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CHAPTER 82

RUBY’S POV

I 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