Ruby
"Oh no! Why do you keep running away? Come back, boss lady!" Jay Wilow, my trainer hollered.
Still, I didn't listen to him. Rather I kept running towards my bedroom. I closed the door and locked it properly. I was panting hard.
It was around eleven in the morning. I couldn't sleep after I gave Vexon his breakfast due to the training.
I thought the training wouldn't be hard. But guess what? It was the hardest thing in the world. This was the third day of my training and I already hated it.
Moreover, Jay made me do pushups and squats. Not to forget about the heavyweights I had to lift. My hand almost broke. He told me that he would end the class with more 25 pushups and 40 squats without a break which he said every day. But I never agreed with this. So I always ran away from him.
If training meant dying, I would rather die by a gunshot.
"Boss lady, open the door," Jay spoke from the other side of the door.
"No!" I hollered.
"I've to inform bos��" I interrupted him.
"No, Jay Jay!"
"My name is Jay," he deadpanned.
"Jay sounds weird. Jay Jay sounds cute," I spoke from inside my bedroom, and he sighed. "And don't inform your boss. I promise to complete the exercises tomorrow. Promise!"
"Sure?" he asked, unsure of my promise.
"Pinky promise!"
"Fine. You have to do today's remaining exercises including tomorrow's one," Jay said.
I rolled my eyes. I was going to run away from him tomorrow as well.
"Okay," I let out.
Soon, I heard his faded footsteps. I unlocked the door, realizing he left.
My phone rang all of sudden to which, I jumped at the sound. I picked it up from the nightstand and received the call.
"How was your training today?" Vexon asked from the other side of the call.
"Good," I replied with a smile. Hearing his voice automatically formed a smile on my face.
"Sure? Did he treat you well?" he inquired, confused at my response.
"Yup. Jay Jay treated me very well," I lied bluntly. After all, he didn't know that I used to run away from the training.
"That name is getting weirder with every passing day," Vexon commented.
"No. Calling him only Jay sounds weird, doesn't it? So Jay Jay sounds cuter," I reasoned out.
He sighed through the phone. "Why do I think I should give you a female trainer? No... actually, I think I'll do that."
"No," I instantly protested.
Jay was the trainer who never complained to Vexon about my daily activities. Plus, he was easy to manipulate.
"Why?" he questioned but I could sense a hint of jealousy in his tone.
"Because he is a nice trainer. He listens to me when I��" I stopped midway and bit my tongue at my stupidity.
"When you what?" He was getting beyond impatient.
"I, well, when I...rant?"
"When you rant? Geez, Ruby! I sent him to teach you something, not to gossip with you. I need to change him," he mumbled the last part.
"No!"
"Stop it. I don't like the way you are trying to save him," Vexon let out. "I have a meeting right now. We will talk about this at home."
He cut the call. I kept the phone back in its place. After changing my clothes, I started scrolling through my Instagram. I decided to reply to my friends' text.
Almost everyone knew now that I was married to Vexon because, after that incident, he didn't wait for the reception. He released the news to the press and now, almost everyone knew.
Max:
Do u know that the exam is near? It sucks. R u gonna give it, Rubster?
Tiffany:
Ofc. Why wouldn't she? This is the last semester and then we will graduate.
Mel:
Exactly. When r u coming, Ruby?
Darwin:
Will u attend the remaining classes? The exam starts next week.
Steve:
She's happily married, isn't she?
I read all the texts.
I had the last semester left before I earned a bachelor's degree. I was majoring in Computer Science. I wanted to do a nice job related to IT, but now, I didn't know what to do.
What if Vexon didn't allow me to pursue my dream? What if he didn't want me to give the exams? What if he just wanted me to sit and do household chores?
I needed to talk with Vexon about this. After our movie day, we started getting close. It was an everyday routine now. I couldn't sleep in the morning due to training and then, I would sleep after having lunch. After Vexon got home, I would ask him about his business and he would explain it to me, then we would surf Netflix and cuddle while we sleep. So we started sharing a lot of secrets with each other.
I turned off the notifications of the text and went to the swing. I didn't know why I was getting a weird feeling; as if something was going to happen.
It was maybe I didn't get enough sleep. So I sat on the swing and wrapped the blanket around me, drifting myself to sleep.
___
"Why were you sleeping in the swing during the day?" Vexon asked, glaring at me.
"I love that soft swing," I whispered.
He sighed and ran a hand through his hair��it was a sight I loved. "Next time if I see you doing this, I'm going to throw that swing out."
I frowned at this threat but said nothing.
He got home from the office a few hours ago and now, he was getting ready to go to the base of the Gladiolus.
"Can I go to the base with you?" I asked, with the hope that he would agree. I still had that weird feeling and I wanted to go with him today. If I saw him in front of me, at least I would get some peace.
"No," he said as I grimaced. "Not today. I have some important work," Vexon stated while buttoning his shirt.
He was shirtless in front of me at first. I couldn't help but ogle his muscular body. And knowing that it was all mine, it gave me goosebumps.
"I want to talk to you about something. It's about��" he interrupted me.
"Not now, Ruby. I have to go there. Bye." He kissed my cheek and went away. Why didn't he call me 'Gem'?
I stood there for a while before deciding to wander around the mansion.
___
After having a nice chat with Keya, I got out of her room. I started walking towards my bedroom but I ended up bumping with Cason.
"Sorry," we said at the same time and laughed.
Cason had a file in his hand. As we bumped, the file fell down, all the papers spread on the floor. We leaned down to pick up the papers. I looked at one of the papers.
Shipment time: 11:00 pm.
"What is this?" I asked him curiously.
Cason chuckled. "It's the shipment time for today."
I nodded and looked at other papers. There was a shipment date and time in every paper.
"So all these papers are about the shipment for this week, right?" I inquired and he hummed in response. We arranged it back and stood up.
"Thanks," Cason said with a smile.
I smiled back.
"Don't tell anyone about this file though. I told you cause you are the queen and you have a right to know about this," he explained.
"Okay," I said and started walking away. I went past Nafeesa's door and saw Kace getting out of there.
Aren't they a bit closer than they should be? Weird.
I saw Orson sneaking out again. It was 10 PM right now. His sneaking out was going out of hand. I forget to tell Vexon about it every time.
"Boss lady," Maya called me. I turned to face her. "Ma'am Newana is calling you," she informed me.
I nodded and went to Newana's room.
"I don't have all the time in the world to spend on the attire for Gladiolus you designed," Newana retorted and handed me the completed sketch.
I squealed in happiness. In the past three days, I was working on the attire for the Gladiolus with Newana. Though she was mean, she gave awesome ideas.
I could take Nafeesa's help but I didn't. She would take all the credit and praise herself; I hated her attitude.
I looked at the sketch. I decided to let Gladiolus wear their own dresses according to their choice. I just designed a black jacket with Gladiolus imprinted on it. I also designed the embroidery on the jacket.
Everyone should wear the dress of their own choice. Their last attire designed by Vanera was a dark blue suit for both men and women. I pitied their closet.
At least the jacket would be cool. It would look badass on them and it was just a simple piece of cloth; no suit.
I took the sketch on my hand. I just needed to hand it over to Vexon. He would love it.
"Thanks!" I mumbled and hugged Newana.
"Yikes," she said in disgust but in return, I crushed her with the hug.
I missed Pearl, but with Newana, I felt like an arrogant Pearl was there with me.
___
I laid on the bed. It was past 1 AM. Vexon still didn't come home. I couldn't sleep as well because I was damn scared.
I tried calling him five times, but he didn't receive it. I even left almost fifteen text messages, but it was futile.
I was so bored. Even Netflix couldn't help my boredom.
Where is Vexon? Is he okay?
Of course, he is! Nothing is wrong.
I rolled on the bed. That damn feeling was still bugging me.
Why didn't he come home yet?
I hoped everything was fine. I saw the shipment time was almost two hours ago. So he should be home by now. I was accustomed to sleeping on his chest, so it was hard for me to fall asleep.
I heard loud footsteps approaching my bedroom. I pulled the blanket over me as the door suddenly opened.
Keya was panting hard. Her eyes were swollen as if she was crying hard. My heartbeat became faster and I got up, approaching her. "What's wrong?" I asked, nervously.
"There was an attack at the warehouse," as soon as she said those words, my whole body froze.
