Sacked

Chapter 17

Ruby walked slowly into her room, she looked like life had been sucked out of her.

She didn't even know what to think, how to react, or even process what was going on.

Her best friend just called off their friendship, because she found out about the secret she was meant to keep for 100 days. It's only been a month since she got married to Jaxon as his contracted wife and yet. The secret was out.

She slumped on the couch as she kept on staring at the newspaper. They were there. Jaxon and her and the headlines were written in bold letters.

She picked off her phone and she tried calling Ophelia, but it immediately took her to a voicemail.

“Hi ophy, I'm so sorry about what happened” she began, deciding to drop a voicemail and texts. Maybe that would calm her down.

“Everything happened so fast and I was not in the position to tell you. So please just talk to me, pick up my calls so we can talk. Thank you” Ruby inhaled sharply as she rested on the couch.

Her head was spinning.

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