Chapter Fifty three

Valerian's POV

"Do you still have an eye on Ruby ?" I asked Jared.

"Yes. The weird thing is she's been at her house all this while."

"Why do you say weird?"

He looked at me as if I didn't know who Ruby was, she wasn't the soulful, meditative type to just look at herself indoors for hours.

But then again, she was a woman scorned so her behavior was understandable, I guess….

Honestly, women, whatever race or species they were, were complicated as hell.

I sighed out loud, not wanting to dwell on that.

"Just take care of it." I waved it off to Jared.

"I am. I have a feeling there's something shady going on with her, this isn't typical Ruby behavior."

"Don't forget I've all but called off the marriage, so she might be just licking her wounds or whatever women do." I chip in.

"Nah, there's something else." He intoned, tapping his fingertips on the desk.

"If you think so, then figure it out." I stood up and stretched a bit, working out all the kinks in my shoulders and my back from sittin