Ruby carefully opened the door to her former room. In highschool, she always ensured her door was always under lock and key. Her mother always had a way of peeking into her room and searching for stuff. When Mrs Sonja suspected she was getting bullied, she would sneak into her room to search for proof that her daughter was being bullied. She didn’t have money but she was ready to expose those who were bullying her daughter. Ruby felt waves of nostalgia wash through her as she walked into the room, the box in her hands shakily. Her mother kept everything the same way it had always been. Her pink sheets were freshly washed and her night table was dusted. She had a weird obsession with pink when she was in highschool.Everything in her room was pink including her drapes. She remembered once after the gym, the girls had to shower before the next class. Most of the girls were so confident in their bodies and there was this obsession with Victoria’s Secret lingerie. Most of the girl

Nate and Katie waited for Hunter in the office. After he called in sick, some of Katie’s men snooped around his house to check if he was really sick. The men reported that they'd seen him at a drugstore.He had instructed his account manager to pay for the cost of damages in Archie’s pub. He also ensured Jake’s family was well taken care of and Katie assured them he was going to be found as soon as possible. She was eager to have Wyatt in her hands, he had caused so much trouble in Portland already. Each time she caught him, he always found his way out. He was a slippery as an eel but this time, she swore was going to put him behind bars finally without his money to buy his way out. “Can I help you with anything?” Bentley asked as he poked his head through the door.Nate had been spending more time at the office and Bentley began to irritate him more. “I don’t need anything” Nate replied coldly “Everything is going smoothly at the office” It was obvious Bentley was

After a long day at the office, Nate tossed his jacket on the couch as he moved to the room. He could tell that she was home already.When she texted him she wasn’t going to return home, he was sad and was going to ask her that she should come back home but he reminded himself that they weren’t dating and she was free to do whatever she wanted. “You’ve gradually developed this habit of running away from me” he smiled as he walked into the roomAs he expected, she was in her pajamas, curled up in bed, waiting for him. She had a bowl of chips and an onion dip by her side. “Of course I wouldn’t leave you” she pulled him in for a hug and they remained that way for almost a minute.He was tempted to ask her where she had been but decided not to. He was indeed curious and kind of suspected that she had a lover elsewhere but he couldn’t be too sure about that. Or what if she was seeing Ethan? He thought He immediately pushed thoughts of Ethan off his head, thinking about him ev

Nate led her to his mother’s drawing room where she spent most of her time in. She always had a tune to play on the violin. “Hey mom” Nate grinned Grace was busy playing a beautiful note that she hadn’t noticed them walk in. Her face lit up into one of the prettiest smiles Ruby had ever seen.She watched as mother and son hugged each other and Grace placed a peck on her son’s cheek. Now, she understood why he said the only people he ever loved were his parents.Being rich didn’t guarantee him true love, most of the affection people showed towards him was fake and they acted that way only because they wanted favors from him. She had witnessed how Wyatt, who used to be his father’s friend, had tried to steal his company and ruin all his hard work. It was absurd to her how he found it difficult to trust people because they ended up stabbing him in the back. “When Nate told me he was coming along with a guest, I didn’t expect that he’d come with an Angel” Grace gushed as she b

Nate was glad they were bonding but it was time to steal her back. He had gone to check out how things were running at the house as it had been a while since he paid a visit. “Okay mom, that’s enough. I promised to give Ruby a house tour” “But you live together so you’d have enough time when you get home” she groaned and rolled her eyes After a little back and forth, Nate won. He had never felt the need to show anyone where he had spent his childhood, when he heard people did it, he thought they were only being extra and cheesy. “I know the house is big but I never really cared about it. At the end of the day, I only had my room to myself” Nate started as the began to walk across the hallway, arms brushing lightly against each other “I spent all day in my room too,” she smiled. “My mother would always complain but eventually, she let me be” “I never really understood why my dad built a house this magnificent. The only place that feels like home to me is my room an