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THE TWIN BILLIONAIRES’ BRIDE 19. MY FATHER’S SAVIOR
~RUBY My heart hammered loudly against my chest as I heard Patrick's voice on the phone. But what really cemented the fear in my heart was my father. He grabbed the phone from Patrick and was rambling to me. I could not hear what he was saying but he was panicked, and close to tears. I stood up and searched for something to grab. I needed to hold something, anything and Ash was the only person I could work with. So I held Ash's arm so tight that it was enough to leave marks. "Jesus Christ. I can't hear a word of whatever you're saying, dad. Just calm down, stop panicking and talk to me," I yelled, sheer terror blinded my eyes. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I...it's just...I...you and Ethan need to get down here now please. They are going to take over my company and liquidate it. I...they're not listening to me. Just get down here," he choked and he sounded as though he had been crying. My father cherished his company a lot, it was what kept him going during the dark, down ti
THE TWIN BILLIONAIRES’ BRIDE 20. MR A
~RUBY I watched as my father sighed, his eyes darting towards me at Ethan's question. I didn't say anything though. I just waited for his response, along side Ash and Ethan. My father sighed and walked to the window, turning his back on us. "Mr A. I consider him a...friend. I don't know how or where he got my contact information from but one day, a year ago, I received a text from him." I didn't know what or how to feel after the drama that had happened withing the last twenty four hours. So I said nothing, felt nothing amd continued to listen to my father's tale. "My company was doing well, actually. So I was not desperate for any kind of help. But what he proposed, what he asked me to do was risky. I didn't want to do it, because it would be foolishness to invest in something that risky and unpredictable." My father was a good business man, but he was too compassionate. I could see where the story was going. "He convinced me. And I took the risk. Guess what? The i
THE TWIN BILLIONAIRES’ BRIDE 21. STRANGELY GENTLE
~RUBY I didn't think about Ash for too long. I already came to a decision that he was not worth it. Although I'm super grateful for his presence and contribution to my dad's dilemma, and for witnessing me relive the most embarrassing moment of my life, I still wanted to maintain boundaries. We may be civil now, but that didn't make us friends. Ethan didn't leave my hand all through the drive, and few minutes later, I had relaxed. I felt safe with him. He saved my dad. He stood by my side and wasn't freaked out by my stillness. I loved him so much. I thought back the the past few days and how crazy it had been. Even when I pushed his brother into the pool, he didn't hate me. He was not even mad at me. When we got back to the Riverstone mansion, we got off and he immediately came over to my side to help me in. His hands cocooned mine as we walked in, hand in hand, muttering sweet words to help me relax. Ash walked with us to the door before muttering something abo
THE TWIN BILLIONAIRES’ BRIDE 22. SECRET RAGE
~ASH Anger rose in me as I watched Ruby stare at my brother with star crossed eyes. I had to stifle the urge to smash Ethan's face on the steering wheel, to pluck his eyes out, to do anything to stop Ruby from staring at him like he was her world. I gritted my teeth and endured the rising rage. When we got home, I alighted and I gave an excuse of attending a meeting. I doubted that they heard me. They were too bust holding hands and playing love. I've never wanted to kill Ethan so much like I did in that moment. So I left them and walked to the side door that led into the kitchen. My room was on the topmost floor, and I heard them still muttering in the sitting room as I went up. I tried meditating, thinking about things that made me happy. But my thoughts started straying back to Ruby, and how she looked at my brother. She had never stared at me like that before. She always glared at me with anger, disgust, rage, indifference. But never that way. I wanted her
THE TWIN BILLIONAIRES’ BRIDE 23. HER JOURNAL
~RUBY I woke up to a silent, serene morning. There was no loud ringtone distributing my sleep which made me wonder for a moment if something was wrong with Ella. She hadn't called me for a while now. And her number was not reachable. Knowing my impulsive, erratic baby, she was probably too busy with work. Yeah. That must be it. I yawned and was about to roll to the other side of the bed when I noticed a warm body beside me. I whirled around, surprise making my jaw drop when I saw Ethan, snoring slightly. Ethan. On the bed with me. I remembered last night, and how our lovemaking had been so different from what I was used to. And now, he was on the bed with me, when I was expecting to wake up alone as usual. I snuggled close to my husband. He snaked his arm around my waist and pulled me closer, breathing my hair in deeply. This was new. Strange. Unexpected. But I liked it. I decided to stop comparing how different it was, how the contrast was so sharp, s
THE TWIN BILLIONAIRES’ BRIDE 24. ANOTHER FIGHT
~RUBY Ash’s eyes was full to the brim with fire. Rage rippled across his body as he glared at me, fists forming by his side. I swallowed and lowered my hand. As annoyed as hell he might have been, I wasn't going to let him take the journal from me. I knew that I was supposed to say something, anything, to explain my presence in this room that seemed to have been kept as a shrine. A reminder, of whoever this Xena was. "What. The. Hell. Are. You. Doing. Here?" He asked again, stalking closer to me. His gait was slow and steady, with fisted hands by his side. In all the times I'd seen Ash angry, he had never been this mad before. "I...I...I was," I gulped, fear preventing the words from coming out. He looked as though he wanted to strangle me. Or even swallow me. I was not going to let that happen, so I swallowed the lump of fear and started talking. "You know. This is a very large house and when I woke up I was so hungry. I was going to come to the kitchen to ge
THE TWIN BILLIONAIRES’ BRIDE 25. A COMPETITOR
~ETHAN The drive to the company took less than two hours, and I was in work way before my formal resumption time. Not that I care about that though. All I'm after is the growth of my company. As I walked through the doors, I noted satisfactorily, the delight of the customers, wives of filthy rich men who had nothing to do but spend extravagant amounts on jewelry. Our jewelry, especially. We knew our audience, and we were known to provide excellent work for them. I nodded to myself as I made my way to the elevator. All the buyers seemed happy. Satisfied. Except for... a frown creased my forehead as I noticed a young, stunning beautiful lady staring at an emerald necklace with a scowl. Taking sharp strides, I got to the spot and the attendant that was seeing to the woman cowered slightly. "Is there a problem, ma'am?" I smoothly stepped in front of her, blocking her view of that dumbass assistant. "Oh," her voice fluttered for a moment as she stared up at me, and
THE TWIN BILLIONAIRES’ BRIDE 26. THE PECULIAR LAWYER
~RUBY Despite Ethan's reassurance, I was still so damn worried about Ella. And now that I think about it, it's been so damn long, so so long that we spoke. Was it twenty four hours? Forty eight? I can't believe it took me this long to notice. Ella could not go a day without calling me. Hell, she called me more that anyone else. Sometimes even five times if she's feeling particularly mischievous. I didn't realise how much I was used to it until now. My heart had caved in completely, and it felt as though someone set fire to me lungs. I could not breathe. 'Calm down. Just follow Ethan's instructions. Ella is okay. She is totally fine. Stop panicking and just call her agency,' I muttered to myself as I took a deep breathe. I dialed Ella's agency contact, and when nobody was picking after the third ring, my panic increased tenfold. Oh God. OhGodohGodohGod! Maybe someone kidnapped the entire agency. Maybe there had been an accident. But if it was an accident,
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