Chapter Fifty Eight

Roth had somehow taken control of the situation back at the dinner, but what Tristan said continued to bother him. He decided to disregard Tristan’s words as a joke delivered incorrectly, but Ruby was not doing that.

She had not spoken a single word since after that event, nor had she changed out of that dress from the dinner. She was sitting next to the window in her room staring outside at nothing in particular.

Roth walked up to her and put his hand on her shoulder, “He didn’t mean that Ruby.” He said quietly. He knew whatever he would say wouldn't resolve the effect of Tristan’s words.

Ruby looked up to him, “Do you not want me? Am I just a fling for you like all the others?”

“I have never been in a relationship with any woman, but I am committed to you. Doesn’t that say how much you mean to me?” Roth sat down beside her and put an arm around her shoulder, “I am sure Tristan was not serious, and even if he was, whatever he said was not true.”

Ruby kept looking down at her hand