CHAPTER 134RUBY'S POV It was already dark by the time I arrived in Denmark but my blood was still sizzling with anger and all I wanted to do was see Dennis immediately. So I boarded a cab, gave the driver the gallery's address as my next stop and called Dennis. “We need to talk. Face to face, right now” I snapped at him once he picked up my call and he chuckled over the phone.“I was expecting this ever since I found out that Dax eventually knew everything. What a waste of a bullet” he said and I took a deep breath to keep my emotion under control because he was obviously testing me with his insensitive remarks.“Meet me at this place. I'm sending the address to you now and I'll be waiting. You'd better not be late or Dax will come find me when he realizes I'm in not in Greece with him anymore and I'm sure you don't want to get cornered by the man you almost killed” I made sure to let him know I wasn't joking around and I heard him groan over the phone. He was pissed and it felt g
CHAPTER 135DAX'S POV After Ruby left the hospital in a fit of rage, I felt uneasy. Shebqas right about everything though. We both kept secrets from each other and were both angry but it wouldn't lead anywhere if we didn't calm down and talk it out.I knew immediately that I had to see her and speak to her but I was admitted under close care and watch so I turned to Simon who had been silent ever since the huge argument between me and Ruby happened. “I need you to check on Ruby for me. I don't know what she's thinking but I want to know if she's at the resort” I told him and he nodded before standing up to leave but then he paused by the door and looked back at me.“Ruby wasn't lying, Dax. She didn't know about Dennis’s plan to shoot you and she also wasn't lying about loving you and wanting you alive for her and Sally's sake. You know I'm good at reading people” He said and I nodded because I was also great at reading people and I knew she wasn't lying about anything from the mome
RUBY'S POV It was quite a sunny day. A perfect weather for a perfect wedding and I couldn't stop grinning to myself as I stared into the mirror before me, marveling at my look after my makeup was done and I was dressed in my wedding gown. “Are you ready for your big day, dear bride?” Clarissa, who was my chief bridesmaid asked me as she walked into the room along with Patricia, Cecelia, Sid and Michael as they were all in my bridal train.“You bet I am” I replied excitedly and they all hugged me before accompanying me to the altar where Dax waited for me.Half of New York was present because they were all excited to watch the epic wedding between me and Dax since our breakup eight years ago made it to the headlines.I couldn't take my eyes off Dax as he stood alongside his groomsman, Simon, and neither could he and when the officiator asked us to say our vows, our eyes still remained locked until we sealed the marriage with a kiss and a ring each and we became husband and wife.Eve
CHAPTER 1RUBY'S POVI didn't want to be here, but I didn't have a choice either. After eight years of being in the shadows, hiding away from the scandal that ruined my life, here I was again, facing the framed image of the man who destroyed my life and abandoned me when I needed him most. "So sorry for the loss dear. It must have been so devastating for you when you heard the news" a woman whom I had never seen before, said to me and all I did was stare at her.I was in no mood for keeping a facade or making them think I was sad over the demise when I felt nothing like it. When she realized I wasn't going to offer her even a smile, she broke eye contact with me and walked away. That must have felt so embarrassing for her and it satisfied me to know she probably felt that way.Bunch of fakes.I wanted to scream at everyone who pretended to be consoling me for the loss, wanted to yell at them to leave and smash the picture that was placed delicately on the wall before me but I could
CHAPTER 2RUBY'S POVAfter applying the final touches to my makeup, I took one last look in the mirror before me and smiled.Then I picked up my mask and wore it over my face before walking out of my dressing room.It had been two weeks since the funeral was held. Surprisingly, my adoptive father, Michael, had some properties left and they were handed over to me by his lawyer along with an apology letter from him telling me how sorry he was after sending me away but I wasn't touched because he was too late with his apology.He couldn't find me after I left because I made sure of it.Changing my surname and the color of my hair along with moving to another country actually helped so none of them could find me even if they wanted to. I wanted absolutely nothing to do with anyone from my past… except for Clarissa who made it very clear that she was going nowhere after she found me a year ago and I was glad she never left me.I ripped the letter to shreds and dumped it into a bin because
CHAPTER 3DAX'S POVWalking out of the club with heavy breaths, it was a struggle not to take things further with Ruby right there in that room but it was against the club rules so I had to stick with only having her close for a while before she pulled away and I announced I was leaving without sparing her a glance.It was too much to handle being in the same space with her and I didn't trust myself enough to hold back. I missed her so damn much."Simon, book me a flight back to New York tonight. I have an early morning meeting tomorrow" I said to my bodyguard once I got into my car while loosening my tie to get more air and our eyes met through the rearview mirror. He looked concerned but he knew better than to say anything except he wanted to lose his job that he'd had for the past fifteen years.So he nodded his head while grabbing the steering wheel."Noted sir. I'll take you to the hotel now" he replied and it was my turn to nod this time before he drove off toward the hotel whe
CHAPTER 4RUBY'S POVMorning came faster than I expected. Or maybe it was because I wasn't able to sleep early enough at night due to the many thoughts storming up in my head. Once my alarm rang, I was up and made my way to the kitchen because I was desperate for a distraction to get my mind off the panic that was brewing beneath my calm exterior, and making Sally breakfast was a perfect distraction.Dax said he was going to return to the club and I didn't know what to make of it. I still wanted my revenge but not that way, I wanted it done in a way that he wouldn't see me coming so he would never be able to recover from the impact of whatever I was going to do to him. But now that he was probably about to be a regular at where I worked, that spelled doom for me. "What are you making for breakfast?" Sally's voice filtered through my thoughts and I flinched, making the bowl of pancake batter I had in my hand fall. I stood motionless as I watched the content spill on the floor and I
CHAPTER 5RUBY’S POVAfter dropping such a huge blow on both Clarissa and Dax, a beat of silence followed and the air stilled as we all just stood there.Dax looked both bewildered and relieved at the same time and I couldn’t help but wonder why he would be relieved to know that Sally wasn’t my daughter. Not like he wanted anything to do with me. He called me a fake eight years ago.“That’s right Dax, Sally is my daughter. Now what do you want?” Clarissa asked him icily as she began to play along and I almost smiled but I held myself back and waited for him to reply. Clearing his throat, he tucked his hand into his pockets and looked only at me.“I want to talk to you, Ruby.” He replied and I rolled my eyes.What exactly did he have to talk about with me? To insult me again about being fake and probably tell me that I was the reason why Michael died too? I wasn’t giving him the chance to look down on me again. I was over him, I was doing perfectly fine without him in my life, and Sall