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2024-10-29 19:42:56Ruhi stood there frozen, still processing what she just heard. After how affectionately Rafael had laid her down on the couch like she was the most precious thing in this world, she couldn't believe he could look at her as if she meant nothing to him. All within a few hours.
Antonio ran right into Ruhi's petrified figure when he walked out of the room. He was sure she had been standing there for a while.
"Ruhi... How much did you hear?"
"Enough I guess." Her eyes filled up with tears.
"Honey, it's going to be all right. Please give him some time."
"I don't think so, dad. I think my presence around him is making things worse. It's become very stressful for me and affecting my health."
"Health? What's the matter? Should I call the doctor?" He took his phone out without waiting for her response.
"That won't be necessary. I just need a break from Rafael."
"I know what you mean. But I'm afraid I can't let you do
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Ruhi was climbing down the stairs around 6.30 AMthe next morning to buy pregnancy kits when Rafael noticed her. Hehad returned from the gym and showered by then. It surprised him to see her wake up so early on a weekend. She usually struggled to get upwith a dozen alarms on weekdays. He constantly heard her snooze the alarm while he walked to his room from the gym, study, or when goingdown to eat breakfast. She was still in her nightclothes. But he heard her talking to Oreo, saying she will be back soonwhen the dogfollowed her to the front door. "Ruhi, hold on." He went down the stairs in a flash and saw her look at him like he was the last thing she wanted to see. She changed her opinion when her eyes fell on his shirtless body, with water still dripping down from his damp hair. 'Is he trying to seduce me out in the open?' She wondered and looked toward the kitchen to see if Ms. Myers could see them. She wa
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Ruhi spent most of the day searching for apartments online until she received an email from hisPA.'Poor thing, the slave driver boss is making Linda work on a weekend besides keeping her in the office till 6.30 PM,' she thought and read the email excitedly as the subject said 'Party at the Crescent Hotel.'Ruhi wondered why Rafael was suddenly throwing a party after chewing everyone's heads off ever since he got out of the hospital.She ran excitedly to the garden to ask Antonio once she read the party details."Unlimited Korean barbeque, Japanese buffet, free-flowingalcohol, Latin dancing,a photo booth and so on... whoa! What's the occasion, dad? It's in the middle of the week.""It's mywife's birthday on that day. We host the party in a hotel where she was bestowed the ballerina title thirty years ago—Prima ballerina assoluta." He said proudly. "She was pregnant with Rafael then but didn't know yet.""Oh wow! A
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"Oh, look! She's alive." Sarah swung around in her chair, calling for Brittany's attention when Ruhi walked to her cubicle. "Oh, my God! What happened to you? You missed so much on Friday!" "I... I wasn't feeling well. Why? What happened on Friday?" "I think the boss is open for all of us to hit on. He banged some chick in the middle of the day. Looks like his relationship with his wife is officially done done!" Brittany explained. "Or he doesn't care at all what anyone thinks about him anymore. He never encouraged his secretary's flirtingand was always careful to protect his relationship when he was with Alisha." Sarah added. "Alisha is hotter than his secretary. And we are all hotter than his wife. But Khloe said he looked devoted to his wife when she was here." "Unfaithful men will bang anything, even if they have a hot girlfriend. He was committed to them, his ex and thenhis soon-to-be wife. Now he is not anymore becaus
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"Choices, choices, decisions, and more decisions!" Ruhi huffed as she looked at the stores in the shopping district and thought about the two dozen apartments she looked at the day before and still wondering if she made the right choice."Only the most elitein town come here," Rosie said, pointing to the security standing at the entrance of each store, asking clients if they have an appointment.Most stores shooed away window shoppers just by looking at them. Ruhisaw a few folks who stood by a European-styleornate pillar or flower pots hanging by them, clicking pictures and walking away after gawking through the glass walls at the items on display.She was one of those starry-eyed young girls who took selfies at some majestic nude sculpture or fountain and dreamed of affording at least one dress or pursefrom such shopping district one fine day.Aftermarvelingat the million dollar cars casually parked nearthe s
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"Positive?!" Ruhi stared at the double lines in disbelief."Positive again.How is this happening, Oreo?""Fuck!!" She tossed the sticks when the third one showed positive too.It was already 10 AM, and she had a meeting with Rafael at 11 AM. The initial idea was to tell him about her moving out plan sooner or later during the day, depending on how his mood was. But now she had to see his reaction about her pregnancy too.She struggled to focus on her daily business and breakfast, wondering if he would want the baby aborted. She didn't want to be pregnant, but the thought that he might want the baby gone angered her.It started drizzling lightly when she went down to the kitchen to gether morning coffee. She saw her grandma on the other end of the front yard and walked over, debating if she should ask her what would be the best thing to do, now that she was pregnant."Oh, didn't know you were still at home. Antonio wanted to
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“What do you mean you won’t be going? It’s not that jackass’s party. It’s in the loving memory of my wife.” Antonio tried to convince Ruhi about the party on Thursday night while eating dinner with grandma.“I don’t want to see him again.”“Come on, Ruhi. You don’t have to see him or talk to him. Besides, Anna will be flying in tonight. She will keep you company tomorrow.”“Who’s Anna?”“My god-daughter. She’s as precious to me as you and Rafael are. She takes care of my Italian sect of business. I will be going to the airport to receive her after we finish eating. You can come with me if you want.”Ruhi felt grandma appearto be a little reservedwhen Antonio talkedabout Anna.“I’d love to. This Panzanella is out of the world, grandma!”“So is this pasta,” Antonio added.&ldq
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"Rafael! What the hell are you doing?" Ruhi threw punches at his back as he carried her out of the room."Taking you home, of course.""Put me down! Everyone is watching us.""And why do I care? You are my wife." Rafaelignored the onlookers' eyes as he walked down the hallway to the elevator."I care, you asshole! I don't want to be known as your stupid wife."He slung her down once he walked into the elevator and pushed her against the wall panel."Why? So you can flirt with wankers like Wade?" He growled next to her ear, anger flashing in his warm brown eyes."That's none of your business. You brought thatlong-logged Czech modelwith you. So you shouldn't even be talking."He caught her off-guard by pulling her close andpinning her against his muscled chest whileclaiming her lips hungrily. Ruhi bit him on the lower lip and pushed him away without giving a chance to her treacherousbody to mel
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"Oh, I seriously loved what you fed me. I don't know what this is.""Well, let me fix something light so that you don't go hungry. The doctor will be on his way if you throw up again." His voice trailed off as he walked back into the kitchen.Pushing the stray locks of her hair out of her sweaty forehead, she looked at the time on her phone and groaned, her head still slightly spinning. She slept for almost ten hours last night after getting rid of her dinner and felt exhausted at barely ninein the morning.Rafael stepped into the bedroom with a bowl full of chicken soup forty minutes later, and she was in for another surprise. She wished she knew how to cook a soup withthat perfect consistency and flavor he achieved seemingly effortlessly. Watching the heavy raindrops hit the window panes persistently, she stared out at the dark sky while sipping on the warm liquid."Huh, so no sightseeing today?" She asked Rafael, who was looking at her with
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"Do I really want to talk to her? I don't think so." Ruhi crumpled the paper with Adira's number on it."Well, we can't trust anything she says, but I think we should hear her out. Also, I need to track her location. So just talk to her for a few minutes and---""I don't want to help you kill her, Rafael."Rafael entered the number into Ruhi's phone and made the call before turning the speaker on."Ruhi... I-I'm sorry. Please, please, help me. There are some half a dozen men with guns chasing me. I feel scared. Ruhi? Are you there?""How could you lie to Gus about something like that? Don't you know he still hasn't moved on?" Ruhi asked reluctantly,confused about how she felt when talking to her sister. She never wanted to talk to her again after finding outshe wanted Gus to kill her."It was... Um, it was Alisha's idea. I just told her Raina had a sister. She came up with this idea to make a deal with him
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"Are you serious?" Ruhi couldn't believe her ears.He ignored her and focused on his phone when Zack texted and then called him."No, no weapons and none of his men. He can go back if he doesn't agree."She waited for him to finish talking on the phone while peeking into the coffee mug he left on the table."Was that dark rum or black coffee? Didyou really mean it when you said I can go?""Pack your stuff before I change my mind."She darted upthe stairs but stopped when she heard Zack enter the house with a pissed off face and announce something to Gus. When did he ever look happy? She wondered and turned back to the room but stopped dead in her tracks when she thought she heard Rafael's name.Climbing back down the spiral staircase, she walked towards the door to listen to their conversation."Just one then. Check thoroughly.""Check who?" She asked Gus, who ignored her again and went to grab some stu
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"Gus, she's gone." Ruhi held her breath when she heard Zack's infuriated voice. She was surprised to hear him address his boss by his name.Gus closed the bathroom door and walked over to the bed. Unlike Zack who wanted to kill Ruhi if he saw her again, Gus was relatively calm as he picked his cellphone up from the bed. Checking his messages on the locked screen and dismissing them, he opened the 'Tracker'."I'll get Nash to check the surveillance camera. She may still be on the premises if---""She's right here." Gus cut him off whileRuhi's heartbeat skyrocketed. "You can get back to work. I'll take care of this."Leaning down a bit, he grabbed Ruhi's wrist firmly and pulled her out from under the bed. She didn't dare to meet hiseyesand stared at the door Zack exited from.Gus moved a strand of her hair from her cheek while she froze.'Crap, crap, crap! He's probably twenty years older than me and wants to either kill me k
