Mysterious Stranger!

Ruby POV

"Let's break up!"

Rowan's words came in like a wrecking ball. It hurts.

It hurts like hell. However, I'm not going to behave childishly by bursting into tears or splashing water across his face. He's smart enough to take me to dinner, in a super expensive restaurant, he ordered my favourite steak and the most expensive wine before dropping the news.

I took the glass of wine on the table and sipped from it.

"May I ask why? Did I cheat on you?" I questioned calmly.

"I'm in love with someone else. She's beautiful and... You know, nice. You're hot tempered, Ruby. Well, you're beautiful also" he said, avoiding my gaze.

Rowan and I have been in a relationship since first year in college. We met in a cafe and fell in love. While I worked in the cafe, he was a regular customer.

His reason for breaking up sounds stupid. It's obvious he sees me as a freeloader.

Rowan use to be the most charming person I've ever met. He's sweet, nice and also good at sex. He's cute and has blonde hair, unlike me with red hair.

Normally, people avoid associating with me because of the rumours about red haired girls. They claim we are hot tempered and dangerous type of girls. But that didn't stop Rowan from associating with me.

Just when I needed him the most, he decided to end our relationship.

"I'll pay you as much as you want. I'll give you whatever you need, just please say yes" he pleaded. His palms were rubbing against each other. He really wants to get rid of me.

"Fine, let's break up" I said.

That excitement on his face when he heard my words. He touched my hand and thanked me for over five minutes. Almost like I'm a villain in our relationship.

Well, fuck it!

I took a last sip from the wine and grabbed my shoulder bag. We were both returning from work, when we decided to meet here for dinner.

"I'll be leaving now" I said to him.

"What? There are more steaks and wine. Won't you enjoy them?" He queried.

I smirked and flung my hair to the back.

"Enjoy them with your new lover"

His eyes were glued to my body as I walked out of the restaurant. Immediately, I flagged a taxi and drove around for some hours, thinking about what just happened.

It's over between Rowan and I. What do I do?

"Is this your stop, Miss?" The taxi driver asked.

I didn't ask him to stop me in front of a bar. But, it could relieve my mood. I handed him a bunch of cash, without even checking how much it was and strolled into the bar.

The bar had more people because it's friday night. The music was loud and the dim light made it hard for me to see.

It's my first time in a bar. I only went to a club once with Maya, my best friend and never went there again. The mixed smell of perfume, alcohol and sex made me puke. I didn't realise it was a sex club till later.

"What would you like to have, Miss?" The sexy looking bartender asked me. His shirt was half unbuttoned, exposing his muscular chest.

"I'll take whatever you give me" my hand leaned on the counter, holding my head.

"Sure, miss" he smiled. I watched him mix a couple of alcohol. The only bottle I could recognise is vodka. The rest of them... Well, I can't.

He placed a cherry right beside the cup and pushed it to me.

"Here you go"

The drink was red in colour, almost like my hair. My eyes met with his again, till I heard a voice behind me.

"Give me your strongest drink!" The thick voice sounded.

Even though it was thick, the voice was calm and low. It's part of his masculine features. He looked like he was God sent. Everything about him was perfect. His dark hair, god eyes that are light brown in colour. His chest was so muscular that it was crying to be set free through his shirt.

I was busy staring at him and I didn't realise he was staring back at me.

What the hell am I doing? Gawking at a stranger. That's not what I should be doing. I sipped from the drink that was mixed for me. It was hot, hot enough to burn my throat. That's a combo of real alcohol.

"Do you like my shirt that much?" That angelic voice asked. I forced my gaze on him again to look at the shirt. I don't like the shirt, I'm after the body behind the shirt.

It's not like I can tell him that.

"It's a BB design collection. It's one of our expensive designs" I said. Not only did I 'said'. My hands were on his chest, groping them.

The bar tender was looking at me, but I don't care. The man didn't let my hands off his chest.

I just grabbed it tighter. It was really firm and muscular.

I didn't realise what I was doing. Why was I behaving that way? Because of the breakup?

Also, I took just a sip from the drink. I'm not drunk yet, am I?

"How do you know it's from BB?" he questioned.

"It's my design. Well, it was. Till it got stolen. I don't care about it though"

Shit! I wasn't supposed to say that. Well, I'm sure he doesn't understand what I'm talking about.

My head was already spinning. Is it due to the alcohol? I almost fell from the chair and two hands grabbed me.

"Hands off!" I heard that voice.

"She's our customer. It's our duty to protect her" the bar tender replied.

Are they both trying to protect me? That's sweet of them! Even if Rowan isn't in my life anymore, I'm free to hang out with anyone.

Anyone!

That's what I thought till I woke up the next morning, with that familiar looking person naked beside me. The same godlike man from last night.

What the hell happened last night?