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Sitting in the living room, I watch Jake walk in. He looks from me to Bex and Ivy.
“Can we speak in private?”
“Oh, you want to talk to her in private after telling the world about her in bed?” Bex glares at him.
“Ruby, I can’t talk with these two here.” He looks at me. “The five minutes doesn’t start until we speak alone, without your guard dogs.”
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“Tempt me, Jake, and I will bite,” Bex says, barking at him, and I laugh.
“Fine, five minutes, Jake, that’s all.” I watch him get up and walk upstairs.
“He just makes himself at home. We could have left the living room.” Ivy laughs.
“Come up in five minutes.” Standing, I walk up and go into my room. “Start,” Hook at him.
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“I’m sorry, I realised I messed up. I laugh. “I did love you, Ruby.”
“Jake, what do you want?”
“To apologise and maybe sort things.”
Is he joking? “Let me guess: You don’t like the fact I kissed Oliver. Well, I don’t care; the answer is no.”
“Ruby, it wasn’t a fling, we were engaged!”
“For money, well, you were anyway, not me. For me it was real, for you it was a ticket to cash.” Why is he set on getting back together?
“Please, just consider it. I’m sorry. I messed up. I said awful things, but I didn’t mean them.”
“Jake.”
“No, just listen, come with me. Let’s visit my dad, get away for a few days, and we will fix things.” laugh.
“I’m not going to see your dad with you.”
“Ruby please, he rang me and wants me to go down.”
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“Then have fun.” I’m not going with him.
“Please! Stop being stubborn. He asked me to bring you.”
“The answer is no, Jake.”
His eyes narrow. “Come on, Ruby, I’m here trying to sort it out. Just for a few days, my dad wants to see you again. Apparently, he wants to talk to us.”
I don’t believe that. “Jake.”
“I swear, he is insistent you come with me. Anything I tried, he ignored.” Why would his dad insist I go?
Looking at Jake, I now realise he wants me to go to keep up the act. “We go, Jake…” He nods and smiles. “And you tell him we’re over when we get there.”
“You’re not willing to at least give it another try?”
“Jake, you had cheated on me more than once.” I will go with him, purely because he said his dad insisted, so I am guessing he wants to bring it up with me there.
“Look, I’m sorry. Please.” I watch as he kneels and holds out the ring. Is he joking? “Ruby, I love you. I’m sorry, I swear. Please, I will do anything!”
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“Anything?” This could be fun.
“I swear down, anything you want, I will do it!”
“Message everyone you spoke shit about me to and tell them you lied.” He nods, and my hand goes up. “You tell them that I wasn’t the problem. It was merely you who can’t fuck me right.”
“Ruby! That’s too far.”
“Oh, so you mocking me and calling me names isn’t, but speaking the truth about yourself is? I guess you don’t want me to be there when you see your dad. Have fun seeing your dad alone.”
“Fine! When we get to my dads I will send the messages, I swear it.”
“Time.” I laugh hearing Bex.
“You can leave, we’ve sorted things.” Jake stands and smiles at her.
“Jake, I never said things were sorted.” He’s not listening.
“Then let’s talk and sort it.” My eyes roll.
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“Bex, it’s fine. Go to bed. You have work tomorrow.” She nods. and leaves. “You’re not here because you want me, Jake; you’re here because you’re scared your dad will stop the money when he finds out we’re not together.” I’m not a fool.
“No, I have the money. He can’t stop me from getting it, Ruby. This was me realising I saw you with Oliver, and I realised how much I love you.”
Sitting, we talk, and no matter what he says, I know this is fear. Fear his dad will find out the truth and cut him off. Is he really going to sit here and make out like he loves me just to keep money?
I watch him come back from the toilet; his hand reaches down, and he picks something up. “When did you wear this, or even get it?” He holds up the leather one–piece.
“Jake, stop touching my things.” He nods and places it down.
“I just hadn’t seen it before, that’s all. It’s not exactly something you would normally wear.”
“I wear different things; I agreed to come with you; that’s as far as this goes.”
“Are you really saying there is nothing I can do to sort this?”
“Jake, I need a drink.” Standing, I walk down and grab a glass
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and bottle. Walking back up, he looks up at me from some papers. Shit.
Grabbing them, I put them in my drawer.
“That’s why? You’re what? Getting into some weird shit with a guy?”
“Jake, I said leave my shit alone.”
“I just want the truth! I’m apologising, I’m begging, and you say no. Why? Because you’re planning to fuck a random guy?” My mouth opens, and he continues. “If you had shown this side of you while we were together, things might have worked.”
“Might have? See Jake, I’m not the issue, you are. I’ve agreed to come, and I will. Now stop!”
“Sorry, I just don’t want to lose you. So how about you consider it and decide when we’re there? Don’t rush to decide now, Ruby. Really consider it. You loved me. That must still be there somewhere.”
This guy doesn’t quit. “I will consider it, but it’s highly unlikely I will get back with you, Jake. So be ready to tell your dad it’s over.” He nods and leans forward, my hand going up and stopping him.
“So I can’t even kiss you?”
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“Jake, it’s late. Good night. I will see you in the morning to drive down there.” I watch him stand, his eyes on the drawer.
“Consider it, you’re going to throw away love for a fling with a random guy?” Turning, he leaves, and my body falls backwards. I can’t deal with him; God knows how I will stop myself from strangling him in the car tomorrow.