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CHAPTER 78RUBY’S POVStreaks of light suddenly blocked out the darkness behind my eyelids and I groaned from my sleep before I slowly opened my eyes but quickly held a hand over my face to protect my still sleepy eyes from the light that flooded in through the window.I turned to the other side of the bed but Dax wasn't there. My heart immediately dropped and it became hard to breathe. Quickly, I sat up and looked around the room, in search of Dax but he was nowhere to be seen.Did he leave me in bed after what we had together last night? Was he regretting asking me to be his girlfriend already and was wishing he could reverse it all?So many doubtful questions and scenarios filled my mind and soon, I felt tears filling my eyes. My best tightened, my heart began to hurt and I gasped for air while looking around the room still, in panic.Suddenly, the door to the room opened, and a lady who looked like she was a few younger than me walked in clad in a uniform that made it obvious that
CHAPTER 79RUBY’S POVBreakfast ended and without a forewarning, Dax picked me up from my chair and carried me bridal style all the way to the room while I shrieked in surprise. We both laughed about it and when it was time to take a bath, he insisted we had our bath together.I didn’t object. Instead, I pulled him into the bathroom along with me, and to make him feel good just like he made me feel the previous night, I went down on him before we had another round of lovemaking right beneath the shower as the water poured down on us in torrents.Our bath soon came to an end and we made our way back to the room. I cleaned up and dressed up, wearing a simple sky-blue colored dress then Dax helped me dry my hair and held it up in a ponytail for me after so many tries. It was a perfect morning for us. Everything was going perfectly… Just like the way it used to be eight years ago before the whole unfortunate situation but now, we were back to where we stopped and would be going forward u
CHAPTER 80RUBY'S POVI rushed out of the bathroom and ran back to the table that I and Dax occupied before I excused myself. Once I got there, he was on a call and his face looked grave. He looked like he wanted to punch through a wall while he spoke on the phone with a tightened jaw and then he was done.He turned toward me and looked up at me while I stood before him, heaving hard to catch my breath but also trying hard to keep a straight face so I wouldn't seem suspicious.“Is something wrong? You don't look so good” I asked him as I took a seat and he palmed his face with a loud groan. I didn't say a word as I let him remain that way, hoping he would feel better soon but then he pulled his hands away from his face and looked at me.“I lost a partnership I was supposed to make with a foreign company and it was a huge one. It was going to help so much but now it's gone and then it had to be Dennis’s company I lost it to” he finally explained and I felt my heart drop again while I
CHAPTER 81RUBY’S POV“Come on, let's head back. I'm suddenly not in the mood for a walk anymore” I told him as I held my hand out for his and he gave me his hand then I wrapped my around one of his fingers before he stood up and towered over me.With that, we grabbed our cups of coffee and began to walk back to his mansion. My heart was thundering hard, I felt like I was soon going to pass out and it was getting harder to keep a blank face and act oblivious to what just happened to him and his company.I took a peek at Dax as we walked in silence and he looked like he was in a state of turmoil. Like he was struggling with himself from within and I wondered how much he must have lost just from losing this partnership to a rival company.It wasn't going down well for his company shares and he would have to hold a meeting with his shareholders to answer their questions and explain how he let such a huge partnership slip through his fingers.I didn't know much about business but I was su
CHAPTER 82RUBY’S POVI held eye contact with Dax for a while, having no idea what to say in response to his question and he reached an eyebrow at me before mapping his fingers in my face and I blinked.“Is the question too sensitive for you? You could give me an answer when the whole situation is under control. For now, just rest, okay?” he said, u sure if what he asked triggered me and I shook my head.To lessen the chance of any more suspicion, I had to give him an answer immediately. Anything believable was the best so I thought hard and finally, something popped into my brain.I smiled at him before tossing my phone aside so I wouldn't seem too worried about Sally when he believed Ckarissa was her mother. Then I leaned back in the cozy chair of the car’s backseat before dragging in a long breath and letting it out to calm myself down.“It's not like that. I may not be Sally’s mother and this might sound crazy but you can call it motherly love. I'm not a mother but Sally is like a
CHAPTER 83RUBY’S POVDax pulled me in for a hug to comfort me and I succumbed to his hold, letting my forehead pressed against his chest while he patted me on the back to stop me from crying all over again.Thanks to Simon, we arrived at the hospital in no time and I ran to the reception where a nurse stood behind the counter.I asked for Clarissa Tovaro since she was Sally’s guardian and I was directed to the second floor.Without glancing back to see if Dax and Simon were following, I rushed up the stairs because I didn't have the patience to wait for the elevator and soon, I was on the second floor.I began to check all the rooms I walked past and after walking out of the second room, I saw Clarissa sitting on one of the benches in the passage and I rushed toward her.“Clarissa, is she okay? Please tell me she's fine” I said as I knelt before her and she looked up at me with fearful eyes. She smiled in relief immediately after our eyes met and she pulled me into a hug.“I'm so sor
CHAPTER 84RUBY’S POVLater that night, after I had rushed home to take a shower and wear fresh clothes, I returned to the hospital, ignoring the fact that my luggage had arrived, and chose to stay with Sally instead until she would be awake.She woke up when it was only a few minutes to midnight and I was overjoyed to see her awake again. Dax wasn't with us this time, he had returned to his house along with Simon so it was just me and Clarissa tending to Sally after the doctor had checked her vitals and redressed her wound.“I lost my shit when I received your call, Clarissa. I was so scared for Sally and for a moment, I had this horrifying scene play out in my head where I lost her just because I was with Dax” I told Clarissa after we had read many stories to Sally just to put her back to bed.Clarissa slapped me on the arm when I finished talking and I winced before glaring at her.“What was that for? I was having an emotional moment of relief” I snapped at her and she gave me a po
CHAPTER 85RUBY’S POVThe next day, Sally was midway through her breakfast as I fed her when Dax walked into the ward with Simon right on his trail and we both smiled at each other immediately our eyes met. Clarissa had gone home to have a bath and get dressed in clean clothes for the day before returning to the hospital so it was just me and Sally in the ward.Immediately Simon was told that Clarissa was back home, he bid us goodbye and left for our house to get her and drive her back to the hospital and I couldn't help but chuckle in amusement to myself once he was gone. They were really both whipped for each other and didn't care about being open about it.Once Simon was gone, Dax went straight to the bed to meet Sally whose eyes had instantly brightened on seeing him and he patted his palm over her head with a softness in his eyes while he looked at her.“I heard you fell, Sally. Did someone try to hurt you or was it while you were playing?” he asked her and I didn't miss the dan