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
CHAPTER 49RUBY’S POVI arrived at the bookshop and as always, it was busy and filled with people.I walked in and took my time to walk around in search of Arnold but he wasn't there.So I met with a worker of his, who was busy placing new books on a shelf and she smiled at me when I called for her attention.“Hi, I'm Ruby Sinclair and a friend of the owner, Arnold Fusser. Did he perhaps come to work today?” I asked her, making sure to be careful with my choice of words and she nodded, that smile still on her face.“Sure, he is around but in his office at the moment. Can you wait here while I call him for you?” the lady replied and I nodded eagerly, pleased that I found someone willing to help, and with that, she walked away.I waited for a couple of minutes and soon, she returned to meet me where I waited for her.“Mr. Arnold said you can see him in his office,” she told me and I smiled in relief on hearing that. Maybe he wasn't with his phone when I called. Maybe he was just busy an
CHAPTER 50RUBY’S POV“Stop lying to me. Arnold would never do that” I told Dax and he shook his head as he walked toward me and I took steps back.“Why don't you call him and ask him? Or you can ask Simon when you're leaving. Since he was also there with me” he replied and I gasped in disbelief.Here I was thinking Dax had tortured him and told him horrifying things to send him away from me but it was just money. He offered Arnold money and he took it and agreed to stay away from me for good. He chose money over me and it was all because of Dax who decided to ruin it all.“How could you? How could you do this to me? Why do you keep on ruining everything for me, you asshole? Why do you enjoy pissing me off all the time?” I yelled at him as I hit him on the chest repeatedly and he let me without holding me back or saying a word in response.“I hate you so much. You piss me off so much that I just want to wring your neck and let you die in pain! You bastard, I hate you so much!” I screa
CHAPTER 51RUBY'S POVSoon Dax fell asleep and his soft snores filled my ears as he lay beside me, his arms still wrapped around me.I looked up to watch him, unable to sleep and I smiled at seeing how peaceful he looked in his sleep.I couldn't stay there in bed for long though, there was another reason why I was in his house and if I didn't use the opportunity to get what I wanted, I might never get another chance again and Dennis would fulfill his threat by telling Dax everything.Slowly and subtly, I pushed Dax’s arms off me and rolled out of the bed. Then I covered him up with a blanket before making my way to the bathroom where there were two robes hung on the wall.I grabbed one and placed it close before I stepped under the shower to wash off and when I was done, I cleaned up and made my way back into the room with the robe I wore then I dressed up, arranged my hair with the help of a mirror and picked my phone before I tiptoed out of the room.Immediately I was out of the roo
CHAPTER 52RUBY’S POVDax finally pulled out of the hug and he took my hand before pulling me out of the office along with him. He led me downstairs to his bar and sat me down on one of the chairs before he went around the counter and grabbed two glasses from the cabinet before picking a bottle of wine that was obviously worth a fortune and opened it for us.“You’ll have a drink with me, right?” he asked as he poured into one of the glasses and I nodded just as he handed the glass over to me.Then he poured himself a glass too and came to join me on the second chair that was beside me. We sat down there for a few seconds in silence as we sipped our wine and all I could think about was the fact that I just gave his huge project away to Dennis and when I stole a glance at him, I wondered what he was thinking about since he looked lost in his thoughts.“So I was going to ask you…” he began reluctantly and I turned to face him.“Yeah? Go ahead, I’m listening” I urged him to speak, just
CHAPTER 53RUBY’S POVI stayed until dark with Dax. We had dinner together because he ordered in since he was a terrible cook and there was no ingredient for me to put something together and when dinner was over for both of us, he walked me to my porch and tucked his hands into his pockets when we got to my door.“I don’t want you to go” he whined and I giggled before bopping the tip of my finger against the tip of his nose playfully.“I can’t stay with you tonight, Dax. I already stayed long enough and that should be okay” I replied but I actually couldn’t stay because of Sally. I wanted to put her to sleep so I couldn’t spend the night with him… no matter how much he was going to persuade me.“Fine. Goodnight baby” he cooed before he kissed me on the forehead and I felt my face warm up due to the endearment he used to call me before he took a step back and waved at me. Then he spun on his heels and walked away while I stood there and watched him, unaware that I was even doing that.
CHAPTER 54RUBY’S POVClarissa succeeded in calming me down and assuring me that nothing was wrong with what I did and when I was calm enough with a clearer head, we continued washing the dishes in silence and when we were done, I was about to go to bed when Clarissa called for me.“So… there was a development with Simon while you were getting railed by Dax” she began and I looked at her while wiping my hands dry with a kitchen napkin.“Now, I want you to tell me everything that happened and don’t you dare leave a single part out,” I told her while she blushed and I smiled on seeing how giddy she looked over talking about Simon with me. They were really a perfect pair.“Simon asked me out on a date when he came over. We were making dinner together while Sally watched the TV then he suddenly asked me how I would feel about going on a date with him and I froze for a while because it was so unexpected and I didn’t see it coming” she narrated as her eyes shone with glee and I laughed at t
CHAPTER 55RUBY’S POVI finished taking a long bath to relax my nerves and soothe my limbs that still felt quite sore. Then I took my time to dry my hair and held it all up before I wore a sleeveless half vest along with a pair of shorts then I left for the kitchen to have something for breakfast.As if the heavens were listening to my thoughts, the doorbell rang out once I was done making a cup of coffee, and a little spilled as I got startled.I cursed under my breath as I tried to clean my mess and the doorbell rang again, reminding me that someone was at the door. I groaned out loud in frustration as I wiped the last of the coffee stain off the counter then I rushed off to the door and when I opened it, it was Dax.He was holding a bucket of ice cream and a box of pizza that was large enough to feed four people as he smiled at me, his eyes sparkling while he gestured at the breakfast he brought and I couldn't help but smile back.“What's with the pizza and ice cream?” I laughed as