Novel & Cerita Im Ruined

‎But under the anger was something worse. ‎Regret. ‎ I finally saw what I had lost, not just Sarah's company or her trust. I had lost the life I could have had, I had a woman who loved me, a company that was doing great, a future that looked good. ‎And I ruined it all because I was too greedy to be thankful. ‎I did this to myself. ‎That truth hurt more than any punishment Sarah could think up. ‎When I came out of the bathroom, Victoria was waiting for me in the living room.

There was nothing in there worth stealing; just a phone and a lipgloss. I powered my phone on as notifications exploded across the screen; messages, comments, mentions… I ignored the social media chaos and opened my email instead, a notification from six hours ago caught my attention. The logo made my heart sink into my stomach. New Rome University. My fingers trembled as I tapped it open NRU: Dear Natalie Rossi, We regret to inform you that your scholarship with us has been withdrawn due to the ongoing scandal currently circulating in the media. We are disappointed that a student of your academic standing would misrepresent her identity and publicly implicate a respected figure.

Not yet. I fled.The hallway felt endless. The elevator ride down to the lobby was suffocating. In the ground floor of the bathroom ,I quickly changed into the simple sundress i had packed for the “morning after” I had imagined sharing with Daniel. I splashed cold water on my face, trying to steady my breathing. My reflection starring back at me, I looked at my wild eyes, swollen lips, my tangled messy hair,i looked exactly like a girl who had been thoroughly and passionately ruined by a stranger.

The message was shorter, far shorter, with only six words. You are officially unnecessary now. For one second, I expected Ruin to laugh. Instead, he stared at the screen in complete silence, then a slow smile spread across his face, a real one. The kind that reached his eyes, and for the first time in years, he looked completely free.

“Of course. Why not? I love you. Even when I marry her, I will still come see you.” “Have you met her yet?” Beth asked. Din shook his head. “No, I haven’t.” “You haven’t even seen her?” “I saw a photo my grandfather showed me. She is ugly,” He lied, avoiding her eyes. “Can I see the photo?” Din scowled. “I tore it up after smashing it with my baseball bat a thousand times.” He demonstrated the violent motion with his hands, swinging an imaginary bat. Beth burst out laughing. “Are you serious?”

Something broken, fragile. Something I had ruined.

I said with a terse smile. "But..." Allen moved to say but his grandmother held him back. "Let her go," I smiled again and stepped out of the house to Alaric standing outside, his face red with fury. "You this bitch!" He yelled, stomping forward. "What? What do you want to do? Hit me?" I questioned, staring at me. "Your fuckin husband destabilized my trade, the company, he's destroying it!" He yelled, hissing. "I thought he did much more than that," I replied with a smug smile.

I hummed, not wanting to seem rude. She stepped forward and laid her palms flat on my table, red, almond shaped acrylic nails almost digging into the surface of my smooth table. The fuck! “You have been away from me for too long, amore, why’s that?” She breathed. I grunted under my breath. “Incase you haven’t heard, we have been at war with the Rodriguez’s.” “A war that has long ended.” “It has just been a week and a lot of damages has to be covered. A lot of families has to be compensated. I am busy.” I retorted, anger seeping from my voice.

Killian looked once more at his mother’s lifeless face, then at Victor, writhing in agony on the floor. He swallowed, voice barely a breath. “Let’s go.” They moved, quiet, fast, unseen in the chaos. No one stopped them. No one noticed them. Victor was collapsing into madness, and Robert... Robert had frozen. For the first time, the man who built empires with fear looked helpless. Utterly powerless. He stared at Victor, his heir, his pride, now a broken, dangerous ruin of a man, and said nothing. Could say nothing. Only when Killian, Ivy, and Killian Senior disappeared into the storm did Robert finally look down.

The disposable spare. The discarded omega. They were two sides of the same tarnished coin, both deemed unworthy, both cast aside by the same cruel family, the same brutal pack ideology. Kael had been the prized heir, the perfect Alpha. Caius, his identical reflection, had been deemed a surplus, a threat, a ghost to be erased. She had been the perfect Luna, cherished and paraded, until the moment she wasn’t, and then she too was discarded like trash.