She smiled thankfully when the waiter brought her coffee, it was just how she liked it. She had to admit how incredibly proud of Nate she was. Despite all that had happened, he was still focused on his business and was making big waves. Rumor had it that he was going to win businessman of the year again.She smiled sadly, she wanted to be by his side when he won. Just like she watched in movies, when a man won an award, he would call his wife to join him on stage and talk about how awesome she is and how she contributed to his success. She stirred the coffee and fixed her eyes back on his office. The crowd was already thinning out for lunch break, which she liked because she didn't want anyone to catch her stalking and drooling over Oregon’s hottest boy. Her eyes lit up as she watched him walk into the office. She knew the familiar frown on his face, the frown that he had on when he had a long meeting. She smiled softly, she longed to stroke his face and tell him everything w

Ruby felt her heart race when she saw Taylor walk into the office. What did she want? Were they really together? She could see the frown on Taylor’s face and she was curious about what she was saying. She felt so much satisfaction when Nate totally ignored her and turned his back to her. She smiled, she wished Esme was with her, it was a different kind of feeling, sipping coffee while watching Taylor upset and trying to get attention.Her eyes remained focused on the window as she watched them exchange words. Nate was calm but sad. She wanted to kiss his forehead and apologize for leaving him, to cook his pancakes in his kitchen while they listened to the radio or sang along to a crappy song. It had been the most unbelievable, dramatic but happiest time of her life. It was her and the love of her life against the world. She watched as the look on Taylor’s face changed from furious to hurt and then to a mix of the two. She watched as Taylor clutched the table in anger, even t

Ruby closed her eyes as she wished it all to go away. She never liked the attention, attention always meant something bad to her. When she got attention from the bad kids in highschool, they ended up beating her and bullying her every other other day.When Nate wrapped his arms around her, her nostrils were filled with his scent. All the tension she had felt the past few weeks were dissolved instantly. How could a man have the ability to calm her raging nerves so quickly?She didn’t mean for him to catch up with her as she didn’t want him to know that she was stalking him but it ended up that anyway. “Where are we going?” She asked, her voice coarse She almost pinched herself, she had come up with a resistance plan with Esme where they’d ignore their partners. On Esme’s part, she was going to ignore Ethan totally and keep him in the dark concerning the baby. Ruby wasn’t satisfied with the idea but Esme was persistent.Ruby’s part was to ignore Nate for a while until he got his

“Have a great day” the waiter smiled as he left.Ruby smiled as she blew the steam off her hot chocolate and took a sip. Wasn’t life perfect? She was enjoying the view of the beach while sipping hot chocolate with the love of her life, or maybe not. He was giving her the life she wanted. “What have you been up to?” He asked softly, he was careful enough to not anger her “I’ve been working with Mark and you know that. Life has been great” Nate pulled a jealous face, he was jealous she was having fun with him, her life seemed to be way better without him in it and she even had a wider smile. He noticed that she definitely got prettier after she left. “Ruby, I need to know if you like me. I’ve made it clear that I like you but I haven’t exactly heard you say it” Ruby almost choked on her drink and then cleared her throat before going silent. Nate stared at her as he waited for a reply. His fears were coming true. Maybe she didn’t like him that much or maybe there were no

Bad news. One of the things Nate had dreaded all his life. After his conversation withRuby, he was beyond shocked about what he heard and he was scared of what was going to be in the news. To his surprise, she had confessed her feelings for him in detail. It was one of the best things he had ever heard. He understood why she didn’t want him to hold back how he felt towards her, it was because she felt protected, secured and loved. Admitting his feelings meant she wasn’t alone. He also felt the same way about her. She had also told him that there would be a lot of things published about her the next day, some might be true, some might not. He rolled his eyes and then rubbed at his forehead, why did she have to be so difficult. He had remembered that Taylor told him that Ruby was who she thought he was but he didn’t want to pay attention to it even though it couldn’t leave his mind. Taylor was a pathetic liar so he couldn’t believe anything she said.Nate never really looked for