We saw his hand
ON
YOUR
BACK
Ruby:
IT WAS VERY LIGHT
STOP MAKING IT SOUND LIKE HE HANDCUFFED ME
Trey:
Did he
Because I would support that narrative
Ruby:
GOODBYE
CHAPTER 41
Ruby
By the time we reach his office, my pulse is out of control.
He closes the door behind us.
Turns toward me.
And the look he gives me, soft, fierce, certain, undoes me completely.
“Ruby,” he says quietly, “come here.”
And god help me, I do.
Time moves weird after “Come to me tonight.”
Like the world knows I’m about to make terrible, delicious choices and decides to speed-run the afternoon.
I try to work. I really do.
But my brain is a slideshow of:
His hands
His mouth
The way he said “I haven’t stopped thinking about you”
The way he said “Tonight” like a promise
The way my body reacted like a Pavlovian thirst trap
By 5pm, I’m vibrating.
