A warm bathe

Chapter 23

A WARM BATHE

Rubys Pov;

I scurried behind him like a lost puppy, grinning from ear to ear.

I couldn't get the look on Ella's face out of my head.

It was so interesting.

"Are you okay? How you feeling?" he turned swiftly and asked, taking me by surprise.

My breath seized for a moment and all I could do was stare at him.

" Yeah...I'm...I'm fine" my voice came out weirder than I had expected.

Why do I always seem to stammer around him?.

He nodded and moved to the wardrobe. He brought out a shirt from it and walked into the bathroom.

I gritted and bit my lower lip in pain as soon as he was gone.

The pain came nudging at me and I fell to the bed, grabbing and holding the bed sheet tight like it's the cause of my predicament.

I tried hard not to cry.

No...he can't see me cry. He definitely can't. Not after I've told him I'm okay.

I seem to be better when he's around.

I heard the bathroom door creaking open, and I had to quickly adjust and put on a smiling face.

He dropped his to