CHAPTER 132RUBY'S POV On the second day of Dax being admitted, he was still unconscious. He only repeatedly slipped in and out of his consciousness where he would just stare at me blankly before losing consciousness again and my eyes were already swollen and hurting due to how much I cried.That afternoon, I was dozing off while I sat beside an unconscious Dax and suddenly, my phone began to ring and when I checked the caller ID, it was Dennis. Quickly, I rejected the call but he kept on calling no matter how many times I declined his calls so I gave in and picked up on his seventh attempt at pissing me off.“What the hell do you want from me, Dennis?” I snapped at him while whispering and he snickered, making me want to strangle him through the phone. “I'm sure you know I did it by now” he went straight to the point and my grip on my phone tightened so hard that I thought my phone would break to pieces in my hand while I gritted my teeth so furiously.“How could you try to kill s
CHAPTER 133RUBY'S POV Humming to myself as I made my way to the room where Dax was admitted along with a paper bag filled with lunch I bought from a restaurant for both of us, I hoped he would wake up to eat with me because I missed him and missed eating with him.I opened the door when I got to the room and immediately I walked in, I noticed the atmosphere was different. Dax was awake and seated up in bed and I was about to hug him but noticed he was staring at me like he didn't recognize me. I frowned because I didn't know why he would be watching me with such foreign eyes.I looked at Simon, hoping he would tell me what was happening but he also stared at me the same way and I wondered again, what on earth was happening and why they were both staring at me like that.“Is something wrong? Did something happen?” I asked out loud when they wouldn’t say anything and Dax placed a phone on the bed side with a video playing on the screen.“Care to explain what this is?” he asked me an
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