Ruby’s POVThe next morning, I woke up early and started getting ready for work.I kept telling myself that everything that happened in Italy was over. Zane was a busy man. He wouldn’t have time to keep tormenting me the way he did there. Things would go back to normal… or at least as normal as they could be.I got dressed, grabbed my bag, and took a taxi to the office.The moment I arrived at the building, I stopped in my tracks.Ethan was standing right in front of the entrance, holding a bouquet of flowers.Seriously?What part of “I’m not interested” did he still not understand?I tried to walk past him, but he quickly stepped in front of me, blocking my path.“What?” I snapped, already pissed.“Come back to me, please, Ruby,” he said, holding the flowers out toward me. “Look, I even got your favorite ones.”If this had been before, I might have felt something. I might have even taken the flowers. But now, seeing them in his hands only irritated me.“No,” I said firmly and tried t
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