Mr CEO’s Little Bride

DINNER DATE

Ruby’s Pov;

She was just as beautiful as the rude girl I met at the mall the other time.

Come to think of it, why was the rude girl clinging onto Nathan so much. How annoying!!.

Who’s she to him? I was so curious and quickly left the window to go finish up with my dressing.

Gosh!! How come she’s here?. I was so mad as the memories of that day came flooding in.

Was she acting that way because she’s related to Nathan?.

Ahh!! Can’t believe she’s here.. in my house. The world is indeed a small place.

I don’t know who she is to Nathan but they look quite close and I knew without a doubt that she would be trouble for me.

There’s no way she would have forgotten about that day, just as I haven’t. Let’s just hope she will keep her mouth shut, at least until dinner is over.

I added a little lipgloss to my lips before stepping out of the room.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

I wanted to stay in a little while longer but I knew it was rude to keep the guests waiting. My father raised me better than than.

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Mr and Mrs Martins exchanged pleasantries with Mr Staffers, Ruby’s father.

” Oh, Staffers. It’s so good to see you again after all these years” Tracy greeted warmly.

” Good evening sir, ma’am” Michael greeted also, with his cute innocent voice.

” Evening darling, how you doing?” Tracy asked, ruffling his hair with a huge smile on her face.

Nathan greeted Mr Staffers grumpily before going to take a seat on the couch.

Ella greeted also and so did their cousin that went with them, Chelsea.

She was a kind, sweet girl.

The duo later left to go meet Nathan, leaving the adults to talk about private stuff.

” I can’t wait to meet the girl you would be getting married to” Chelsea said smilingly to Nathan who was just pinging away on his phone.

He seemed to be unconscious of all that was going on around him.

He didn’t give a damn or even brought his head to look at Chelsea when she was talking to him.

He had ignored her completely, but she understood him because she knew he has always been like that. It’s not like she was even expecting an answer or anything like that.

Chelsea was his second cousin – his mom’s older sister’s daughter and that’s why he was so fond of her.

He has lots of other cousins and relatives but only Chelsea was close to him the way Ella was.

To him, she reminds him of his mom because they have a striking resemblance.

Weird right!! Everyone had found this strange but it was a good thing for Nathan and that’s one of the reasons he adores her so much, and that’s why she could talk to him in a way others can’t and she also seem to be the only one that understands him.

He’s a very difficult person and people often ask her how she copes with him, and in situations like this, she would only smile rather than give a suitable answer.

She has gotten used to his cold personality since there was nothing she could do about it.

She has tried so much in the past to help him change, but all her efforts yielded no results and she decided to give up and just try to look for ways to be supportive of him instead.

” I really don’t know why you have to get married” Ella whined for the upteenth time.

She was irritating Nathan so much but he decided to keep his cool and not do anything about it.

In a way, his marriage will be a way to get her out of her weird fantasy and the obsession she has over him.

” I can see you are all set. Where’s Ruby? I don’t see her here” Mr Martins asked Mr Staffers.

” Oh!! She went in some minutes ago to freshen up. You know, she was the one that prepared all these, so..” Mr Staffers tried to explain.

” You don’t need to explain, we understand” Mr Martins enthused.

” Oh, my! She prepared all these herself. You must have brought her up so well. I must say she really grew up well without her mom” Tracy added and they all bursted into laughter.

” Uhmm… where’s your little boy? I thought he was here some minutes ago” Mr Martins asked, noticing Michael’s absence.

” Yeah, I am sure he went to meet his big sister,” Mr Staffers answered.

They went on to talk about other things pertaining to the wedding.

Meanwhile, Michael was on his way to go meet Ruby when he saw her on the way.

” Ruby!!” he ran to meet her and embraced her warmly as he did.

She ruffled his hair, pulled him off her and held his hand, as they both walked to the dinning.

They got there to find the others already seated.

They hurriedly walked in.

” Oh, here they are” that was their Dad.

Ruby walked with Michael’s tiny hand in hers. She couldn’t get why she was feeling so uneasy.

It was all so new and strange to her.

They got to the table and she froze as she did, battling her eyelashes severally to be sure her eyes weren’t deceiving her.

What the…??

Ruby’s Pov;

Holy Molly!! I didn’t think I could breathe at that point.

Now I get why Diane was acting all crazy. This guy is definitely not human. I now understand what she was saying.

While I was surprised to see his beauty up close, the mall girl was shocked to see me.

I noticed her gasp but ignored it as best as I could, before snapping out of my reverie and dragging my feet to a chair close to Dad, making Michael sit close to me.

I got up again to dish our meal before sitting down again and that was when the conversation started

” Oh, my!! You’re so pretty” a lady said.

I couldn’t tell if she was a lady or just a woman. She was very young and could pass for a teenager.

Also very pretty too.

” Good evening sir, ma’am” I greeted.

They both smiled at me and asked how I was doing.

They were so nice and spoke calmly and sweetly.

All this time, I stole glances at Nathan and noticed he was the cool type.

I guess he doesn’t like to talk much or maybe he’s just flustered.

I ended my small conversation with his parents and we all returned to our meals but the mall girl or whatever, wouldn’t stop glaring at me.

I guess she’s mature after all. She didn’t say a word.

But I so know we have a score to settle later and her eyes were telling me all these.

I then decided to try as much as possible to avoid making eye contact with her.

I looked at the toher girl who introduced herself as Chelsea. She smiled lovingly at me and I could tell she was nice.

He was her cousin, while the mall girl was his sister.

Gosh!! Why does she have to be his sister I could never have guessed.

I hope she won’t pose a problem later on, because I’m more than ready to deal with her.

I’m not scared of her, and what was that act she was putting on earlier? Why was she holding onto him like that? It totally creeped me out back there.

Goodness!!.

I’ll have to put her in her place. She better not try anything with me.

Except for the sound of our cutleries, no other noise could be heard.

This went on for a long time until Nathan’s father finally decided to break the silence.

” So, Nathan, how long is it gonna take you to introduce yourself. Everyone here at this table has done that?” he asked, not raising his head to look at who he was talking to.

” You should be happy I came here with you” Nathan said spitefully, his head down to his meal, which he was barely eating.

He hasn’t put a single thing in his mouth.

But damn!!! His voice is so angellic, I couldn’t stop drooling.

His Dad kept quiet. I guess he was dumbfounded, but that doesn’t matter much to me, as I took out that quiet time to study Nathan’s features.

As I had already known from the little time I was able to get a glimpse of his face, his eye color were ocean blue, and they dazzled, so much… so much that I got lost staring at them.

It was just for a while but I could feel my heart racing.

My crazy heart. I wonder why I was feeling that way.

I have never felt that way before, not even towards Louis.

What’s suddenly wrong with me?.

His pale skin and bloody red lips made his beauty more alluring and princely.

His round face looked like it was already made for the type of hair cut on his hair.

His hair was silky, rough and dark. He didn’t bother to fall or even make it straight. It was curly and scattered, covering a small part of his face, but all of his forehead.

He looked insanely handsome this way. He was in an all black attire with gold jewelries dripping from him.

I wondered why a guy would love jewelries so much.

I bet he would be glittering when he gets under the sun.

Goodness! He’s just so heavenly in every way, I was in a bind.. I couldn’t believe this was the guy I was gonna be getting married to.

Holy Christ!! How am I even gonna live with him? I’m sure I would suffocate to death.

His voice will keep sweeping me off my feet and I would keep getting lost in his deep blue eyes.

Oh, my!! I’m in huge trouble.

” Woah!! I have to say, you did a great job Ruby. The meal was wonderful” his mom’s voice snapped me out of my thoughts.

I looked at her and the rest of them to see they were done with their meal.

I managed a smile out of my lips. I was feeling uneasy and my palms were all sweaty.

I was the only one apart from Nathan that still have a plate full of food.

Well, mine his different from his because he wasn’t eating in the first place.

I bet he just decided to sit there because he didn’t want to come off as disrespectful.

” Uhm… please excuse me, I would like to use the restroom” I said and quickly excused myself, walking to my room.

I got in and slumped on the bed and let out the breathe I didn’t know I had been holding.

Goodness gracious!! I couldn’t breathe properly out there.

It was so much tension that am not used to

I’m a tough girl but there are still a lot of things I can’t handle.

” I found you” I heard that familiar voice, with a hint of spite in it.

I got up to find her in my room.

Great! How did she find me and why’s she here?.

I sat on the end and we engaged in a eye battle.

She folded her arms across her chest as we both waited for the other to say something.

” Uhm… aren’t you going to say anything to me?” she asked, flickering her eyes at me.

I looked round and then back at her.

” I don’t get. What am I supposed to say to you?” I asked her, honestly not getting where she was coming from.

” Seriously. Are you sure you have nothing to say to me?” she asked again and I shook my head.

She huffed.

” Arent you gonna apologize to me?” she asked irritatedly.

” Uhm… what for?” I asked surprised.

” Seriously? You’re asking me what for. Have you forgotten what happened at the mall. Oh, woah!! I can’t believe this. I can’t believe we ended up meeting each other like this. I can’t believe we found each other and I can’t believe you’re saying this to me now?”

” Have you forgotten you’re getting married to my brother? What do you think he will do if he finds out what…”

“Get out” I cut her off rudely, getting of from the bed.

I was going to walk past her when she held my hand, dragging me back..

” What the? Fuck off!!” I cussed angrily, as I turned to face her and we both glared at eachother.

” What’s going on here?” we heard a voice behind us.