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She hugged her knees as she sat in the bathtub. Maria had added bath bombs and some sort of bath oil which helped calm her. She let her hair and body soak as she thought of what to do next. She closed her eyes as she took in deep breaths “By this time tomorrow, it’s going to be over. I’ll be in Columbia. He’ll probably forget about me in a couple of weeks” she told herself as she felt a cry rise in her throat. Her phone beeped for the umpteenth time. She had forty seven unread messages from Esme. On the bright side, none of the messages seemed like an emergency and she didn’t bring up anything that had to do with Nate or her moving to Columbia. The downside was that she had some bedtime reading to do, anything to take her mind off Nate. She sipped the tea Maria prepared for her. “Mmmh, delicious” she smacked her lips.She wondered if Nate had wonderful chefs stationed in all his houses all year. While she had been keeping up with him, she knew he hadn’t visited some of t
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Ruby clutched the phone as she scribbled something hurriedly on the back of the book. “A telecommunications company?” She asked, to be sure had heard Anderson correctly. Just like other days, Anderson decided to pass the night on his yacht with the captain at the steering. When it came to Nate, It wasn’t just about the business for him. Nate had taken almost everything away from him. In business school, he was the best student before Nate came. Everyone looked up to him and respected him, a couple of times, he won most likely to succeed. One of the perks that came with being handsome and popular was having a flock of girls around him. He loved the attention and all that came with it. All that changed when Nate came, it was almost as if he existed no more. No one paid him as much attention, everyone had Nate’s name on their lips. As if that wasn’t enough, Nate went on to be the most successful businessman and won the award every single year. Ruby listened to him carefully, sh
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Nate lay on his bed, his eyes closed. He could hear the angry sound of his own breathing. It turned out the girl he was starting to trust had stabbed him in the back mercilessly and it hurt like hell.He was twice as angry at Anderson. He really had the nerve since they were in college. When Anderson reached out to him, he asked for a meeting with Ruby. It was one of the hardest decisions he ever made in his career. To allow his special employee to meet with a business rival. He let her go because he trusted her not to do anything stupid and he knew Anderson was going to keep disturbing him anyway. He groaned as he realized how much of a fool he has been. He was never the type to make mistakes but when he did, they cost him something important.He heard her cry and Maria comforted her. His heart had softened by he wasn’t ready to face her, not until he got himself together and was sure of what he was doing.Her room was adjacent to his. He listened carefully to make sure she was
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She tossed for the umpteenth time. After a long and emotional day, it was only right that she had a good night rest but that wasn’t forthcoming. After her call with Anderson, three cups of chamomile tea and thirty minutes of pacing around she decided to sleep. The sheets were so soft she had almost thought they were made of cotton candy. The house was so quiet she could have sworn if a pin dropped, she would hear. Maria had returned to her room after ensuring Ruby was well pampered.Ruby groaned as she pulled the blanket over her head. “Why can’t I sleep?” She asked herself as she pouted It was unusual for her as she always drifted off to sleep immediately she touched the bed. Sighing, she moved to the door and placed her ear against it. “Just one sound” she whispered as she leaned in more.She had to admit she was spying on Nate. Her anxiety was over the roof especially since she hadn’t heard him leave his room after their quarrel.She was barely resisting the urge to
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She moved across the hallway on her toes. The servants quarters were a distance from their room so she was quite sure they weren’t aware of what was going on. In one hand was her pepper spray. She didn’t want to consider the fact that someone could be hurting him. She opened the door slowly as she peeked into the dark room. His sweet manly scent greeted her as she opened the door. She could hear his low breathing and pants.There was no way anyone could break into Nate’s house, he had the most secure security systems and the alarms would go off if anyone even tried as much to snoop around the building. She placed the pepper spray on the table as she made her way to the bed. The room was quite big and more spacious than hers. She moved slowly as the room was almost pitch black and she had only a ray of the moonlight to light up her way. She flickered a switch and light poured into the room from the bulbs.The room was designed with neutral colors and hints of earth tone, giving
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She pulled out the first aid kit from a cabinet in the kitchen. She tried to keep her activity as quiet as possible. Nate instructed that the only condition he was going to receive any treatment was if she didn’t involve Maria or other servants. She stealthily crept up the stairs, the first aid box was awkwardly heavy so she had a little bit of trouble taking it up Nate’s room.There was a lot about Nate she was yet to figure out. It was just one night and she found out quite a lot about him. She placed the first aid box on a table close to the bed. His eyes were like that of a lost puppy. She knew he didn’t want her worrying about him but she was determined to help him regardless. “Are you going to tell me how you got this?” She asked as she soaked a gauze pad in polysporin.She had considered him driving punches into Anderson’s perfect face but dismissed the idea. Anderson also had tight security so it was going to be difficult to get on his yacht. “It was an accident” he
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Rays of sunlight poured through the curtains, forcing themselves into the dimly lit room. Unlike the previous day, the day promised to be very sunny.Ruby tossed in bed as she struggled to open her eyes. She was having the best sleep and she wasn’t ready to wake up just yet. The familiar scent filled her nostrils and her lashes fluttered and she opened her eyes. The grey silk sheets felt so unfamiliar but comfortable. They weren’t her usual pink sheets with her teddy bear and throw pillows all over the bed. Neither were they the soft sheets of the room Nate offered her.Her eyes widened immediately at the realization. She had slept in Nate Jacobin’s bed!She gasped as she turned to his sleeping figure. He looked so relaxed in his sleep, better than how troubled he looked when he was having the nightmare. His hair was tousled in his sleep but somehow, it still looked perfect, of course only Nate could pull that off.Her eyes trailed down to his shirtless body. Wasn’t he wearing
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She reluctantly crept out of the room when she saw him turn in bed. As much as she wanted to see his beautiful eyes and listen to his groggy voice when he woke up, she had other things to do. She planned on looking into the list of companies Anderson gave her. She took the first aid box back to the kitchen quietly. She felt sixteen again, like she was sneaking into the house after a long night of partying and sleeping with her boyfriend. The only difference was that when she was sixteen, she never did any of that and spent Saturday nights reading romance novels or watching romcoms. A sly smile played on her lips as she reached the bottom of the stairs. Now she understood why girls were so quick to sneak out of the house, the feeling was just too ecstatic. She remembered Nate didn’t want any of the servants finding out about what happened so she had to be as quiet as possible. She imagined the look on her parents face when they found out that their perfect, straight A daughter
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