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Gabriel At It Again

Author: Manuel Kyle
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-04-06 00:24:16

Ruby’s POV

I was alive... barely.

Pain pulsed behind my eyes as I forced them open. The world around me was very blurry, shapes shifting in and out of focus. My body felt heavy, my limbs sluggish, my head thick like it had been lathered with honey. I tried to sit up, but the second I moved, nausea curled around my stomach.

I retched and spat on the ground. A groan slipped past my lips as I fell back down. Then I inhaled slowly, willing my senses to return.

The air smelled like old cigarettes and male sweat.... or was that my body? There was no way to tell. The couch under me was lumpy and the fabric rough against the bare skin of my thighs. I pushed myself upright, blinking hard. That’s when I really saw where I was.

The living room I was in was nothing short of disgusting. The single lamp in the corner barely brightened the room. The couches were peeling, their stuffing poking out in jagged clumps. Cigarette butts and ash filled a glass tray on the coffee table. The ceiling was water
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  • The Billionaire's Daring Kitten    Shocking Revelations

    Ruby’s POVThe moment Gabriel mentioned the key, my hand shot up to my throat, but my fingers met bare skin.The pendant was gone.A cold wave of alarm rushed through me, but I forced myself to keep calm. If Gabriel had taken it, then maybe he didn’t realize what was inside.Gabriel’s sharp eyes didn’t miss a thing. He snorted and slipped a hand into his pocket. “Looking for this?”He pulled out my pendant and dangled it between two fingers, letting it sway back and forth like it was nothing more than a cheap trinket.“This little thing,” he mused, tilting his head as he looked at the pendant. “Did you know it’s a DanCliffe heirloom?”What?“I did some digging,” he continued. “It turns out that something like this could go for at least thirty grand. Not bad for a necklace, don't you think?”I barely heard him. It was an heirloom?I had no idea. I knew it had been in my family for generations, but I never thought about it beyond the fact that it was mine. Just a simple pendant my fathe

    Huling Na-update : 2025-04-07

  • The Billionaire's Daring Kitten    The Villain In Her Story

    Ruby’s POV I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Ambrose? Here? What the hell was he doing here? Gabriel strolled inside and tossed some paper bags onto the table. The greasy scent of fried chicken filled the air. He dusted off his hands and turned to me with a grin. “If you’re hungry, dig in.” He said. "There's enough to go round, courtesy of Ambrose." I ignored him. My eyes were still locked on Ambrose. He stood near the door with his hands in his pockets, watching Gabriel calmly as he laid the food on the table, like this was just another casual meeting, like he hadn’t just walked into the room and shocked me to my wits. He looked so at home here. I knew this wasn't his first time of visiting Gabriel in the trailer. I narrowed my eyes at him. “What are you doing here?” Ambrose caught my stare and smiled wider. “Relax, Ruby. I’m only here to get one thing from you. You don’t have to worry about me hurting you unless you do something very stupid.” His voice was smooth and cal

    Huling Na-update : 2025-04-07

  • The Billionaire's Daring Kitten    The Villain In Her Story 2

    Ruby’s POVGabriel howled.His blood sprayed across the couch, spattered on the floor and soaked through my shirt. He staggered back, gripping the knife lodged deep in his shoulder, his face twisting in rage and pain."You bitch!" he roared. His knees buckled, but he caught himself, panting through clenched teeth. "I’m going to kill you, I swear to God!"I didn’t wait to see if he meant what he said. I ran for the door, yanked on the handle. It was still locked.“No, no, no,” I whispered, jerking the knob with both hands. My heart slammed against my ribs. I banged my fists against the door. “Help! Somebody help me, fuck!'But nothing happened.I screamed again, but my voice felt small, swallowed by the silence outside. No one came. No one was coming.Still, I kept pounding the door until my palms stung and my fingers felt like raw meat. My panting turned into ragged sobs. I leaned against the door and my body slid to the floor, shoulders shaking as tears streaked my face.How had my l

    Huling Na-update : 2025-04-08

  • The Billionaire's Daring Kitten    Help Came

    Ruby's POVThe moment the hot knife touched my thigh, a scream escaped my throat. My back arched against the chair and every muscle seized with agony. The ropes cut deeper into my wrists as I thrashed, trying to jerk away, but there was nowhere to go. The plastic chair rattled against the floor, scraping loudly.Ambrose didn’t even flinch. He kept on pressing the blade against my skin as the scent of burning flesh filled the air. His face was blank, detached. Like he was watching a fire burn instead of causing the pain himself.“Where is the key, Ruby?” His voice was patient.I sobbed through clenched teeth, my body jerking violently. “Go to hell!”He sighed. “Wrong answer again.”The knife stayed on my skin for another second before he finally pulled it away. My thigh pulsed, the searing pain digging into my bones. Sweat dripped down my temples. I was panting unevenly.Then with every bit of fury left in me, I spat in his face.Ambrose went still. A bead of my spit dripped from his c

    Huling Na-update : 2025-04-08

  • The Billionaire's Daring Kitten    Reunion

    Ruby’s POVIt felt like I was floating. Or maybe I was being dragged, I was not sure.My body felt weightless, but something pressed against my ribs, jolting me with every step. My head lolled and it felt heavy and useless. My limbs wouldn’t move no matter how hard I tried.A low and calm voice murmured something close to my ear. “You’re going to be fine, Ruby. The ambulance is almost here.”Then I heard sirens. Loud, piercing, disturbing. They cleared through the fog in my head. My stomach lurched as I was lifted, carried and placed onto something firm. Cold air rushed past my face.Then I saw a blinding light. My eyes fluttered, but everything blurred together. I saw faces, felt movement, heard the soft hum of voices. Someone was talking. I tried to focus, but the words drifted away. Then, I saw and felt and heard nothing again.It was all silence.When I blinked awake again, the world was still and quiet. There were no more sirens and no more voices. But I was no longer in Gabriel'

    Huling Na-update : 2025-04-09

  • The Billionaire's Daring Kitten    Don't Know Who To Trust Again

    Ruby’s POVThe man claiming to be my brother walked closer. I stayed still as I warily watched him approach me. I didn't know how to feel.Ariana leaned toward Lilac, but her whisper was loud enough for all of us to hear. “Oh my God, Jonas really wasn’t lying. Look at them. They’re the spitting image of each other.”I didn’t react. I just watched him.Damien turned to Ariana. “You can call me Damien,” he said. “Jonas is my middle name. I had to tell you it was my first name to hide my true identity. I didn’t want anyone outside of Ruby and Dominic knowing I was in the U.S.”Ariana frowned. “Why so secretive?”Damien frowned and looked away. “Apparently, my father still has enemies here. If they knew I existed, they’d kill me.”Ariana blinked. “Kill you?”He nodded. “Because they'd think I am a beneficiary of the DanCliffe estate.”Silence settled over the room. Then Damien turned back to Ariana and smiled. “But I have to thank you.”She tilted her head. “For what?”“For leading me to

    Huling Na-update : 2025-04-09

  • The Billionaire's Daring Kitten    Back Home

    Ruby’s POVDamien never left my side. For the rest of my stay in the hospital, he was always there telling the worst jokes to make me laugh, forcing me to eat when I didn’t want to, keeping me company through the long, dull hours. I had spent so many years thinking I had no family and now here he was, slipping into my life like he had always been there.The ten-year gap between us didn’t even matter. He was so easy to talk to and so warm. If he had been part of my childhood, I knew it would have been brighter and happier.Three days after I was admitted, the same blond nurse walked in, holding a clipboard. “Good news,” she said with a smile. “It’s time for you to be discharged.”Finally.She placed the discharge papers in my hands, along with a pen. “Just sign these, and you’re free to go.”I didn’t hesitate. I scrawled my name quickly, then turned to Damien. “I don’t want to go back to my big, empty condo alone.”He smiled like he had been expecting me to say that. “Then you won’t,”

    Huling Na-update : 2025-04-10

  • The Billionaire's Daring Kitten    Breaking It Off

    Ruby’s POVDominic stood there, a bouquet of red roses in one hand and a box of Swiss chocolates in the other. His expression was hesitant, like he wasn’t sure if he was welcome.He definitely wasn't.“I brought your favorite,” he said quietly. “Swiss chocolate. And red roses to match your hair.”His eyes flicked upward to my head and his face shifted. “Or.... what used to be your hair.”I didn’t respond. I just stared at him and tried to recognize what I was currently feeling. I wanted to be angry; hell, I was angry, but I couldn’t ignore the warmth I felt at seeing him again.Has it really been almost a week since I saw him last?Dominic looked awful. He’d lost weight. His shirt hung looser than before, and his face was sharper, the lines more pronounced. The familiar scar on his face was whiter than the rest of his face. Only his ponytail remained pristine, as if it was the one thing he still had control over. It was hard to look at this man who instilled fear in everybody in the

    Huling Na-update : 2025-04-10

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  • The Billionaire's Daring Kitten    Needed Distraction 1

    Dominic’s POVI let go of her long enough to lead her to the bed. The first order of business was to pull down the bedding. Then I turned back to beautiful Ruby, glad she’d been too busy looking at me to start undressing. I wanted to undress her myself.She was already gathering her dress in her hands, ready to lift. I was at her side in a second. “No, no, no. That’s my job. Have I mentioned how much I like this dress?” She shook her head.“Well, I do.” My fingertips went to her shoulders. So close to bare, and yet those two delicate straps were all that stood between me and seeing those pert little breasts. Tasting them and making those nipples bud for me.I slipped one finger under each strap. “It must have been so hard for the men in your flight to concentrate." I murmured. "One look at you in your sundress and they would have been done for. I can barely even look at you with control. Waiting for the hem to climb up those gorgeous thighs. Picturing what lay beneath.” Ruby's breat

  • The Billionaire's Daring Kitten    The Only One

    Dominic's POVRuby sat on the bed, legs crossed, wearing that yellow dress that had no business looking as good as it did on her. It stuck to her body in all the right places, and the color made her red hair even more striking.She was a perfect distraction.She smiled at me with a playful glint in her eyes. "I’m going to do my best to take your mind off the obvious problem."I let out a dry chuckle and leaned back against the couch. "I’d love to see how you plan on distracting me from the fact that my daughter is in danger."She groaned and rolled her eyes. "Oh my God, Dominic. Just play along."I shook my head, but I was already smiling. "Fine. What do you have in mind?"She adjusted herself, resting her chin on her palm. "Tell me about the women in your life these past five years. Since I was gone, I assume you kept yourself busy?"I huffed and laid sideways on the couch. "You really want to hear about that?"She shrugged. "We need something to do while waiting for Damien’s update.

  • The Billionaire's Daring Kitten    His Plan B

    Ambrose’s POVI walked out of the store room and typed out the message. Short. Precise. The kind of thing that would drive a blade straight into Dominic’s chest.“I wonder how it feels to know your daughter is slipping through your fingers as we speak. Tick tock, tick tock. Time is running out. If you ever want to see your daughter again, you will do exactly as I say. Instructions will be relayed to you very soon. I don't want any cops or dumb tricks. You know what to do.”I read it over once, then sent it. A moment later, the screen blinked. The message had been delivered.I stared at Ariel's name glowing at the top of the message. The irony of it almost made me laugh. There was something delicious about making a father’s worst nightmare come true.I slid the phone back into my pocket and sighed, walking to the rusty elevator and taking It back up. When I got up, I walked past the smoking men and stepped out into the cool night air. Chicago was quieter than usual, even though I knew

  • The Billionaire's Daring Kitten    Leverage

    Ambrose's POVThe building smelled of dead animals. It was an old hotel, now reduced to nothing but dust and silence. I stepped over a broken floorboard, my polished shoe grinding against the dirt under me. The place was barely standing. The ceiling sagged in places and the corners darkened with mold, but it would serve me for now, at least.Some of my old and loyal men were sitting on a wooden slab in the middle of the room, smoking and drinking. When they saw me, they gave me deferent bows. A few of them waved, and I waved back. I had called them together at such short notice, but they still came. It was good to know that they were still loyal to me. I would pay them handsomely once this was over.I walked toward the rusted iron elevator, its metal cage rattling as I stepped inside. The doors groaned as they slid shut and with a shudder, the elevator descended. Dominic Rutherford had taken everything I worked for away from me. Rachael was meant to be mine, but he stole her. And wh

  • The Billionaire's Daring Kitten    Ariel Still Missing

    Dominic’s POV“Oh, my God!” Ruby screamed.She sprang to her feet and started pacing her hotel room. Her hands tangled in her hair, her pants legs flapping against each other as she walked about. I'd told her about everything, from the news of the prison break that I got during the meeting, to Ariel being kidnapped at home, to her boyfriend who was in the house when it happened.“You’re telling me some random guy just waltzed into your house and claimed to be Ariel’s boyfriend?" She roared. "And you let him go? What If he was behind it all?”I squeezed my eyes shut. “He said he was in a long-distance relationship with her. That they met when she was in Switzerland.”Ruby spun on her heel, eyes burning into me. “And you believed him? Dominic, I thought you were smarter than this.”I scoffed. “Hell yes, I am. But he didn’t seem like a threat. If he was dangerous, I’d have known. Trust me, Ruby, I have been around a lot of dangerous people, and that Brandon boy is not one of them."Her a

  • The Billionaire's Daring Kitten    Five Years Apart

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  • The Billionaire's Daring Kitten    Amidst Chaos

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  • The Billionaire's Daring Kitten    Home Again

    Ruby's POV"I understand what you’re saying, Martin, but we are not doing another take of that scene."I held my phone between my shoulder and ear, flipping through a thick script with one hand while signing a document with the other. My assistant stood beside me, watching with nervous eyes as I scrawled my signature across the last page."I don't care if the lighting was slightly off," I continued, shifting the phone back into my hand as I turned to grab a bottle of water. "The emotion was perfect. The moment was perfect. If you ask me to reshoot it again, I swear I’ll throw something at you."Martin the director laughed on the other end of the line. "Fine, fine. You win, DanCliffe. You always do.""Exactly."The assistant took the signed document from me and scurried off. Another person approached with a clipboard, but I raised a hand. "Not now. Give me a second to breathe."She hesitated before nodding and stepping back. I squeezed my eyes shut, rubbing my temples. My head was poun

  • The Billionaire's Daring Kitten    Trouble At Home

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