Ruby
"Where's Catherine?" Kace asked Newana the question, we all wanted to ask. But keep that to ourselves, waiting for someone else to ask that question. Apparently, everyone had the same thing going on in their mind and kept quiet while eating breakfast.
I was smearing Nutella on another bread, whereas Vexon was eating the one I placed on his plate.
"She had to go back to her apartment. It was urgent. Some college assignment or something," Newana answered.
No wonder why the other seat beside Vexon was empty. Beside Vexon, because I sat on my chair before he could sit. I didn't want to talk to that Cat again.
Vexon seemed to notice that and he glared at me, but couldn't swap seats as Cason was on his seat too. When Cason noticed that I sat on my seat, he hurried and sat on his one, before Vexon could even look at his seat. Orson followed Cason.
So this breakfast was going on peacefully. I kept another Nutella bread on his plate, earning a glare for him. But I just glared at him back. How dare he go without having breakfast?
"Unbelievable!" Cason's tone held disbelief.
"What?" I asked curiously.
"It's been a day here and he is already whipped," Kendrik joked. I decided to step out of the conversation and eat my breakfast.
"Says the one who's whipped for more than seven years," Vexon snapped back at him.
"I'm the cool one, you know? Y'all are whipped," Cason rejoined the conversation.
"Yeah, sure," Kace interfered.
I glanced at Newana, to find her looking at her phone with a weird, more like a worried look. Why was she always on her phone?
I looked at Pearl. She was busy stuffing pizza in her mouth. Who loved eating pizza in the morning? Pearl did.
"Ruby, we didn't get a chance to talk. I need to talk to you. You know, as a mother-in-law," Vanera said politely.
Vexon was in between us, so only he could hear. He just side-eyed me before going back to argue with his brothers.
"Okay." I smiled.
"Alright. I get it! You both are not whipped but always listen to your wife. And I'm whipped because I have no woman. The end." Cason raised his hands up in surrender.
"Exactly," both Kendrik and Vexon spoke together, throwing daggers at Cason.
And here I thought they preferred to stay silent while eating, I sighed.
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I was just roaming around the house like a helpless wanderer, due to my boredom. Vanera told me she would talk with me, but she shifted it to night time. She had to go and attack another gang or something like that.
Kendrik took Pearl to buy furniture for the new apartment they would be moving in. They wanted to live a normal life, not a luxurious but comfortable one.
Surprisingly, Newana worked in the Bevines' Armament Company. It didn't even get in my mind that she was working in the company. But then again, if she didn't work, she would be bored, just like I was.
Others accompanied Vanera. Were they attacking another gang?
It felt weird, having a group of Mafias as my family.
No, Ruby. They aren't your family. You have to escape.
Whenever I thought about escaping, my mind drifted to last night, when I tried to explain to Vexon that I needed to go shopping. Why did I even use that excuse?
I decided to go to my room and watch a movie. But I ended up watching Victorious on Netflix. It was so funny.
I looked at my watch and it was 5 p.m. already.
Are they still attacking or something? Wait, aren't the attacks dangerous? What if one gets hurt? God forbid. What if Vex��
Shrug it off, Ruby.
One of the maids knocks on the door, grabbing my attention. "Come in." I smiled at her. She was so sweet, asking me if I needed something every consecutive hour.
"Boss lady, I just wanted to ask if you need something." I looked at her name tag, before speaking.
"Maya, I do need a few muffins right now. Chocolate muffins with no peanuts. Thanks for asking." This was the first time I wanted something. All the other time, I sent her away.
"Yes, no problem. I'll tell Jasper. And that's my duty. Besides, the boss said to��" she bit her tongue as if she spoke something inconvenient.
I furrowed my eyebrows. "What? Boss�� what?"
She shook her head. "Please, I didn't say anything, boss lady. Okay? Don't tell the boss. I'll bring your muffins," with that, she rushed away from the room.
I looked at her confusingly. Did Vexon tell her to ask me every hour? Is she informing him about me all the time?
My series of questions came to an end when I heard the door click. I continued watching Victorious.
"Keep the muffins here and bring Hershey syrup. I forgot to inform you earlier."
How come Maya was so early? Nonetheless, I waited for the tray of muffins to be placed in front of me. But it didn't happen. Weird.
"Do I look like a servant?" Vexon's voice was heard, which I loved when he questioned anything.
My head turned so fast that it almost cracked. Vexon was there, wearing his brown suit. I looked at his suit weirdly.
I was damn sure he wore a grey suit today. How did it magically turn brown?
"What happened?" he asked, walking towards the dressing room. I followed him, pausing the episode I was watching.
I let out, "Ah, didn't you wear a grey suit?"
He stopped taking out his clothes and hesitated before answering. "No?" It came more like a question. "Maybe you see everything blurry in the morning."
"Do I?" I questioned, confusingly.
I have a gut feeling, I saw him wearing a grey suit. But then again, I didn't trust anything I saw after I woke up from sleep. It took time to adjust to the real world, after a nice slumber.
He chuckled. "Maybe."
"How come you are early? Did others come too? Did you attack another gang? Who won?"
"Easy there, tigress. So many questions at once." He had a curt smile playing on his lips, which made me huff. "Anyways, others did come home. Who told you about the attack?" he asked with seriousness.
"My mother-in-law."
"Damn it! I should have told Mom," he muttered under his breath. He saw me narrowing my eyes. "And yes, to your satisfaction, we won. If we didn't win, I wouldn't be standing here right now," with that, he went inside the washroom, closing the door.
His words echoed in my mind, if we didn't win, I wouldn't be standing here right now.
Did that mean he killed other members of that rival gang? Of course.
Killing meant blood.
I gasped. "Wa��was this the reason he changed his suit?"
