CHAPTER 41RUBY’S POVThe novel was superb and I still couldn't believe I finished it all in hours.It was already 4 pm and Arnold was walking me home while we talked about the book.I was worried he would leave his bookstore open with no one to keep watch but after he assured me that he had staff to do the perfect job for him, I let him accompany me home because I was too excited about the book I read and wanted to talk about it with someone.“I still can't believe it ended that way. I'm so happy they were happy though because that's all that matters to me” I chirped excitedly as we walked and he smiled while listening with rapt attention.“I bet you were rooting for the villain at first right?” he asked and I facepalmed which made him laugh.“In my defense, the writer made him irresistibly hot. I couldn't help but want him for her but that was until he became an asshole toward her” I explained and he nodded silently which made me wonder what he could be thinking about.“What? What's
CHAPTER 42DAX’S POVI was livid, my vision was blinded with pure red rage and I almost broke the phone I held into pieces as I stared at the picture that glared back at me. There was a picture of Ruby kissing a man on the cheek and another of him kissing the back of her hand while she smiled at him so lustfully. What the fuck was she thinking?I had forgotten a few files I was supposed to bring along with me to New York so I had Simon return to Denmark to find them and send them to me via email but then he stumbled upon Ruby and this unknown man and quickly took pictures to show me.I would have assumed they were probably just friends but seeing how they both looked at each other, it was obvious that they were more than just friends. I couldn't help but wonder if Ruby was seeing him already when she let me fuck her hard with my fingers just a few nights ago.The plan was to stay in New York for a few more days but after seeing those pictures, there was going to have to be a huge chang
CHAPTER 43RUBY’S POV“Holy shit, Ruby, guess what I just found out” Clarissa yelled as she barged into my room with her phone in her hand and I wondered why she was looking so shocked.“What is it this time?” I asked her as I placed my pillow on my bed so I could go to sleep and she rushed toward me. Then she sat me down and pushed her phone toward me.Giving her a look, I shifted my gaze to the phone and a video was playing. Immediately I caught sight of Dax punching Dennis in the face, my eyes widened in shock, my heart plummeted into my stomach in fear and I began to have all sorts of thoughts as I watched the video over and over again.What the hell happened?“What happened? When did this happen?” I asked her while tapping on the screen to play the video again with shaky fingers and she sat beside me.“A friend of mine who was at the function sent the video to me because he knows I'm a friend of yours and thought we should know about the fight” she answered and I shook my head in
CHAPTER 44DAX’S POV“How the hell did Dennis know about Ruby's job? It was supposed to be confidential” I asked Simon immediately as I got out of the car at the airport.My luggage had been packed and moved from the house to the airport by the maids. They were moving them all into the plane so we were set to leave at once.“I'm sure he has his contacts in Denmark too. He probably asked them to look into the reason why you were opening a branch in Denmark and then found out about Ruby and her job” he replied and it made a lot of sense.I wasn't surprised to know that Dennis went to such lengths just to dig up information about me. The loser was so desperate for his father’s attention that he was so willing to do the dirty job and have his name stained for a little recognition from a man that didn't give two fucks about him.With a shake of my head, I decided to forget about him and his sorry ass and focus on Ruby instead. I still had to get that man out of the picture immediately becau
CHAPTER 45RUBY’S POV“Have fun on your date!” Clarissa snickered as I wore my earrings and I shot her a glare through the mirror while she lay on my bed.Sally left for school almost two hours ago so it was just the two of us in the house and I was preparing for my date with Arnold after we agreed on a time and place to meet.“What? You said Arnold is so sweet” she tried to mimic me playfully and I flung a lipstick at her to shut her up but missed and she laughed at me.“Shut up Clarissa. It's just a date, nothing else and I didn't say that” I told her and she made a face at me before she lay back in the bed.“Yeah, yeah. Whatever you say” she replied, rolling her eyes and I ignored her as I took a brush to brush through my hair a little.Soon I was done and I took one last look at myself in the mirror. I wore a brown-colored long-sleeved high-waisted dress with a pair of black loafers and took a black handbag to pair the colors.Then I twirled for Clarissa who was watching me and s
CHAPTER 46DAX’S POVI had never seen Ruby get that mad at me before. When we were dating eight years ago and even when I followed her all the way to Denmark and told her that I wanted her back, she never got that angry.That was what made me know that I had fucked up again and would have to make it up to her so she wouldn't stay mad at me for a long time. I couldn't afford to let her ask for space again.As I watched her walk away with rapid angry steps, there were two things I had in mind. First was to get Arnold Fusser out of the picture then apologize to her for having her watched but for the moment, I felt uneasy knowing that just as Simon predicted, she was going out on a date with Arnold.Quickly, I turned and headed for my house and Simon was at the bar when I walked in. He turned around to face me and nodded toward the door when he saw I wasn't looking so pleased.“Got into another fight with her right?” He asked like he was there to witness it all and I ignored him because h
CHAPTER 47DAX’S POVAn hour passed and soon, I received a message from Simon to let me know that the job had been done. He sent the location to me and I quickly got changed into something else before I made my way to where they were.It was a house 40 minutes away by car from our street so it was quite a safe distance and it was vacant. It was very impressive for Simon to find such a place in such a short time.“How did you find this place so fast? Been to Denmark before?” I asked as I walked in after he opened the door for me and our footsteps echoed loudly.“Nah, I have my contacts too, and after explaining everything, he was kind enough to give me this place for a few hours. It's a guest house so he said we shouldn't make any mess” he answered and I nodded in response while I looked around the dimly lit living room. It was best if we kept the lights off.“So where is he?” I asked about Arnold after surveying the place and he pointed above us.“Upstairs and unconscious until we wak
CHAPTER 48RUBY’S POVIt had been three days since I went on a date with Arnold and no word from him since then. Our date was fun. The hours swept by so fast that day and when it was finally time to go home, I dreaded it a bit.I dreaded it because I knew I would have to go back to living with the fact that I was pretending and lying to Dax while working with his arch-enemy, Dennis, in secret to destroy him but I still had Sally and whenever I looked at her, I remembered that she was another reason why I was doing that… to protect her.I sighed as I checked my phone for probably the hundredth time that morning, hoping to see a notification pop up on my screen with Arnold’s name and Clarissa stole a glance at me from where she was busy making two cups of iced coffee for us in her cafe.It was a Thursday so Sally was at school already and since I had nothing to do at the club during the day, or at home all alone, I tagged along with Clarissa to her cafe to while away time and probably a
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