Chapter 75: His Reasoning

“Why didn’t you drink the tea I been sending you?”

Ruby didn’t respond.

“Well?” asked Eric.

“Because you didn’t feed me,” said Ruby.

“Pardon?”

“You heard me.”

Eric frowned and asked, “What are you playing?”

Ruby smirked as she thought, “There he goes again. Thinking I'm up to no good when it's him.” Annoyed, she sighed and walked past him.

“I didn’t mean it that way," said Eric trying to stop her from walking away from him.

“Then what did you mean?” asked Ruby, turning to look at him.

“Why would you all of a sudden want me to feed you?”

“To make sure you didn’t put anything funny in there.”

“So, you still think I poison the tea.”

“Of course, you hate me from the bottom of your heart, so anything is possible.”

Eric’s frown deepened. He knew it was true. He hated her. After all her hurtful words, he found he despised her even more. It gave him more reasons to not like her.

It’s also true that he ended up using her to fulfil his pleasure, but it was not intentional. She slapped him. He