CHAPTER 32DAX’S POVFuming hard as I walked out of Ruby’s house with Simon on my trail, my blood boiled with anger, I itched to smash my fist into something and relish in the pain it would bring to my knuckles but at the same time, I wanted to walk back in and tell Ruby that I would never do such a thing to her again.I was mad and disappointed though, at the fact that Ruby suspected me all along even after I told her I could never do such. It hurt to know she didn't trust me or whatever I said but then I couldn't blame her either.I hurt her, ruined her reputation in New York, and made her start her life all over in a new country where she knew no one except Clarissa. So I wouldn't exactly put it all on her if she didn't trust me yet. I caused it all and I guessed it was time for me to pay back, no matter how infuriating some situations may be.I walked into my house and Simon closed the door gently while I stormed over to the bar and blindly poured myself a drink to quench the burn
CHAPTER 33RUBY’S POVOnce Dax was gone, Clarissa rushed in to meet me where I sat after my legs were beginning to fail me and she knelt before me with a look of concern etched on her face.“Are you alright, Ruby? You don’t look too good” she asked softly and I looked at her in silence, unable to utter a word in response.“Dax said he loves me,” I said in a state of confusion as I had a whirlwind of thoughts collide against each other in my head and she gave a nonchalant shrug.“He says all the time,'' she replied but I shook my head as I disagreed with her.“It was very different this time, Clarissa. It felt different and I don't know why I'm thinking too much about it when I don't even feel the same way for him” I told her and she stared at me in silence.“Are you sure you don't feel the same way, Ruby?” she asked and I wasn't able to give a reply as her words rang bells of alarm in my head and fear filled my heart.Was I beginning to fall for Dax already? Or did I just never get ov
CHAPTER 34RUBY’S POVThe dancers began to murmur among each other as their surprise skyrocketed and I stared at Dax, trying my best to figure him out and why he was doing this but he was giving nothing away.He still stared back at me, his hands tucked into his pockets and his eyes held amusement in their depths while he watched me.Losing my temper, I stormed toward him and pulled his hand out of his pocket then I held it and without a word, I pulled him out of the office to follow me.I could hear the dancers gasping and murmuring even louder. I knew they were going to make assumptions, false accusations, and even try to diminish my image out of jealousy but it was all nothing compared to my life eight years ago so I didn't care, I could survive this.I was there to work for a living, not to make friends with fake ass women.I stopped walking once I got to my dressing room, then I opened the door and pulled Dax in along with me before slamming the door shut and facing him.He didn'
CHAPTER 35DAX’S POVRuby was playing games with me. She thought she could be sneaky enough to ask me why I broke up with her but she had no idea I knew she was Magenta and two could play that game. I remembered what Simon said to me about her finding out that I knew she was a masked dancer and how it wouldn’t go down well but I quickly shoved his voice aside because I knew Ruby best and I was certain that she would avoid me for life if I told her the truth.It was best to just play along with her and act oblivious to the fact that she was Magenta until I would get her out of there. I just wanted to talk to her more in a situation where she would be nothing but honest and freer with me since she believed I didn't know she was Magenta.Remembering how she made sure to make our stance clear with each other, I groaned out loud while I loosened my tie in frustration and kept on walking.It was like she was trying to test me. Trying to see if I would make any advances toward her as Magent
CHAPTER 36RUBY’S POV“Clarissa Tovaro, do you like Simon Benson?” I asked her and she blinked before looking away with a chuckle.“What are you talking about? Of course not, Ruby. Have you forgotten we don't get along?” she denied but I wasn't convinced because I could see through whenever she was lying… all the time.“Say something more believable, Clarissa, because you aren't convincing me at all,” I told her and she groaned.“Even if I do like him, it won't change anything, Ruby so drop it” She tried to end the discussion but that wasn't going to deter me because I was going to drill answers out of her until Dax returned.“Too bad I'm not dropping it. So you'd better talk before I change my mind about helping you here and leave” I threatened her and she face palmed without uttering a word back at me this time.“So tell me, Clarissa, do you like Simon?” I asked her again and she groaned for a second time before she peeled her hands off her face and looked at me.“Yes, Ruby. Yes, I
CHAPTER 37RUBY’S POVWe were all finally done with setting up the whole cafe and Clarissa served us all cupcakes, cookies, and a cup of her specially made smoothie just as she promised to treat us after helping her.Then she played “Best Part” by Daniel Caesar on her bluetooth speaker before turning on the sunset lamp that Simon had helped her fix so she could give the cafe a look that seemed like the sun was setting every evening.The atmosphere suddenly felt romantic and it made my insides tingle as I sat opposite Dax from across the table.We watched Clarissa get up to dance before she pulled Sally along with her and we all laughed as we watched them have fun.Then Simon stood up and joined her so Sally returned to her seat where she continued eating her cookies and I watched Clarissa and Simon speak to each other in hushed voices while they danced slowly, hand in hand.I turned to look at Dax at that moment and he was watching me. He probably had been watching me and that made my
CHAPTER 38RUBY’S POVI panted hard as I looked down at Dax and my heartbeat increased even faster before I nodded my head to give him the go ahead and I saw his eyes brighten before his grip on my thighs tightened and he dipped his face in between my legs.I gasped immediately he lapped his tongue against my clit and my body buckled in response before he held me down and licked even harder and faster. It had been way too long since I got with anyone so having him work those wonders on me made me react even more and soon, I was flying up toward cloud nine, and I could feel the end coming soon. I was so close but I wanted more for a while so I held back and dipped my fingers into his hair. He brushed his tongue against my dripping cunt and sucked all my wetness, making me writ beneath his mouth and he sucked even harder, not coming up for air even once.Then he let go of one of my thighs and dipped his middle finger into my pussy and I jolted from the gesture before opening my eyes to
CHAPTER 39RUBY’S POVJust as I expected, Clarissa lost her shit and freaked out beyond measure when I told her about what happened between me and Dax in detail.She was curious to know why I was back so late when all we wanted to do was talk but I knew I couldn't lie. My gone lipstick and almost ruffled hair were definitely going to give me away.So I told her the truth and also confessed about the first time we kissed at the club to her too and I had to snap my fingers in her face twice to pull her out of her shocked reverie by the time I was done talking.“I am so fucking speechless. Oh my God, Ruby! Dax went down on you?” she shrieked and I placed my hand over her mouth to stop her from yelling because Sally was already deep asleep in her room.“You’re yelling and it could wake Sally up” I whispered sternly and her eyes widened in realization before she nodded and pulled my hand away from her mouth. “Fine, I won’t yell but holy shit! how the hell did it happen?” she asked and I 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