Chapter 22
“Jesus!!!” Ruby screamed as the door of her room suddenly burst open with a loud bang.
“Jaxon, where are you?” She cried helplessly, her whole body was, her clothes completely wet from sweating.
“Please don’t come close..” she muttered repeatedly to herself as she heard some footsteps.
Before her down was broken down, she heard some commotion in the sitting room, the sounds of men grunting and fighting. She had no idea what it was and was even too scared to step outside.
“Please don’t come close..”She shuddered silently. Whoever was in her room was fast approaching and she could see his black boots from the little hole.
“Don’t…” her voice trailed off and she buried her head down. The person was already standing in front of her wardrobe and he suddenly opened the door without any effort.
Ruby didn’t even dare to raise her head as she wept.
“Ruby,” The person called her, it was Jaxon.
“You can come out now, I’m here now..” his voice was low and coaxing as she squatted in front of her.
His men had already taken the intruders away and he was going to deal with them later and find out who was behind the attack, but firstly he needed to make sure she was fine.
He looked around the room and saw some blood droplets which traced to the wardrobe. She was injured and he was sure it was from the broken glasses.
“Jaxon..” Ruby called slowly, reluctant to raise her head up as she was too scared to look up.
“Yes, it’s. You’re safe now” He replied softly, reaching out to hold her when Ruby suddenly threw herself in his arms, brawling her eyes out.
“It’s okay” he whispered as her petite body trembled against him.
She held him so tight like she never wanted to let him go.
Jaxon was never the one to comfort a person and he didn’t know how to do it either.
So he just stayed still and allowed her to cry to her heart’s content.
“Are you okay?” He asked after a while, but Ruby quickly shook her head that was buried in his arms.
No, I’m not” She responded in a ruffled voice.
Now she was beginning to feel the pain from the cut.
“I’m not fine at all..” she repeated in a hoarse voice.
“It’s okay, you’re safe now” He hushed as she only shook her head. Her hold on him was still very tight, evident that she was still scared.
“We should leave here” he announced.
“Stand up,” he said to her, but Ruby remained unmoving, she was still very frightened by what happened.
“Oh geez..” Jaxon sighed. This was going to be very hard for him. He thought to himself.
He finally wrapped his hands around her as he helped her stand up on her feet.
“Fuck!” He cursed, now he was noticing how wet her shirt was, just from sweating.
How terrified was she exactly? He thought to himself.
“Thank goodness you didn’t peed your pants,” he uttered in sarcasm as he rolled his eyes.
“Look at me Ruby” he instructed, placing his hands on her shoulders as he made her look at him.
” Seriously..” he uttered, for how long has she been crying? Her eyes were red, her eyes puffy, she looked like a little child.
“Damn..” He cursed sucking in a deep breath as Ruby stared at him wondering if he lost his mind. He had been swearing since he came.
“Use this to cover yourself up..” Jaxon abruptly grabbed a cloth from behind her and he threw it at her.
She was in a tight shirt that was stuck to her body, due to too much sweat and he allegedly saw something he was not supposed to see.
Her nipples were standing out. He bit his lips hard as he looked away from her.
He was still a man.
“You’ll be coming with me” he informed her, collecting the jacket from her, covering her up himself as she was doing it too slowly.
“And you’ll live with me from now on. I’m sure you wouldn’t refuse now. If only you agreed earlier, this shit wouldn’t be happening!!” He scolded his voice cold.
Ruby stared at him in disbelief, here she was weak and he was still scolding her. She suddenly began to feel teary again.
“What is it now?” He asked, his hands on his waist as he noticed that she was sulking and whimpering at the same time.
“Someone is trying to kill me..” A sob escaped her lips.
She still hadn’t forgotten about the note.
“There was a note” she informed her skin paled.
“What note?” Jaxon questioned, his forehead creased.
“Here” She handed over the squeezed paper to him as he read it.
“I don’t want to die,” She cried.
“You’re not dying” Jaxon pointed out as he pushed the note into his pockets.
“First of all, let’s get out of here, your wound needs to be treated” he informed as Ruby’s eyes darted to her leg which was stained with dried blood.
“Let’s go..” he gestured walking over to the door.
“Why are you not coming? Do you want to remain here so they’ll come and continue from where they stopped?” He questioned his voice dripping with sarcasm. He was completely oblivious of why she couldn’t walk.
“I can’t walk..” she muttered as realization hit Jaxon.
He walked up to her and lifted her up, carrying her in his arms.
He carried her to his car which was packed outside and placed her carefully in the front seat.
Ruby watched him approach a man as they both spoke in hushed tones. There were two other cars parked in front of her place.
Soon after, he came into the car.
“Is there anything you’ll be needing?” He questioned, starting the car.
“Because I won’t allow you to come back to this place, not until our contract is over..” He stated in a firm voice. She was now his responsibility. He needed to protect her as it was evident that she was wanted dead by someone.
And to think that the death threats started coming after the news of their marriage was leaked.
Ruby only nodded at him as he drove off. The ride back to his place was quiet and no one spoke to the other. Jaxon’s eyes were fixed on the road, a gentle melody coming from the car speakers.
Ruby just rested against the car seat, her eyes shut as she tried to recover from the shock.
They soon arrived at his villa and he packed his car in front of his house.
He stepped out of the car and walked over to the other side to carry Ruby.
“We’re home” he announced, opening the car door.
“Ruby” he called, but her eyes were closed. So he immediately guessed that she was sleeping and proceeded to carry her.
He had already shut the door to his car when he noticed something unusual, her body was limp and her body temperature was high.
“Fuck this!!” He cursed, checking her pulse. She was still breathing but weakly.
“So many events for tonight..” he hissed, sucking in a deep breath, with a frustrated look on his face.
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