????SHE’S NOT A CINDERELLA????
????A Cinderella doesn’t have to be a princess????
✍️ Written By Precious Pinky✍️
????Chapter Twenty-Three [23]????
????Ruby’s Pov????
“Then ki-ss me.”
Oh, you guys might be a little confuse on what’s going on here.
Well, I will tell you.
This is the flashback of what happened.
I had came into Malcolm’s room to give him back his shirt but he told me to have it.
I was grateful for this kind gesture and was going to leave when he caught hold of my wrist.
Suddenly he trapped me against a wall and here I was, standing in between him and the wall.
He was looking right into my eyes and I was looking right into his.
He said a lot of things but there was one sentence that caught my attention…
“I really want to ki-ss you, Ruby.”
I stopped breathing and held my breath as I stared at him wide eyes.
He had blunted it out as if it meant nothing but looking de-eply into his eyes…it did meant something.
He was still holding my wrist and was waiting patiently for my reply.
Wait, he was asking for my permission?
Honestly, I really want him to ki-ss me.
I can’t stop myself from always dreaming of him ki-ssing me.
I can’t still forget that day we ki-ssed at the sto-re room a year ago.
I wouldn’t mind if I go back to that day just to ki-ss him again.
Fortunately for me, the opportunity was here again.
Do I want to turn down an opportunity like this?
But then again, would I be a bad person if I let him ki-ss me knowing fully well that his girlfriend is somewhere around the house?
Would I be considered a cheap whore, a bit-ch , a relationship breaker if I ki-ss him?
Should I really be worried about that right now?
Because looking de-eply into those eyes of his…I knew I wanted this.
I knew I wanted him.
I don’t want to be selfish but I can’t help but to be.
I love this guy standing in front of me and it hurts me to know that no matter how ha-rd I try, he wouldn’t be mine.
But here he was asking me for just a ki-ss. A ki-ss I really wanted.
A ki-ss I’ve been dreaming about.
I look down at his neck and there I found my answers.
My necklace were hung around his neck and a ghost smile appeared on my face.
I raised my hand up and trailed my fingers over the necklace.
My eyes slowly went up to his.
“Then ki-ss me.”
And with those three words, Malcolm crashed his li-ps against mine.
His arms went round my wa-istand drew me closer to his body.
I wrapped my arms around his neck and ki-ss him back.
At first the ki-ss was very soft and gentle but slowly it became feral and rou-gh.
Malcolm pressed my body against the wall behind me. Due to the sudden effect, I gasped and that only have him more invitation to slid his tongue into my mouth.
I’ve never ki-ssed a guy like this before…in fact I’ve never ki-ssed a guy aside from this same guy who was ki-ssing me right now.
But the only different in this ki-ss was… that day ki-ss was soft. it was just a gentle ki-ss but today…right now.
The ki-ss was that of hunger.
Malcolm arms were still wrapped around my wa-istwhile the other was on my neck.
My fingers moved into his hair as I ki-ssed him back with all I have.
I’ve always imagined running my fingers throu-ghhis hair like this and now I’m doing just that.
He stopped.
We stopped as we tried to catch our breath.
Our forehead were touching. My arms were still wrapped around his neck while his was on my waist.
His breath fanned my face and I felt happy. I even forgot the warning of Mr Joe.
I actually don’t care anymore.
I can’t keep lying to Malcolm.
I can’t keep hurting him and at the same time, hurting myself.
I wanted him to be with me like this forever.
I needed him.
I slowly opened my eyes and met his gaze watching me.
He tightened his arms around me and pressed himself closer to me as if trying to tell me that he wouldn’t let me go.
Ever!
“Why did you lie?” He suddenly asked.
I was taken aback by his question.
“Wha…what?” I stuttered.
“You are mask girl…” He say.
This time around, it wasn’t a question but a sentence. Like a confirmation.
⏱️i want to confirm something. I really need to confirm it and then find answers to my question⏱️
He had told me.
fu-ck! I should have thought about that.
I took my arms off his neck and rested it on his chest and gently pushed him away from me, creating a space between us.
“Was this ki-ss all about that?” I lashed out, getting angry.
I can’t believed he had ki-ssed me just because he wants to confirm if I was mask girl or not!
what if I wasn’t mask girl?
would he have break off the ki-ss and then pushed me out of his room and ask Mr Joe to fire me?
Huh?
“You left me no other option! I asked if you were mask girl on many occasions but you told me no!”
“And wasn’t that obvious that I don’t want to reveal my identity to you?!?”
“And that’s exactly what confuse me most. Why did you lie to me? Why were you keeping your identity from me! What are you hiding from?” He half yelled, piercing holes into my soul with his glare.
But I won’t be weak in front of him.
He was wrong to have ki-ssed me just because he wants to confirm something!
“From you! I’m hiding from you!” I yelled. “What? Do you expect me to just tell you that I’m mask girl, huh?”
“YES! I WANTED YOU TO DO JUST THAT!” He yelled. He shut his eyes closed and took in a de-ep breath and when he opened them again, he was looking a little calmer now as he spoke. “Do you know how long I waited for you? Do you know how much I missed you?”
“Miss me?” I huffed. “You miss me? If you did then you wouldn’t have moved on with that bit-ch downstairs. You would have waited for me just as I’d waited for you. I can’t even get my head off that day. I can’t ki-ss or be with another man because of you! But here you are enjoying your time with that bit-ch !”
I could feel the we-tness in my face.
Wait, was i crying?
“Is that what you think?” He ask, stepping back away from me.
What does he mean by that?
“Fine. Get out.” He said coldly.
“What?”
“I said GET OUT! DISAPPEAR FROM MY LIFE!” He yelled. “I will forget what just happened today. I will treat you like the personal a-ssistant that you are. I will also forget mask girl. Trust me. Now get out.”
“Fine.” I said throu-ghgritted teeth. I was heading towards the door when he stopped me.
“I shouldn’t keep this.” He took off the necklace and threw it at my way. It fell on the floor in front of me.
I was trembling.
I bent down to pick it. I look up at Malcolm but his back were against me.
I felt like going to him and hugging him from behind and to tell him my fears.
My reasons of hiding my identity from him in the first place.
I turned from him and walked out of the room.
I slammed the door shut and ran to my room. I entered my room and slammed the door shut and started crying.
I poured out all of my emotions as I kept crying.
Maybe I shouldn’t have ki-ssed him.
Maybe I should have told him the truth in the first place.
Or maybe I shouldn’t have judged him.
Because de-ep down I knew he was hurt. He missed mask girl which is me as much as I miss him.
But I was so blinded by my emotions that I judged him and made him look like the bad guy when in reality I was the bad guy.
I was one selfish human.
I laid on my bed and crawled myself up as i cried.
We haven’t even started dating and we were already in so much pain.
I think it’s best we stay away from each other.
I think it’s best I quit!
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????Malcolm’s Pov????
I watched her leave and i didn’t do any damn thing to stop her.
I was tempted to go after her but I was so hurt to do so.
She had no right to judge me.
I had done what I did because of her.
I decided to be with Kara because of her!
Even with the fact that I didn’t know what she looks like, I still felt the need of protecting her.
But what did she do in return…? She lied that she wasn’t mask girl.
She saw how I was hurting but didn’t care to tell me the truth.
And when I figured. She turned the table around and made it look like I was the bad guy.
I sunk into the bed and rested my head against my palm and sighed de-eply.
We haven’t even started dating and we were already hurting like this.
….I trailed my fingers against my neck in search of the one thing that kept me safe.
But it was gone.
I had given it back to its rightful owner.
I don’t deserve it.
I think it’s best we don’t be together.
I think it’s best we forget about each other.
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????Ruby’s Pov????
I opened my eyes and stared at the wall clock which reads; 1:10pm.
I can’t believe I slept for that long.
I gro-aned as I sat upright on the bed.
fu-ck!
My head hurts like a bit-ch !
I coughed and coughed again and again and again.
What was wrong with me?
I slowly got up to my feet and made my way out of the room.
I went downstairs and found the living room empty.
I walked into the kitchen and poured myself a glas-sof water.
My head were ban-ging. My body were aching. I felt dizzy.
I started coughing again.
After i had stopped, I took a sip from the glas-swater and poured the remaining water into the sink.
I walked back out of the kitchen and to the living room.
Each step I take felt like I was going to die due to the headache.
I hardly fall sick. In fact I can’t remember the last time I fell ill.
“Are you okay?” I turned around to see Mason staring at me.
I forced in a smile on my face and nodded my head.
Ouch!
My head.
“Are you sick?” He took some step towards me and placed his palm over my forehead. He winced as he retrieve his hand. “You are burning up!”
“Am I?”
Everything seem blurry. My hearing capability were fading.
I could see Mason li-ps moving as if he were saying something but I couldn’t hear him.
Slowly I collapsed on the floor, welcoming the cold tiles.
The last thing I heard were movement approaching me and a voice calling out to my name.
Suddenly, everything went blank!
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????Malcolm’s Pov????
I was in my room checking out a new song.
I always do this whenever i felt broken, sad or in pain.
I was tapping my pen against the table as I listened to the instrument that played from my headphones.
Suddenly the instrument stopped playing.
I opened my eyes and look up only to see worried Johnny staring at me.
“What is it?” I ask, getting worried now.
“You need to come right now. We are heading to the hospital.”
“Hospital? Are you sick?” I got up to my feet now.
“It’s not me… it’s Ruby. She just fainted. She’s downstairs with Mason. He asked me to call you so we can go to the hospital together.”
I stopped breathing.
What?
Ruby fainted?
But how is that possible? She was okay just this morning.
No, no, no.
I hope our little argument have nothing to do with this.
I hope I haven’t hurt Ruby.
God.
I quickly rushed out of the room while Johnny followed me from behind.
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#TBC.