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Nate walked her to her car as usual. He noticed how sad she looked throughout the date. Her eyes held fear and her lips held back words from him.

He was scared and so was she. The Italians caused so much damage to everyone, courtesy of Wyatt and his family. He understood how unsafe she was.

"Thank you so much, Nate,"she smiled as she unlocked her car.

She loved how kind he was, even though they had quarreled most of the time, he didn’t forsake her.

He wished he could teleport into her mind and figure out what is wrong with her. Ruby had an ego and won't tell anyone if she had any problem. He shook his head sadly.

"Ruby" he began softly, treading carefully. "Is there anything that is troubling you?"

He watched her swallow the lump in her throat before she continued.

"No, nothing," she said, plastering a fake smile on her face. "

I've just been very tired recently, you know,work here and there"

He knew she was lying but allowed her to have her way. Whatever was trou