All Chapters of The Arrogant Love: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

It had been many days since Chris last heard from his fiancée. He had sent her only one message, and she read it but never replied. Chris felt an indescribable irritation. A week had passed in which he had been busy with work, and the person he thought would inevitably be involved in his life instead drew further and further away. What was this suffocating feeling? He had promised his mother that he would visit Ruby, but he did not go as he had said. He kept thinking that she might reach out to him, or perhaps drop by to see him. But no, day after day, she vanished even more from his sight. That bedroom of hers no longer opened its window to let in the breeze as it used to, and that light remained switched off all the time, which was strange.“Is Ruby home, Amber?” Chris finally asked one evening after he came back from work, deciding he had to approach Ruby’s mother himself.“Oh, Chris, didn’t you know that Ruby already got a job?” Amber looked puzzled, thinking her daughter should

Chris did not know how to handle this matter. His younger brother was no longer a child, and he could not interfere too much in his life. But if he told their mother, it would turn into a huge scandal. Worse still, Ella herself might end up suffering more than anyone else. So he chose to keep quiet about it and turned back into the house, following his brother.“How was it, Chris? I heard from Penny that you were at Ruby’s house for quite some time,” Paula greeted her son the moment she saw him.“Yes, Mom. Didn’t you want me to visit my fiancée?”“If I hadn’t asked, you wouldn’t have gone, right? Chris, you’re really… how could you treat Ruby that way?”“Mom, what did I do? I didn’t do anything at all, and Ruby wasn’t troubled either,” he said as he went to sit down on the same sofa as his mother.“Is something wrong? Why do you look so heavy-hearted after coming back?”“Just a little, Mom.”“Let the small things go, Chris. Your career is already stable. I want you to think abou

“Take the money, Ella. It’s better than getting nothing at all,” Chris told her as she hesitated for a moment. Only the tears streaming down her face revealed her sorrow.“Ella, just take it,” Theo urged as well.“Use this money to find a new place to live, and get a new job,” Theo said before pulling the cheque from his mother’s hand and pressing it into Ella’s palm himself.Ella looked at the cheque in her hand, her face covered in tears. She said nothing more, only lowering her head once in thanks to Paula before she rose and drifted out of the living room. Her demeanor left the mother and her two sons feeling just as uneasy as one another.“It’s because of you, Theo. It’s all your fault.” Paula spoke, then stood and watched Ella’s retreating figure until she disappeared from sight. After that, she turned away and walked up the stairs to calm herself in her bedroom alone.“I warned you, but you never listened. In the end, the ones who suffer the most are Ella and our mother. Do

Inside Tucker’s house, Ruby told Ella about the plan they had just discussed. When Ella heard it, a spark of hope lit up in her large, round eyes before she lowered her gaze, as if deep in thought about her decision.“No one is forcing you, Ella. If you’d rather go back to your hometown or find a new job, it’s entirely up to you. We all just want to help,” Ruby said, noticing the troubled look on the girl’s face and thinking she must be feeling quite uneasy.“I’m afraid that if I work here, one day I might run into Mrs.Simmons. Won’t she think it’s because I don’t want to go far away? Or maybe she’ll think I’m trying to get close to Theo?” The worry in her voice made Ruby understand and sympathize with Ella at the same time.“We can’t control what others think, Ella. But if you feel that you’re here because you genuinely want to work, then let others think what they will. Don’t pay it any mind,” Ruby said, patting Ella gently on the shoulder.“ Ruby, thank you so much,” Ella said.

“It had to be that way. How could Ella possibly argue back? She just had to take the money and move on. But do you know she ended up crying in front of Tucker’s house until her eyes were swollen? She must have been so upset. Tell me honestly, Chris, did Ella actually love Theo?”“You ask me that, and it’s a bit hard to answer, Ruby. Whether she loved him or not, I don’t know. But I used to see Ella glancing at Theo quite often, just like girls who like to look at handsome guys. I never imagined Theo would take advantage of her like that until Mother caught them in bed. The matter didn’t end well at all,” Chris said, feeling uneasy.“Let’s not talk about this anymore. I’m stressed. I don’t want to go anywhere today. I’m sorry, Chris.”“That’s fine, Ruby. I’ll head home then.”“Okay, I’ll walk you out.” Ruby stood up and followed her fiancé. Earlier, she had still felt shy from their kiss the other night, but the anger over Theo’s actions took over, and for a moment, all other feelin