All Chapters of HIS TO RUIN: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

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The Confrontation

DAMIEN.I don’t know what pushed me to check her phone this morning. A niggling feeling, perhaps – a premonition of what was to come.It started with the ding of a text message ruining the quiet of the morning as I was dressing. I had woken up half an hour ago – the world outside was still shrouded in darkness, but I needed to be at the office at soon as I was able.I decided to leave Selene to her sleep, taking care not to wake her. As such, she was still snoring contentedly when I heard it.I was pulling dress shirt over my shoulder at that moment. When the ‘ding’ echoed around the room, I looked around for its source; my gaze alighted on Selene’s phone, placed on the bedside cupboard. The screen was glowing.I should have left it at that – it wasn’t mine. Snooping into the notifications and texts of my partners was beneath me.Then I remembered the issue with Marcus, and I threw that hesitation away.I walked up to the cupboard and picked up the phone. A wry smile stretched across

Last Updated : 2025-12-14

The Breaking Point

SELENE.The entire ride home passed by in a blur.My memories of it were indistinct, when I thought back to it later. This wasn’t surprising; I was dreading the confrontation that was to come.I could barely stand to look at Damien for more than a few seconds; even from where I sat, it was obvious that he was livid. His face was red with barely contained anger and frustration, and his knuckles were white as he squeezed the wheel. He drove recklessly, aggressively, as if he wanted to eat the distance between Marcus’ establishment and our home. As if he couldn’t wait to escape something.Once again, I cursed myself for listening to Marcus.‘I shouldn’t have gone to meet him,’ I thought. ‘I’m so stupid.’And yet, if I hadn’t done what he’d asked, the thought of what he would do in retaliation chilled me to my bones. My secret was in his hands, and I was helpless before him unless I somehow managed to wrest it away from him.‘Not that it matters now,’ I snorted to myself.I had tried to

Last Updated : 2025-12-15

Shadows Of The Past

DAMIEN.The morning after was more than a little awkward for both of us, especially for Selene.“I made something, Damien. Will you stay for breakfast?”“I have to attend an early morning meeting, so I’ll have to pass.”“Okay.”I could feel the dejection radiating from her at that moment. I was pulling on my tie with the help of the mirror, while she stood in the doorway, fidgeting silently.“You can eat it, if you want.”“It’s…well, okay.”She was non-combative this morning. And I had an idea why.With my suit and tie properly put in order, I turned to face her. Our eyes met for a split second, before she glanced away reflexively, as if afraid that I would see the vulnerable guilt swimming in the depths of hers.“I might be late today as well. So don’t wait up for me.”I picked up my suitcase, which had been propped against my dresser, and made my way to the door. Selene was standing at the threshold, dressed in a translucent shift that barely covered anything. For a moment, I felt

Last Updated : 2025-12-16

Pieces Of The Past

DAMIEN.Trying to have sex with Selene in the aftermath of what I’d just learned was inadvisable. Yet, I did it anyway, to prevent any suspicions.I failed.“Hey,” Selene called out as she walked into the bedroom after a quick shower in the aftermath of our sex. “What?” I grunted from where I was lying on the bed.She glided her way to the bed, her feet silent on the hardwood flooring. The only sign that she was still there was the depression she made as she took her seat on the bed.“I don’t know if this sounds weird or something,” she began, “but it felt like you weren’t really…all there when we were having sex.”I blinked, turning my head to stare at her. Her shadow loomed over me on the bed; I could still see her, even with the dim mood lighting. She wasn’t staring at me, instead fixing her gaze on a vague part of the bed.I tried to bluff. “Is that a way of saying that my performance was inadequate, Selene?” I asked with a strained smile.She laughed; there was a nervous, uncer

Last Updated : 2025-12-18

Cracks In The Lie

SELENE.It had been going so well. That was the worst part of everything; it had been going so well.I should’ve known that it wouldn’t last.“Well?” Damien demanded; his voice tight with anger and something else, something I couldn’t place. I wanted to be angry at him as well; to hide behind rage and disappointment that he’d gone behind my back and done this even after he had promised that he wouldn’t. But I couldn’t be angry; I couldn’t find it in myself, because I know that he’d only been forced to go to this extreme because of my stubbornness.There was also the fact that I was too overwhelmed with terror to even think of being angry.“What-” I swallowed reflexively. “What is that, Damien?”“What do you think it is?” he asked simply.I didn’t reply; I couldn’t. I knew as much as he did what exactly it was.I reached out for the folder, fingers trembling slightly. I took it from the table, but I couldn’t bring myself to open it, not yet at least.“What happened, Selene?” he asked.

Last Updated : 2025-12-19

Missing Pieces

SELENE.Damien didn’t return for a long time. I waited in the living room for hours, but he never darkened the doorsteps. Eventually, as the evening grew darker, and night drew closer, I resorted to distracting myself. I prepared something for the both of us, making dinner especially delicious in hopes that it would…ameliorate his feelings towards me, maybe.When he still didn’t come home after dinner was done, I turned to TV. It didn’t help much; my thoughts kept on circling back to Damien, Marcus, and the file sitting innocuously on the table. I tried my hardest to ignore that last one in particular.I don’t know when I slept off. One moment, I’d been watching reruns of a badly acted show filled with cringe worthy scenes and poorly timed laugh tracks. The next, long fingers were trailing across my cheeks, drawing me from a deep unconsciousness.I shifted on the couch, which I’d lain on to get comfortable a while ago.I blinked blearily, trying to refocus my blurry vision. I saw an

Last Updated : 2025-12-19

The Trap Tightens

SELENE.I didn’t call Marcus immediately, even if I wanted to.I wanted to ask him why he’d held back that information, why Damien didn’t have it in his folder. Strangely enough, I almost wanted to thank for not revealing it.I’d thought that Damien must’ve known everything; or if he didn’t, he would soon know everything as soon as he sat down to read the folder from cover to cover. I had avoided talking about the incident because I hadn’t been ready, and I’d assumed that Damien had let me do that out of something like courtesy.But now that I realized that Damien didn’t have the information in the first place, I had no idea what to do.Should I still tell him? Or should I continue to keep it a secret?I didn’t want to keep it a secret. Keeping secrets had almost ruined my relationship with Damien.But the very thought of telling him made my throat constrict, seizing the words from my tongue and refusing to set them free.I wasn’t ready to talk about it, but neither could I keep the s

Last Updated : 2025-12-20

Be mine

SELENE.After Marcus sent the location and time, I memorised and promptly deleted the text. I had learned from the mistakes I'd made the last time I’d met with Marcus. I made sure I left no incriminating evidence that would clue Damien into what I planned to do. My call logs were wiped, I blocked Marcus's number to forestall further text messages, and acted as I usually would any other day.And when the time came for the meeting, I waited for a couple hours after Damien left, and called an uber instead of taking my car. No matter what, I wouldn't make the same mistake again.The new location that Marcus had set was on the other side of town from where the last one was. It was still in the rich part of town, yes, but it was on the fringes, where the bar from last time had been firmly affixed in the centre. Due to this, I made sure to disguise myself, if wearing a wig and sunglasses counted as a disguise. It wasn't much, but with a little application of make-up, even I could barely r

Last Updated : 2025-12-21

The Jealous Storm

DAMIEN.“...and so, profits are projected for a gradual increase should this plan be implemented.”The world beyond the glass wall felt small from this high up. I felt like a giant, gazing down at sandcastles filled with ants that scurried from nook to cranny, living their lives in blissful ignorance of the hands that guided their fates.“Mr. Cross?”I wondered how many of those ants were living squalid lives similar to what Selene had described. I wondered how many of them were driven by desperation into unfavourable actions and circumstances.“Mr. Cross? Your thoughts on the presentation would be appreciated.”I had always lived at a remove from the less fortunate, even when my family had firmly been stuck in the middle class. There has always been a thin, glass wall that separates me from the dregs of society. My family had struggled sometimes, when business ventures turned for the worse and the health of my parents worsened. But that state of affairs hadn't lasted for long each ti

Last Updated : 2025-12-22

Exposed

DAMIEN.I could only see red, boiling from the impotent anger within me as I drove the car home. Besides the anger, my mind was a riotous cacophony of emotion, loud and silent, subtle and brash. I could barely concentrate on where I was going, much less what I was going for.To distract myself, I worked on what I would do when I saw her. Would I let her swindle me with her lies again? Would I stand there and listen as she tried to cajole me, to manipulate me with tears and, failing that, her body?I contemplated just dismissing her the moment I saw her, sending her back where she came from and cutting ties between us, but I immediately discarded that idea out of hand.It shamed me to admit, but I couldn't bear to part with her without at least listening to her side of the story, without trying to at least hear her out.I laughed. No wonder she'd managed to swindle and deceive me for so long. If I was more than willing to listen to her lies and manipulation, why wouldn't she turn to

Last Updated : 2025-12-25

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