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Ruby rolled her eyes as she tried on the fifth bathing suit. It was either she didn’t like it or she felt it was too revealing, it was one issue or the other. She stepped out in a blue bikini. “Honey, this is just perfect” Esme said tiredly Ruby had convinced her to join her in shopping for her trip to Florida. The girls spent the last hour visiting almost every clothing shop in Oregon as Ruby was indecisive on what to pick. “I don’t like the color, it doesn’t compliment my skin” she frownedRuby couldn’t help the fact that she wanted to impress Nate on their trip. She hated herself for it, for trying so hard to get his attention but she couldn’t help it. “But it’s a trip with your boss for heaven’s sake, you’re going to a conference, not a vacation or dinner!”Ruby rolled her eyes, she didn’t care what Esme had to say, it was her first business trip and also her first trip with Nate so she wanted to make the best out of it.She had to admit that she was going overboard wi

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The girls took shelter in a little coffee shop as the sky snarled with lightning and thunder. The rain showed no signs of stopping soon and it poured heavily. “If we didn’t have to deal with your shopping problem, we won’t be in this mess” Esme frowned, her perfect hair was soaking wet and her dress clung to her body like a second skin. “I’m so sorry”Ruby wasn’t any better than Esme, she had streaks of mascara running down her cheeks. They left the shopping bags in Esme’s car and ran to the nearest shop they could find as they couldn’t drive further in the rain. “After making me go through this much stress, you have to tell me about your boss” Esme teased as she ordered hot chocolate for them “There’s nothing to tell, he’s just my boss, nothing more” Ruby groaned.She felt more color rise to her cheeks at the thought of Nate. “Can you at least tell me his name? I need to know the name of the guy who has my best friend acting like she’s sixteen” “I’ll tell you when I’m re

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After two hours of heavy downpour, the downpour seemed to ease up a bit. Esme and Taylor were chatting excitedly while Ruby scrolled through her phone.It took so much control in her not to dump her drink on Taylor’s pretty face. She had felt so much anger and hatred in her life but nothing like the one she felt right now. It upset her even more than Esme and Taylor acted like everything was alright, they expected her to forget about everything like it didn’t happen. Her high school experience had redefined her whole life. For a couple of years after high school, up to when she went to college, she had trouble speaking in public and speaking to people generally. She always kept her head low because she had been told before that she wasn’t worthy of anything. She was called ugly duckling by most of the students and she had believed they had forgotten her real name.Taylor’s behavior towards her had scarred her for life. She always felt insecure and not pretty enough. “Ruby would b

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Nate held the door open for her as she walked to him. He didn’t mind the way the rain soaked his hair lightly. He just wanted to get done with her and leave. “Hey baby” she smiled as she reached out to place a kiss on his lips.Nate flinched, Taylor always had a way of drawing attention. The rumors of his marriage with her kept spreading everyday. He had received anonymous messages and requests from reporters to make a comment about it.It was exhausting. Although he was kind of used to it as growing up in a rich family meant reporters trying to get dirt on the family. “Come on, Nate” Taylor frowned, pushing her hair from her face. The more she tried to win Nate’s love, the more he distanced himself. She found him difficult and hard to understand. “Taylor, would you just get into the car ?” Nate asked impatiently He was at work when he received a call from Taylor. She was crying over the phone and he was a little bit concerned. She lied she wasn’t cornered by some reporter

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Ruby felt her head spin. There was a pile of files sitting on her desk and some other files she still had left from her day off. She was running on four hours of sleep after she spent the previous night thinking. Nate had lied to her and deceived her yet again. She felt stupid enough for thinking he could be straightforward with her and maybe eventually like her. She buried her face in her palm, things were way more difficult than she thought. Taylor and Nate were now trending on social media because of their marriage. She sighed as she popped an aspirin, the previous night, she had cried herself to sleep. She had also concluded that working for Nate was a very bad idea. At first, she had thought she had healed completely from all that happened to her in high school but meeting Taylor and getting lied to by Nate showed her that she wasn’t even half as strong as she thought she was. She loved Nate so much that she wasn’t ready to let go of him. She concluded that for the

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Nate frowned as he watched the news. Taylor and her family were really getting on his nerves. A photoshopped picture of him and Taylor appeared on the screen, the lady reporting the news had even fixed a date for the supposed wedding.Nate could feel anger and pain rise through him. He switched off the television immediately. This was clearly Taylor and her fathers doing.Nate’s father, Mr Wesley Jacobin worked with Mr Wyatt for years. According to what his mother had told him, his father was best friends with Mr Wyatt before he passed on. They ran a company successfully and they were feared by their competitors. The profit from the company was split equally by both men. Grace said there was no bad blood between them but when Wesley passed on, things changed. They stopped receiving their share from the company. Mr Wyatt and his wife shut them out from their lives and ordered that they do not set a foot in the company ever again. Grace single handedly raised her son into a fin

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Nate waited at the bar for Adam. After their last meeting with Adam when he convinced him to try the dating site he just launched, they had barely had enough time to hangout. With Ruby taking a few days off, he decided to give himself a little break too. The office wasn’t as fun as it used to be, especially since she wasn’t around. “Long time no see Mr Nate” Adam joked as he tapped Nate’s backNate smiled tiredly. He had made some contacts the previous night, trying to get to the root of Mr Wyatt's false allegations. “You look so tired” Adam commented as he poured them tequila. “It’s been a long week for me” Adam also went to business school with Nate where they were best of friends. With both of them being busy with work, they didn’t have time to catch up. “It’s been a long week here. The dating site has been doing well so far and it’s been getting a lot of reviews”Adam smirked proudly “By the way, you didn’t update me on how your date went” Nate scoffed as he remembe

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Ruby placed the scones she had baked on the table. Cassie and Ethan had promised to visit her after work. Hip hop music played on her radio as she swayed her hips. Taking a break from work had helped her refocus and get her mind off some things. Taylor had reached out to her again for brunch but she declined. Her mind was made up about her resignation from Nate’s company. She was ready to leave Nate in her past even though it was hard. She had a little plan to move out from Oregon and start afresh somewhere else. She had also planned on seeing a therapist after she had settled down.Her mother had suggested she come back home for a bit but she declined, the street she grew up in held so many memories she was trying to heal from.As part of her healing process, she deleted all her social media accounts. Taylor and Nate were trending nonstop. People kept commenting on how they would make such a perfect couple and have the most beautiful kids. Seeing Nate and Taylor’s picture wasn’

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Nate waited at the alley of an old pub. He planned to meet with one of the security men at Wyatt’s company.The alley reeked of cigarettes and some other things Nate couldn’t figure out. He scrunched his nose as he glanced at his wristwatch, the man was fifteen minutes late.He frowned, all he wanted to do was get out of the alley but he was on a mission and was ready to go lengths for his father. “I’m sorry I’m late, I had a little bit of an errand to run,” a little man named Jake said as he came out from the corner of the pub.Jake was in his late fifties, he was the head of security at Mr Wyatt’s company after working with him for the longest time. “Care for a smoke?” He asked as he offered Nate a cigarette “No, thank you” he politely declined Nate had a hazy memory of him from when he was a child. He remembered meeting Jake a couple of times when he followed his father to the company. “How can I help you young man?” Jake asked as they sat on a crooked bench at a dark

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Ruby felt bile rise to her throat as she packed up her bags. She had submitted her resignation letter at the office and she bid a few colleagues goodbye. Nate wasn’t at the office so she left without telling him goodbye. She tried to push away the side of her that wished Nate was at the office and he’ll convince her and give her actual reasons why she should stay. Maybe, he would then tell her that the whole thing with Taylor wasn’t true and he was willing to start something with her. She laughed at her own foolishness, how absolutely crazy it was to have such wild thoughts. When she was at the office, Cassie had told her that he skipped work because he had to prepare for his wedding. It made sense to her because Nate was very serious about his work.She knew a few of her colleagues were happy she was leaving. Some of them had been working for Nate for years and he hadn’t shown as much concern as he had shown for Ruby. It took them by surprise because everyone knew Nate Jacob

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