Chapter 17Ruby 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.A
Chapter 18Ruby ran straight to Ophelia's house as that was the place she wanted to be, she wanted the comfort of a friend. Someone to talk to as she felt so out of place at that moment.She wiped her tears, sniffling as she arrived at Ophelia's gate.Her father worked as a manager and they were quite well-to-do.“Please I want to see Ophelia,” she said to the security man at the gate.He opened the fate immediately after for her, ruby usually visited Ophelia, so the workers around knew her quite well.“Thank you” she muttered in a low voice as she ran into the compound and made way for the main building.“Good day, Clara,” she said to the nanny, who was returning from the backyard.“How are you, Ruby?” Clara asked as Ruby nodded.“I'm fine..” She replied.“Please is Ophelia in?” She questioned pointing at the door.“She's in a pretty bad mood and requested that no one disturb her, but I'm sure she'll listen to you” Clara smiled at Ruby as she opened the door, welcoming her in.“I'll
Chapter 19It's been two days now, but Ruby and remained indoors as she didn't even have the mind to step out of her place.Out of fear, anxiety, and discomfort.She felt out of place already and did not want to hear any more negative comments about her.“Oh no,” Ruby grumbled in a low voice as she squeezed her eyes shut sucking in a deep breath. She was out of foodstuffs.She walked over to her fridge and it was completely empty as well. There was just a bottle of water inside.“Can my day get any worse!?” She asked herself as she bit her lips hard. She guessed she'd have to leave the house. Even if that was the last thing she wanted to do.Still no news from Jaxon and no reply from Ophelia either. Though she made sure to send apology texts every day. She already called Jaxon, no response.She had a quick shower and discovered that her whole house was equally empty, get bathing soap was almost finished, and her bathroom looked empty. The only thing that was abundant was the toothpas
Chapter 20Jaxon took Ruby to his car. There was no driver this time, so he drove himself.The ride was quiet as no one spoke to the other.Ruby's ankle hurting her, a lot.She had no idea where he was taking her, but she said nothing either.Soon, they arrived in a Villa. Ruby immediately guessed that it was his place.She couldn't help but admire the beauty of the place, it was huge and beautiful.Jaxon drove into the compound and stopped the car in front of a building.He stepped out of the car, Ruby doing the same.“Why did you bring me here?” Ruby asked in a cold voice.“So we can talk” He replied, his voice low He had not been in town for days now and literally came back when he heard what was going on.Damon had shown the leaked photos, which he had no idea how it came out.“Talk about what exactly?” Ruby hissed.“What do you want to talk about? Do you want to talk about how you've ruined my life completely?” She yelled in anger as she glared at him.“Come inside” he sighed ru
Chapter 21Ruby arrived home that day and felt more relieved than the past few days.Jaxon's driver had dropped her off and that made her avoid any unnecessary troubles.She also collected a few foodstuffs from his kitchen which she had used to feed in the evening.She just retired to bed when she was abruptly woken up by a sound.She mumbled softly as she yawned sitting up from the bed, wondering where the sound must have come from.It was the sounds of incoming footsteps.She quickly climbed off the bed and turned on the torchlight of her phone and she walked slowly to the window to check what it was.It was just a man dressed in black and it didn't bother too much as her neighbors were fond of loitering around.That was one disadvantage of living in a busy neighborhood.She yawned and went back to bed, using the bed cover to cover herself, she was about to drift back to sleep when the sound of shattering glasses was heard.“Ha!!” Ruby yelled in fright. It was her window that shatte
Chapter 22“Jesus!!!” Ruby screamed as the door of her room suddenly burst open with a loud bang.“Jaxon, where are you?” She cried helplessly, her whole body was, her clothes completely wet from sweating.“Please don't come close..” she muttered repeatedly to herself as she heard some footsteps.Before her down was broken down, she heard some commotion in the sitting room, the sounds of men grunting and fighting. She had no idea what it was and was even too scared to step outside.“Please don't come close..”She shuddered silently. Whoever was in her room was fast approaching and she could see his black boots from the little hole.“Don't…” her voice trailed off and she buried her head down. The person was already standing in front of her wardrobe and he suddenly opened the door without any effort.Ruby didn't even dare to raise her head as she wept. “Ruby,” The person called her, it was Jaxon.“You can come out now, I'm here now..” his voice was low and coaxing as she squatted in fro
Chapter 23Jaxon carefully dropped Ruby on the bed as he checked her pulse yet again. She was burning.He held this frustrated look on his face as he had no idea about what to do in the situation that he was in.He had not really taken care of anyone in his life, he was an only child, with no siblings.He didn't even know what was wrong with her or why she was burning. The only reasonable logic he could come up with as an educated person was that she might be having a fever.But yet, how would he know how to deal with fever patients?“Ruby..” he shook her body gently as her eyes fluttered.“Ruby!” He called, she was awake.“Ruby, come on open your eyes” He tapped get face gently, trying to wake her up.“Are you okay?” He questioned, knowing that was a very stupid question to ask.She did not look fine.“My head hurts,” Ruby replied, her voice very low.She suddenly felt weak on their way and she couldn't even move her limb.Jaxon's face paled as he saw Ruby's condition. It was more t
CHAPTER 24Ruby woke up the next morning, feeling a slight headache.She groaned as her eyes fluttered open, everything that happened last night coming back to her.She was attacked but Jaxon came to her rescue and brought her back to his place.She remembered having a fever and then he tended to her wounds and also to her.Ruby's brows furrowed in confusion as that was too true to believe. She actually felt that was a dream because it was so unusual for Jaxon to care for someone, especially not her.She slowly sat up from the bed and she noticed that her legs were covered in bandages. She felt a lot more better and safe than last night.Then she noticed something usual, her whole body was clean and she was wearing a completely different set of clothes. Make clothes to be precise.“Oh my Goodness!” She gasped, as she examined herself. She cracked her head trying to remember the time when Jaxon was undressing her, but there was no memory of that, she did not remember him undressing her