When she saw the caller ID, her expression changed slightly and she immediately answered the call.
’’Ruby... Is everything alright?" It was unlike Ruby to call her out of nowhere.
"Are you going to attend your parent’s anniversary this time?" Ruby asked suddenly.
’’Yes..." Ella paused for a moment, "Have they asked you to go there with Max? Ruby, you don’t need to worry about me..."
When Ruby remained silent, Ella continued speaking, ’’When I said that there is nothing between me and Max, I mean it..."
Ella would eventually show Ruby Max’s true colors to protect her from her horrible fate but till then, she would not let the girl misunderstand her.
In this life, a man would never be the reason for conflict between their friendship.
Ruby was silent for a few moments before she opened her mouth, "Actually, I am not—"
’Crash’
Following the sound, Ruby went silent.
Ella straightened on the couch, "Ruby... Ruby?!" Her heart thundered.
Suddenly Ronan’s revelation from a few days ago floated in her mind.
’Various scars and wounds, old and new were etched onto her back, her body and in other parts where they would not be seen after being dressed.’
"Ruby, are you there...? Are you fine...?!" Ella shot to her feet and walked towards the door as she spoke.
’’I’m fine."
The calm voice halted Ella in her tracks, her heart was still hanging high.
"I just knocked over a vase. It got messy."
Ella exhaled sharply.
Her heart gradually returned to its place.
After Ruby hung up, Ella returned to the couch and opened her phone.
The moment she logged in to her socials, her phone glitched.
Notifications blasted her phone screen abruptly!
Meanwhile, in the Ambrose mansion.
Ruby placed her phone aside and walked to the door.
She could hear the sounds of heavy footsteps.
’Crash’
Ruby’s body turned cold.
"Ahh....!" A sharp cry tore through her room and Ruby’s feet moved before she could think.
She rushed to the room next to hers and the sight that greeted her knocked the breath out of her chest.
Her mother was splayed on the floor, surrounded by a few shattered vases. A trail of blood flowed from the corner of her lips.
Her husband stood by the edge of the bed with a belt in his hand.
’’You ungrateful bitch! Have I not given you enough? You are still thinking of him—" As he spoke, he whipped his belt forward.
The woman closed her eyes but the expected pain never came.
But instead, a pair of thin arms hugged her.
"Ruby... Ruby...!’’
Mr. Ambrose froze.
Ruby turned around and glanced at the man who was towering over them, "Coward,’’ she spat.

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