date you know? She said you're both Sally's parents and she also said she would come clean to you which I'm sure she has already done and I have to say… I planned to tell you guys when you know the truth, that you're a perfect duo to have kids. Your children are going to look like angels” She ranted, telling Dax for the second time that he was Sally's father and how she got to know about it which was enough to show that even though she was drunk, she wasn't speaking gibberish because if she was repeating the same thing twice, It meant it was true.I just stood there motionless and speechless as I stared at her like I had seen a ghost and I wondered if I was also pale too because there was suddenly a loud ringing in my head and I felt
CHAPTER 121RUBY’S POVAfter a long moment of sobbing all by myself while I walked home and earned curious stares from people I passed by, I finally got to my house and dragged myself up the porch with a broken soul.Forgetting I could just open the door and walk in, I began to press the doorbell for someone to let me in and when a long time passed with no one answering the door yet, I fell to my knees and clutched onto my chest before bursting into another fit over the fact that Dax now knew the truth.The way he stared at me like he didn’t know me before walking away was engraved in my head and it played over and over like a broken part of a movie. Then how he had avoided my touch twice ruined me. I still felt like I couldn’t breathe, my heart had never felt heavier and my head hurt so bad but I couldn’t stop crying.The tears kept coming against my wish and holding them back was like going into a war I knew I was eventually going to lose at the end… It was a pointless effort.The
CHAPTER 122RUBY'S POV The door opened and Sally walked out onto the porch at that moment. I was still sobbing and couldn't bring myself to stop even though she was watching me and she was a curious child. I knew she would want to know why her mum was crying but I couldn't stop the tears. I was too broken and hurt to make myself care about what she would feel or think on seeing me that way.Clarissa quickly stood before me as she faced Sally who looked curious, making sure I was out of her view. Then she let out an awkward laughter before walking toward Sally who was still watching in silence.“What are you doing out here, darling? Aren't you supposed to be eating your dinner?” She asked Sally but Sally was still watching me, not paying a single heed to Clarissa who was trying to distract her and it hit me just how much she acted like Dax sometimes.They were so hard to distract once they had their attention fixed on something that had gained their interest and thinking about that b
CHAPTER 123DAX'S POV Pulling off my jacket and flinging it against a chair as I made my way into my living room, I gained Simon's attention while he made dinner at the kitchen and I hissed out angrily while taking a seat and palming my face.“What? Did you have a fight with Ruby? Or did you have a fight with someone over her? Because you look like you could murder anyone right now” he asked and I chuckled dryly. I was so pissed that I could punch through a wall if I let my anger get the best of me. My humor was broken and so was my emotion since I was raging beyond control so chuckling seemed like the only reaction to give even if it was just on the surface. I could feel literally nothing but fury underneath. I wished that fighting with someone over Ruby was the case because it wouldn't be as big of a deal as this was to me… in this situation. I would always win if it had to do with fighting over Ruby because I never planned to let her go and I never had intentions of having figh
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