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Chapter 65: Disappear

Chapter 65: Disappear

Rayna frowned in confusion. What was Ruby talking about? How did he refuse to see the truth if she didn’t get to tell him?

"You’re getting me confused, Rubes. What exactly is going on? Tell me in plain words." .com

Ruby burst into tears again, her heart breaking all over again as everything that happened in that room came rushing back. She exhaled and wiped her face, telling herself she needed to be strong for her baby.

"I tried to tell him the truth, Ray. But...." she let her words trail off and Rayna sighed in frustration.

"But what, Rubes? What happened?"

"He didn’t believe me," Ruby said, her voice breaking. "He... he threw me away like I was nothing. And my own mother—she said I ruined everything. That I was selfish. Ivy cried, and they all rushed to her like she was the victim."

"Oh God..." Rayna murmured. "Ruby... wait. Did I just hear you say Ivy? Your mother siding with her? What are you talking about?" Rayna asked and Ruby gathered her strength to tell her all that happened at the hospital and how Ivy’s appearance had shocked her.

Ruby leaned her head back against the bench, tears finally sliding down her cheeks. "I don’t understand, Rayna. I stood by him when he was broken. I protected him from everything—even my own heart. And now... it’s like I never existed. Like none of it mattered."

"I’m so sorry," Rayna whispered. "I just wish I was there."

"I wish you were too," Ruby said. "Because right now... I feel like I have no one. I don’t feel.... I have no one, Ray."

There was a long silence, then Rayna said softly, "Of course you do, baby. You still have me. And you still have your baby."

Ruby sucked in a sharp breath, her hand instinctively going to her stomach. Her baby. The tiny life growing inside her, innocent and unaware of the war tearing her apart.

Though Stefan had thrown her away but this child.... he knew nothing of what his father was doing so how could she blame and say she has no one?

"I feel so sorry for him, Ray. He won’t even know his father," Ruby murmured. "I was going to tell Stefan about the baby. But after today... how can I?" .com

Rayna was quiet for a moment. Then she said firmly, "You can’t tell him. Not now. It’s not safe, Ruby. They’re turning everything against you. You need to protect yourself—and the baby. If Ivy knows about the baby it means they’ve lost and she wouldn’t let it slide——"

"But I want to fight," Ruby said. "I want to make him see the truth. I want to stand in that house and scream until he hears me." f .r e\ewebnov(e)(l).c om

"I know," Rayna replied. "But now’s not the time to fight. Not while you’re this vulnerable. You’re pregnant, heartbroken, and surrounded by people who want to erase you. You need to disappear for a while. Regroup and heal."

"Disappear..." Ruby repeated, her voice hollow.

"Come to Florittle," Rayna urged. "Stay with me. No one knows you’d be here. You’ll be safe. You can figure things out without anyone breathing down your neck. And if Stefan can get to see the truth early, then fine but if not, don’t bother them, please."

Ruby closed her eyes, imagining Rayna’s little apartment, the calm streets of Florittle, the quiet mornings and late-night talks they used to have. A sanctuary. That was what Rayna was offering.

"I don’t even have anything packed," Ruby whispered.

"Just grab your passport and whatever you can carry. I’ll buy you clothes when you get here. Just come. Please, Ruby."

She looked down at her stomach again, then stood up slowly. Her legs felt like lead, but she forced them to move.

"Okay," she said. "I’m coming."

She ended the call and began walking, one hand cradling her stomach as if shielding her child from the poison she was leaving behind.

The taxi ride to the house was smooth but as soon as she got there, all the emotions she had been holding up shattered like a glass being dropped to the ground as it came crashing down like a tidal wave.

The house, once a place she had begun to think of as home, now felt foreign. Each wall seemed to whisper betrayal, each step echoed with a memory she wasn’t ready to face. Her hands trembled as she walked in through the front door, her heart pounding in her chest.

Inside, the silence was deafening even though the household staffs were going about their activities. Looking at them, she could see almost all of them had been changed and that was when she realized this plan had been in mode for quite a while. She was the one who didn’t see it coming. She’d been gullible and naive.

Ruby walked past the living room where Stefan had once held her, whispering promises into her hair. Past the dining table where they had shared quiet dinners. Every room bore the ghost of a moment that now meant nothing.

She entered her—no, Ivy’s—bedroom and grabbed a duffel bag from the closet. It didn’t matter what she took. Clothes were just clothes now. What she needed was distance. Air. A place to breathe without the weight of betrayal pressing down on her lungs.

She packed in a blur—two dresses, some essentials, her prenatal vitamins and the photo from her scan result, smiling like the world was hers.

When she reached for her passport in the drawer, her fingers brushed against a small velvet box. Curious, she opened it—only to find the necklace Stefan had given her weeks ago, the one he said reminded him of the stars. She stared at it, then quietly shut the box and slipped it into her bag.

Some reminders were painful, yes—but they were also real. And she didn’t want to forget that she had existed, even if Stefan chose to forget.

She gave the room one final glance before heading out, with the scan result in hand. As she walked past her and Stefan’s bedroom, a thought crossed her mind and she stepped into the room.

Ivy could have him for all she cared but then, it also wouldn’t hurt to create some problems between them she thought as she slipped the result into one of Stefan’s documents that was lying on the bedstand.

Now, Stefan would see it and be expecting Ivy to tell him about their baby but Ivy wouldn’t since she doesn’t even know about it and if for anything, Stefan asked her, Ivy was going to deny it and that would raise suspicions.

Either way, they wouldn’t be happy either.