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Reckoning the Bills, Writing off Love Chapter 12
I said, "On one condition. We won't see each other for these seven days. I handled the venue and the emcee last time. This time it's your turn. Fair, right?"Hearing Ruby's ecstatic agreement on the other end, I hung up without a flicker of emotion.I immediately bought flight tickets for Mom and me to head back to our hometown in a week, and I put in a request at work for a transfer.Whatever Ruby's reasons might have been over the past five years, the moment she chose to repeatedly play me for a fool while I offered her my pure heart, any chance of a future between us vanished.The company approved my transfer quickly.Moving from a top-tier metropolis to a regional branch even earned me a promotion and a pay bump.Over the next seven days, Mom recovered better than expected and was cleared for a transfer to another hospital.To top it off, the police tracked down the hit-and-run driver, securing full compensation for her medical bills and recovery care.It was as if the mome
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Ruby slipped into her memories as she spoke.Before meeting me, she had only been in love once.Just as her business was starting to gain traction, her first boyfriend ran off with her best friend, taking every last cent of her liquid capital with him.Overnight, suppliers demanded payments, clients demanded products, her best friend was gone, and her lover had fled.Beset by enemies on all sides, the only people who reached out were Tyler—who had helped her apply for financial aid in college—and his son, Kobe.Once she got back on her feet, Ruby treated the two of them as her saviors. She took care of them at every turn and truly treated them like family.So, when she decided to confess her feelings to me, whom she met through work, she nervously asked them for advice.She had no idea Kobe was already in love with her back then. Nor did she realize Tyler only helped her because he saw her potential and wanted her as his daughter-in-law.Naturally, asking two people like that f
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Kobe lost his mind the second the words left Ruby's mouth.The commotion in the hospital room had already been grinding on everyone's nerves, so when he started screaming, security stepped in and hauled him out.Seeing that the mess was tied to Ruby, they kicked her out right along with him, cutting off her desperate attempts to explain herself to me.The moment the door closed behind them, Joshua turned to me nervously. "You aren't seriously thinking about taking her back, are you?"I shook my head without a second thought. "I just realized Ruby actually does love me. She played me for five years. Dangling a little hope in front of her just to let her fall harder should be a fair game, right?"Joshua stared at me in shock for a couple of seconds before bursting into a laugh. "Now that is the Lennon Stein I know!"After that, Joshua and I went around apologizing to the other patients and their families in the room, handing out fruit baskets to smooth things over.Fearing Kobe mi
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"Don't worry," Joshua said as he patted my hand. "Your mom's going to be okay. Kobe was acting like a total menace, so I had the doctor transfer her to a private room."His words brought a wave of relief.I turned back to glare at Kobe. "Ruby and I are officially done. If you've got feelings for her, go ahead and make your move."But if you keep stirring up trouble for me and my mom, I am not holding back anymore.""Got feelings for me?" Ruby's voice suddenly cut in from behind, draining the remaining color from Kobe's face.Completely oblivious to the tension, Ruby strolled over with a look of utter confusion. "Kobe, what are you even doing in this room?"Then, as if a switch flipped, her eyes widened in shock as she turned to me. "Lennon, you weren't following me when you came to the hospital earlier… Your mom actually got into an accident?"Before I could say a word, Joshua, who had been itching to tear into Ruby for a long time, stepped up and pointed right at her face. "Wha
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Ruby has listed out everything. "I threw out the slippers your mom wore. They were three dollars."I also called a deep-cleaning service for the entire apartment. It was 16 dollars for three hours, so splitting it comes out to 9.50 dollars each."With bloodshot eyes, I scanned the QR code she held out to me and sent the payment.I didn't sleep a wink that night.It seemed like Ruby remembered that moment too. She turned her head away in embarrassment. "I was just out of my mind with anger back then."She paused, her expression twisting into a look of deep betrayal, as if she were the victim here. "Lennon, how could you dismiss our entire five years together as me playing you? Was there really no point where I was actually good to you?"As I looked into her pained eyes, a heavy heat flared up in my chest, burning with pain and resentment.Yet I couldn't deny that Ruby had been good to me at times.When we first moved in together, I didn't know how to cook and couldn't stomach th
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It was right in the middle of the evening rush hour.Seeing the passersby throwing strange looks in our direction, I pulled myself together and patted Joshua on the shoulder. "Let's go see my mom first."Joshua nodded. "Does she know you called off the wedding?"I shook my head, then nodded. "I only told her we were pushing it back. I'll break the rest to her once she's feeling better."We headed up to Mom's floor. Wanting to avoid worrying her, I stopped by the nurses' station to leave my suitcase.I never expected to run straight into Ruby. Her eyes were completely bloodshot. "Lennon! What is the meaning of this? You're actually breaking up with me?"I yanked my arm back as she reached for me and coldly stepped out of her range. "Yes. Did you expect me to keep acting as a happy couple with you after you played me like a complete idiot? Ruby, you really think too little of me."Ruby staggered at my words, yet she still walked toward me with a pale face. "I didn't play you! We a
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