❤LOVE ME NOT❌
(Ageless R0m-nce)
By: Nuri F. Chisom Pearl ✍️
💖💖💖EPISODE 34💖💖💖
Life went on, ru-by’s manager gave her some money to get a house which she did, Though she still worked as a waitress at the restaurant to get food on her table with other necessities. Later on,After a year, ru-by found a job which was being a teacher in a college. Luckily, She got in and life went smoothly for her.
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Ryan sighed as he cleaned her flowing tears.
“It’s okay….”He said softly
“I still feel guilty whenever I think about that day, I hope God will be able to forgive me” She said as tears rushed from her eyes.
“Life isn’t what it seems, It’s not a be-d of roses…. I wouldn’t say it your fault, Back then…. You only had no choice, You didn’t want to see your baby suffer….In fact, You were just blanked, You were confused and didn’t know what to do” He whispered still cleaning her pouring tears.
“I just hope people that have wronged will be able to forgive me, I know it would be ha-rd to forget–
“Who have you wronged?” Ryan cut in confused
“The spirits of my Dad and baby?”
“What? Do you believe in spirits? Oh my…. It’s okay, It’s gone already…. The past is the past… Nothing can be done already” He smiled.
ru-by looked at him and smiled too.
“By the way, What happened to you? How–
“It’s Martha!” She quickly interrupted
“Wh–What?”
“She is the one, The one behind everything evil scheme! Please, Believe me!”
“Oh…. Geez, Martha? That quite ha-rd– Ryan looked at her and paused.
He coughed loudly and looked at her in the eye.
“Okay… I believe you” Ryan finally said softly looking into her eyes.
ru-by smiled and Ryan returned the smile back at her.
“We just nee-d to get evidence, Can you make her confess…. Just record everything thing in your phone”
“It’s might be ha-rd but I’m gonna–
“She likes you…. So, It wouldn’t be ha-rd” ru-by interrupted as she faced Ryan who stared at her with a puzzled look.
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Ryan looked for Martha everywhere in school and eventually saw her sitting on the stair case, He looked at her for a while before coming close to her. Martha saw him and quickly stood up. She smiled at him.
“Are you back?” Martha asked.
“Huh? Well… Yeah” He replied with a nervous voice.
“Don’t go back, Ryan” Her voice got thicker and better. Ryan looked at her suprisedly.
“Why?” He asked.
“Don’t mind my voice but when I get really happy, My voice doesn’t become that squeaky, Instead it become Thicker and–s-xier” She smiled.
Ryan eyes blinked as he swallowed ha-rd nervously.
“I–like you, Ryan and I want you by my side because I’m the right girl for you, You might think I’m joking right now, But I’m not…. I’m truly in love with you”
“Huh? Okay… So uhh–Ryan paused as he continued staring at her. He was nervous and Surprised.
“Be mine! Don’t go, I know you were dating Ru–Sém but I won’t let any one know that”
Ryan bit his li-p angrily.
“She just isn’t the one for you, Do you know why?….. That old lady killed her Dad!”
Ryan scoffed loudly, He wasn’t surprised, ru-by had told him everything! Everything he nee-ded to know in case he got surprised. He was well prepared for this.
“What’s with your facial expression? Did you know,How did you find out?” Martha asked
“It’s nothing but Martha….. Uhh…. Can you tell me everything you did to students here, Your bad side I mean?”
“You mean my plans against them?”
Ryan nodded with a smile.
“I won’t tell you!”
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“Why not? I’m not going to spill anything–
“It’s not about that! You might leave me!”
“Huh?”
“What if you still leave to the states! I don’t want you to go!”
“So I should’nt leave?”
“Yeah…. Please, Don’t leave… Ryan”
“Okay…. Ryan won’t leave” Ryan whispered softly.
“Pretender” Martha whispered back.
“I swear, Ryan won’t leave, He will stay with you here”
“Lair”
“I promise, Ryan… won’t leave”
“What if Ryan leaves? What if you don’t stay with me like you promised….What if–
Martha was interrupted by a sudden pull from Ryan. He pulled her wa-ist with his arm closer to him bo-dy. He swallowed ha-rd as he ki-ssed her li-ps dee-ply.
Martha closed her eyes as she squee-zed his clothes ti-ghtly. After few minutes,He slowly left her li-ps and looked at her eyes which looked back at him.
“Is That enough for you to believe me?” He asked softly. Martha smiled and looked into his eyes.
“Okay…. I trust you, I also believe you now…She paused and bit her li-p ha-rd.
… I was the one that wrote that letter and placed it inside your bag then, I blackmailed Ashley in telling you she was the one–Martha added and chuckled.
“Continue babe” He whispered.
“I’m just so happy, I can’t believe you are now mine” She smiled.
“I posted Barbara and Peter pictures online to exp-ose their secret relationship, I also pushed Sém down the stairs! She deserves it…. She’s cruel!”
There was a long silence between them.
“No–You are more cruel!” He said which broke the silence as he unwrapped his arms from her wa-ist.
“What? I don’t get that?”
“I’ve finally gotten enough evidence to put you down, You were just being a fool! Anyways, Ryan shouldn’t leave right?”
“Huh?”
“This is Ryan” Ryan said as he slowly removed his ne-cklace from his ne-ck.
“What’s this?” Martha angrily asked as she looked at Ryan’s stretched hand which held the ne-cklace.
“This is…. Ryan, I know I promised you Ryan wouldn’t leave but I didn’t say… It was this Ryan!” He explained as he pointed at his che-st.
“What? Are you joking with me now?”
“As you can see, This ne-cklace is Ryan… The name is also engraved on it…. It’s also precious to me but I’m going to let you have it since I promised you, So…. Keep it well! Good luck!” He said as he for-cefully pushed the ne-cklace in her palm.
“No! Don’t go, Didn’t you feel anything…..When we ki-ssed?” Martha asked almost in a yell.
“Yeah… I did” Ryan replied.
Martha smiled in relief.
“I felt…. Disgusted! Now, I will have to brush my teeth? Oh no, What a mess you’ve caused! Giving me unnecessary stress!” Ryan said as he left. Martha watched him from behind as she bit her li-ps frightened. She was now beginning to feel miserable.
“Oh no! What am I going to do now?” She thought sadly as she ti-ghtly squee-zed the ne-cklace with her palm.
“Oww!” She Gr0-ned in pain as she noticed the ne-cklace had injured her palm causing a cut which allowed little blood.
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Ryan slowly stretched his hand towards ru-by who collected the phone from him. She listened to the recording, She frowned at first but later smiled. She se-nt it to her phone and looked at him.
“Thank you” She said as she gave him his phone.
Ryan smiled and sat close to her.
“Ryan…. You should go, There’s enough time so just go…. Study ha-rd, Make your future bright”
“Okay…. Stay safe, Don’t lose hope and make sure to fight when necessary”
ru-by nodded with a smile. She felt bad and was at the point of crying but she held it in by gathering enough strength in her.
Ryan turned to leave but suddenly, ru-by’s arms wrapped around his wa-ist from behind.
“Don’t go…. I don’t want you to go, I’m going to miss you, Don’t leave me please” She muttered in tears.
Ryan slowly tou-ched her hand and turned towards her. He cleaned her tears and smiled.
“I love you ru-by” He said softly.
“I love you…. I love you so much, I really love you,Ryan…” She replied as she cried loudly.
“Do you want me to go?” He finally asked as he felt tears flow from his eyes.
“I wish you could stay but I want you to have a good life later in the nearest future, I don’t know why I’m being too greedy” ru-by replied heart broken.
“Still 100% of your spirit wants me to go, I’m going to go and come back for you, Can you wait for me?”Ryan asked softly.
ru-by busted into tears loudly as she hu-gged him ti-ghtly.
“Okay…. I’m going to, I’m going to wait for you” ru-by replied.
“Just give me few years okay?” He asked as she looked at him. She nodded as she lesse-ned her crying sounds.
They both looked at each other for a while.
“Can I ki-ss you, ru-by?” He whispered.
“Yes……. She paused looking into his charming eyes.
“ki-ss me, Ryan” She added whispering quickly.
Ryan went to her li-ps as he ki-ssed her dee-ply and p@$$ionately, ru-by felt tears escaped from her eyes as she R0m-ntically returned the ki-ss.
Ryan slowly left her li-ps and looked at her, She opened her eyes gently and closed her slightly opened li-ps.
“I’m going to leave now….Let’s be strong for each other” Ryan whispered as ru-by nodded.
“Ryan? Can I ask a question off point?”
“Uhhh? Alright” He replied with a giggle
“That favourite mug of yours that I broke in your place the first time we met, What the name of the mug, If it has any?”
“It does.. It’s “Myrrh Mugs”,,Why do you ask?” He asked curiously still staring at her eyes with their arms still wrapped around each other bodies.
“It’s a secret” She whispered.
Ryan giggled and looked at her.
“I love your giggles” ru-by whispered.
Ryan smiled and pec-ked her li-ps lightly.
“I love your smile more, But…. I’m late you know” He whispered.
“Oh? Goodness, You had better get going” She gushed as she dise-ngaged from him.
“Sém…. Let’s remain in each other’s heart, Till we meet again,–Goodbye ru-by” He whispered to her as he left.
“Let’s meet again in the future, Goodbye for now, Ryan” She whispered softly back to him as she watched her vision get blurry while she looked at Ryan from behind.
TBC