All Chapters of The Billionaire's Stubborn Bride: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

ArcherI stare absently at the wall as the phone rings. I make no move to answer it, lost in my own thoughts. The sound of the phone becomes nothing more than background noise, drowned out by the thoughts swirling in my head. Whoever it is will have to call back later or never again. I get up and walk towards the connecting door between the master's bedroom and the room I am in. The room I've been spending my nights and most of my days.I have not been sleeping in our room ever since Ruby was kidnapped. It's a kind of punishment to myself for not being able to protect her enough. I stare longingly at the double bed as memories of our happy memories threaten to overwhelm me . I step towards the closet and reach for the handle, opening the door to reveal her neatly organized clothes, taking a moment to look at them.I pick out a blouse, holding it close enough to inhale her lingering scent."I'm so sorry baby" I whisper into the silence,my voice slightly raspy from all the emotions cours

Archer"Sit down Archer,all that pacing is making me nervous"I ignore Aolo's statement as I keep walking around the office space. We suddenly lost connection with Mirabel and with it,my faith in the mission. I'm left feeling adrift ,unsure of what is happening. Unsure if she was able to get Ruby and herself out of the house fast enough."I can't relax,bro. How can you even be so chill about all this? For all we know they could be in trouble now." I suddenly pause my pacing as a thought flashed in my head"We need to go over there"Aolo begins to shake his head in disagreement but I press on"We have to,they might need our help now.""You would be risking everything you've been trying to avoid Archer. What if the sight of you triggers him into hurting her? Can you really be able to live with the idea that you might have been the reason why she got harmed?" " Didn't think of it that way" I say after another pause"Of course you didn't" he replies calmly"I'm losing my fucking medula

Ruby I can barely contain my excitement at Julia visiting me. It has been so long since anyone asides my closest family members,came to see me. And it's not because of anything other than Archer's extreme mistrust of almost everyone. In his words "you are never fully sure of what a person is capable of". "Are you in the mood for some breakfast?" He asks, poking his head from the kitchen"Yes please""Would some eggs and bacon be okay?" He asks again and I bob my head up and down in a nod,then get up and walk into the kitchen. I stand and stare at him for a while, contemplating on how best to approach what I wanted to ask him. Things have been so good between us lately and I don't want to change that. But I'm curious and bothered. Maybe if he just answered my question straight up I would let it go,it could be that me not knowing,is the reason why I'm overthinking everything. "Babe? Are you ever going to tell me what's in that safe?" I watch his movements pause for a millisecond,

RubyFor the first time since I could think of, I saw Archer give a wide boyish smile. Somewhere deep within me I knew he was being sincere and that he genuinely wanted me back but the hurt was just too fresh and deep. I couldn’t believe it when he told me he wanted me to see the safe he had violently said no to before. And now the big guy stood across from me waiting for my response.I thought about what I wanted to say but it wasn’t going to be easy. I did not have anything against him. Why would I? Even when he was cold to me I knew it was because of the misunderstanding between us and my foolishness at the start of our relationships. I sighed. Part of me wants to let it go but the other part wants me to guard my heart for as long as possible. I was afraid to get hurt like that again.I looked around the room. The morning sun streamed through the window and I wished I could be like I used to. Free spirited and strong willed. But I wouldn’t change it for anything not with the life

RUBY It was a Wednesday morning, the sun had risen, and I was feeling sickly from my condition. If Archer were home, he'd make me lay on the bed all day while he performed his duty as the love jinxed he was. If there was one thing Archer would perfectly do it is to always make me feel okay. Breakfast in bed was never something occasional. AThe house help had made breakfast of bacon, egg and cheese sandwich which I'd just finished and was feeling heavy. So I went into our bedroom, while I layed on the bed I felt my phone vibrate, it was an unknown number, so I answered the phone."You know very well that this is far from over"? I worked my mind to ascertain who it was on the other end, until I finally realized it was Diavolo. Immediately I felt my heart skip and my stomach churned. I swallowed hard, sat up and I found myself stuttering."I... Dia...vo...lol..." I kept stuttering unintelligibly." The queen is not known to stutter for any reason" he sneered from the other end.I was