Trey:
Prepare yourself emotionally and physically.
He’s about to choose you like a Pokémon.
Ruby:
GOODBYE.
Ava:
Tell your billionaire we said haiiiiiii
CHAPTER 18
Ruby
Ipower-walk to the bathroom like I’m trying to escape a crime scene I committed. Because honestly? I kind of did.
I shove the door open, stumble in, and lock myself into the first stall with the dramatic flair of an unhinged Victorian heroine.
I drop my bag. Sit on the toilet lid. Put my face in my hands.
And whisper:
“Oh… my GOD.”
My heartbeat hasn’t slowed since the moment he saidRuby… I believe this is yoursand handed me my pen like it was a marriage certificate.
I can still feel the touch.
Just a brush. Barely anything. But my entire nervous system lit up like it was fireworks on Valentine’s Day.
I lean my head back against the metal divider.
“This can’t be happening,” I mumble.
Spoiler: it is.
I hear the bathroom door open, Ava’s voice.
“Ruby???”
Nope.
Nope nope nope.
I curl into myself like a guilty cat.
Ava knocks on my stall. “Open up, babe. It’s me.”
“No.”
“Yes.”
“No.”
Sienna’s voice joins her. “We brought tissues.”
