After a very filling lunch, Nate went to the pub to meet up with Adam and Jake. It was an emergency meeting so he had to go. Ruby was left alone in her room while Maria went off, doing house chores.He promised to get her cupcakes and slushies on his way back home. Everything felt surreal, he was coming back to her waiting for him, just like they were a couple. She shook her head as she scratched that off, yes she loved him but until he asked her, she wasn’t going to conclude they were a couple mostly because his wedding was around the corner and she was still confused on how he looked happy with Taylor in high school but claimed it was the opposite. To be fair, he didn’t exactly look happy, his face was expressionless most of the time so she couldn’t tell what or how he was feeling. She switched on the TV and began swiping in between stations. Nothing interested her, not even the romcoms or comedy shows. With Nate not in the house, she felt empty. His scent filled up her nos

Ruby laid on the couch as she watched another comedy show. It was now several minutes past nine o’clock and she wasn’t ready to go to bed yet. There was no way she could when Nate wasn’t home yet. Maria had prepared dinner for her but she wasn’t in the mood to eat anything because she was worried about Nate.She tried calling him but his phone was switched off. She wanted to call a couple of people to ask about his whereabouts but couldn’t. No one knew they were staying at the penthouse and they both wanted to keep it that way. Maria persuaded her to go to bed but she wasn’t having any of it. She wanted to make sure Nate was alright. Her bed seemed very uncomfortable, she wanted to be wrapped in Nate’s bedsheets with him beside her.She sighed as she stared at the television, her ears blocked to the show that was airing. All she could see were humans moving and smiling. She was too worried about Nate to think straight. She had done all she could think of doing in order to pass

Ruby smiled as she rested her head against the windows and admired the tall buildings she had seen over and over again. She had left Anderson looking too stunned to speak. Of course, she had only worsened her case but she didn’t care. She thought of him as a sore loser and a cry baby who only craved attention. Her phone rang for the umpteenth time that day, it was Anderson calling. He was livid and swore to deal with her mercilessly. She had disrespected him in front of his workers and he felt insulted. She decided to answer her phone finally after he called four more times. “How dare you?” He boomed at the other end of the line “How dare you lie to me?” She fired backIf he knew so much about Nate’s office, it only meant that he had a spy on the inside which he denied. He got a replica of everything that was in her office. The only left was for her to hang up her pictures as she did in her former office. “You disrespected me. I agreed to tell you the truth about your l

Ruby let out a long sigh as she kicked off her shoes. After lunch with Ethan and Cassie, she went into the city to do a little shopping. She bought some peace lilies to plant in the empty flower vase in her room. She still had a little time to kill so she stopped at her parents restaurant and helped around. Her mother’s cat was slowly recovering from whatever was wrong with it. Ruby was very much impressed with how many customers they had that afternoon. On her way home, she wanted to pay a surprise visit to Esme’s home but changed her mind. She didn’t want to bump into Esme’s boyfriend because she had refused to introduce them to each other. She believed that whenever Esme was ready, she was going to set up a meeting for them.She rubbed at her aching feet until she heard a knock on the door and Nate peeked his handsome face through the door. She couldn’t help the sweet smile that crept into her face. When she took a cab home, all she thought about was returning home to him

Doris relaxed in her chair as she stroked her pet. Ruby realized she wasn’t as scary as she seemed. She wasn’t the type to talk much or anyhow.The Persian cat curled up in its owner’s lap and yawned, staring at Ruby. “You have to understand that once I start revealing things to you, you automatically put yourself in danger. People may come for you, it’s too dangerous which is one of the reasons I decided to hide in this part of the city” Ruby exhaled heavily and closed her eyes as she thought of what to do. She wished she had involved Nate in all that was happening right from the start, she felt he had better judgement and he would know what to do. Fear clouded her thoughts but she tried to let it not get the best of her. A little voice reminded her that she hadn’t gone that far only for her to turn back and go home without getting any vital information, another voice reminded her that if someone like Doris was hiding in the worst part of the city, then it was indeed too da