Two: Surprised

Still the same night 

"I just don't want you anymore.” 

The words kept ringing in her ear as she looked at him. She just couldn't believe this. Why was he suddenly being this cruel to her, showing her the side she had always wondered about?

“Is this some sort of joke?” she asked as she picked his hands but he removed them sharply. 

“Do I look like I'm joking?” he asked her, a stern look on his face. He shook his head. "Look, Ruby. I don't want to hurt you, that's why I wanted to leave it at that, but you're making a face as if I'm a bad person. I'm not.” He said. 

But he was! He was cruel and being an ass for no reason, or maybe there was one, so she asked. "Why? Why are you doing this? Did I do something wrong? Is that it?” she didn't care that her voice was starting to rise with the tempo. "If that's it, please. Let me apologize.” She said. 

Roy rolled his eyes and grunted. "Oh, please you can't. How can you apologize for being a prude? I can count the number of times you kissed me even when I ask you to. I always kiss you, and you won't kiss me back sometimes. How can you apologize for being in a relationship with me without me getting anything out of it? Not sex, not money, not even the kind of partner I want. You don't dress like you should as a woman even though you have a great shape, which was why I approached you in the first place. 

“I honestly thought you would change your mind as time goes by about the no sex thing in the relationship, trying so hard to get down with you, but you wouldn't bulge. You wear khaki instead of jeans like a man and wear big blouses like you're some old chick. Well, I can take it any longer.” 

By the time he was done talking, Ruby was already crying. She felt the tears running down her cheeks but she was too dumbfounded to react or clean them off. Maybe she should beg him and assure him she would change, maybe that would stop her from feeling as if she would die from the chest pain she was currently feeling. It was as if her heart would rip out of her chest any moment from now if care wasn't taken. 

This man had just admitted to only approaching her because she had a great figure and whether or not he could get her to have sex with her was why he stayed with her, and the first thing she could think of was to beg him.

Was she trying to be pathetic or what? A man whom she couldn't recognize at that moment was staring back at her, waiting for her to say something, but what to say eluded her. She couldn't tell whether this was a dream or she was really going through a mess. 

She had just lost her job some hours ago, with her boss complaining of how weirdly she dressed to work and being too clumsy, and now this? Something was definitely wrong with her. Both of them couldn't have been wrong, now, could they?

“Don't you dare think about yourself like that, Ruby.” She heard Olivia’s voice in her head as if she was right there behind her. Ruby nodded her head mentally. That was true, that wasn't who she was, no matter what they said. She might wear weird clothes that looked unattractive, but it wasn't enough reason for anyone to get rid of her. 

It was there loss, not hers. She wasn't going to allow them bring her down. Her mistake was not seeing them for who they were and trying to see reason with them. 

She regretted crying in front of the ass like this, letting him see her in that condition. He probably think that he was too important she was scared to lose him and thought that she couldn't live without him. 

Clearing her throat, she picked out a tissue paper from the box on the table and cleaned her eyes. To control her voice, she spoke in almost a whisper. "You're such a terrible person, Roy, and I am the biggest fool for not seeing it until now. I was so blind by the need to have a man in my life that I didn't see who you really were, or heard all I was told about you by Olivia. Now I see why she had always hated you because she could see the scum that you were and smell how rotten you are. I hope that you find someone as cruel as you and you end up together.” She said. 

She didn't expect what happened next. Roy threw his head back and laughed. "What the hell was that?” he asked after he stopped laughing. “You must think that saying all that would make me feel bad about myself, don't you?” he asked with his brows raised. 

When Ruby didn't say anything, he laughed again. She couldn't because her tongue was tied. She really couldn't believe she had been with a man like this for the period of time they had been together. It was just so shocking for her, surprising even. 

“Just let me give you a piece of advice. Whether you change your way of dressing or you don't, you're doomed to never find anyone. No one would want a prude like you, never. They sure would come no doubt, but they would never stay with you, trust me. I don't know why I bothered coming all the way here when I could have broken up with you over a text. Just so you know, I still had sex today, so it's never a problem for me.” He stood up from his seat and looked down at her. 

He stared for a long while before shaking his head at her. "I'm so sorry for you. You look pathetic even now. I mean, who brings their boyfriend to a fancy restaurant like this, with clothes looking like a sack of rice?” he asked, and Ruby looked down at the free gown she had on. 

"You're surely a lost cause.” And with that, he walked out of the restaurant without a backward glance. 

Ruby put her hands to her face to cover it, embarrassed because he had said the last part in a loud voice, knowing that people that were two tables over had heard him. Behind her hands, she peeked at one of them to see them giving her a weird look, then she covered her face right back. 

It was the sound of the waiter arriving at her table with food and wine that made her raise her head. 

Damn! She had totally forgotten about the food and wine they ordered. She looked down at the baked potatoes, steak, and cheese. The bastard had even ordered her his favorite. 

She was going to have to pay for his food as well anyway, but it sure won't feel good anymore. Signing, she smiled up at the waiter and said. "Please, can I get this packed to go?” 

He looked at her and nodded. "Right away ma'am,” and he was gone