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Chapter 66: Enough For Two

Chapter 66: Enough For Two

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. fre.ewebnov el.com

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.

As she stepped outside, she sighed, looking everywhere, unable to believe this was where her ties with Stefan was going to end.

Although she wanted to fight, stay and look for ways to make Stefan see her again but Rayna was right. It was time to disappear.

Not forever. Just long enough to find herself again. To protect her child. To remember that she mattered—even if the people she had once loved chose to forget.

She wouldn’t try to get Stefan or show him what he refused to see. She was just going to move on with her life and her child.

Soon, she hailed a taxi and as the taxi pulled away, Ruby didn’t look back. She couldn’t as looking back made her heart break even more.

Her eyes fixed on the road ahead, a part of her shattered—but a new part, small and steady, flickered to life inside her. A quiet strength. The kind that grows in the ruins.

Florittle was waiting. Rayna was waiting.

And somewhere within her, the fight to be heard, to be seen—not as Ivy, not as a mistake—but as Ruby... was just beginning.

The ride to the airport was a blur of tears and silence. She sat with her forehead against the window, watching Zeden disappear behind her. The city she once thought she’d find love in had only given her heartache.

Inside the terminal, she bought the next flight out. The clerk asked for her ID, her destination, her reason for travel. She answered automatically, numb and dazed. Her heart ached with every breath.

When she finally sat in her seat, the plane humming softly beneath her, Ruby let her hand rest on her stomach again.

"I’m sorry," she whispered. "I wanted you to have a father who’d love you. Who’d hold you in his arms and tell you stories about the stars. I wanted you to grow up in a home filled with warmth and laughter."

Her voice cracked. "But you have me. And I swear to you, I’ll love you enough for both of us. I’ll protect you with everything I have."

The tears returned, silent and slow, as the plane ascended into the sky. She didn’t know what waited for her in Florittle. She didn’t have a plan, or answers, or hope.

But she had a child growing inside her and a friend willing to stand beside her.

And for now... that was enough to keep her going.

Away from there, the crisp scent of antiseptic lingered in the hospital room, sterile and cold, a stark contrast to the undercurrent of tension simmering between the three people inside.

Stefan sat on the edge of the bed, his head turned slightly toward the window as he listened to the hushed rustle of paper from the doctor flipping through his file.

"You’re recovering well, Mr. Winters," the doctor said with a professional smile as he went through the test results carried out earlier. "Your latest tests look promising. We’ll discharge you this afternoon, but you’ll need to follow up regularly and continue with the eye drops and supplements. And remember, no strain."

Stefan gave a small nod. "I understand, doc."

Elizabeth, seated beside him, exhaled in relief. "Thank God this part is over," she murmured, reaching for his hand and giving it a gentle squeeze. "I’ve already made sure everything is ready at home. All that is left is you and Ivy there."

Stefan didn’t respond. His mind was already elsewhere—on Ivy while Ivy giggled shyly.

She stood near the window, her posture elegant, her fingers lightly tracing the edge of the curtain. If anyone saw her from the outside, they’d say she looked like a devoted wife, calm and patient. But Stefan was no longer blind.

Not in the way he used to be.

Since the day of his accident, Ivy had been everything: attentive, sweet, affectionate. But now that his world was no longer cloaked in darkness, he wanted to see if her warmth would hold once the shadows were gone.

Ruby had said he was blind even though he could see so now, he’d made a decision. He wouldn’t confront her, not yet especially after she’d cried that way and made it seem as though he was a heartless man.

Instead of confronting her or asking questions, he was going to observe, watch and listen. If she was real, she’d prove it with time. And if she wasn’t... well, he’d know.

Unlike when he didn’t have his sight but was left to believe what he felt, now, he had his sight and also his feelings. He’d know when it’s fake and real.