????SHE’S NOT A CINDERELLA????
????A Cinderella doesn’t have to be a princess????
✍️ Written By Precious Pinky✍️
????Chapter Twenty-Four [24]????
????Malcolm’s Pov????
She was pale.
She was cold.
She was in pain.
She was unconscious.
And it’s all my fault.
If only I didn’t say those mean words to her…
If only I didn’t get to find out that she was mask girl…
If only I had respected her decision and stay in the dark…
If only I let her be…
If only I try to forget about her…
Maybe I wouldn’t have to hurt her…
Maybe she wouldn’t be here but be somewhere else…
Somewhere save…
Somewhere that doesn’t involve me….
But the word ‘if only’ meant nothing but regret.
A mistake that can never be corrected.
I held her hand and stare into her face.
She was in so much pain because of me.
I squee-zed her hand gently as the tear rolled down my face.
They do say that men don’t cry but I don’t think that’s possible.
Men do have feelings so of course, they have every right to cry.
I shouldn’t be a bother to her.
I should disappear from her life and just be the Malcolm that she was expected to work for.
Malcolm, the popstar.
Tsk, funny how I can’t seem to escape from that title.
“I’m sorry.” Those were my last words before I left the ward.
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????Ruby’s Pov????
I opened my eyes as soon as the door closed.
All I could feel was numb.
And the we-tness in my face.
Was I crying?
I guess I was.
I look over at the closed door but saw no one.
He was gone…
He left…
This time around I wasn’t the one to run away….he was the one who ran away.
“I’m sorry, Ruby.”
I had heard those words from him before he left.
I wish I could tell him everything.
I really want to be with him.
I want to forget everything and be with him.
My heart aches.
Why does love have to be so painful?
Why does my heart have to ache this way?
I don’t know….
I don’t know.
We’re those warning?
Warning I should listen to?
Warnings that might provide a better solution to all this shit?
I unclenched my fist and saw my mom’s necklace lying on my palm.
My palm were trembling as they held unto the necklace.
This necklace were my answers.
Malcolm has tried really ha-rd to get to me but what did I do…? I push him away….
I think it’s time for me to chase after him now.
I wouldn’t mind if he push me away…
All I just have to do is to keep fighting…
For both of us.
I stood up to my feet and walked over to the door, just as I was about to open it the door was pushed open and there she stood.
The one girl I should be worried about.
The biggest hindrance to my happiness
She titled her head to the side and a smirk played at the side of her li-ps.
“You look….okay?” She started laughing as she pushed me out of her way and walked into the ward.
I closed the door behind us and turned to look at her.
“What a nice room. Well, you wouldn’t have being in this room if not for me. Tsk, you don’t have to thank me anyway. I’m too generous after all.”
“What do you want?”
Her back were facing me so I couldn’t see her face.
“What do I want?” She started laughing again as she turned to look at me now. “What could you possibly offer… Ruby?”
I didn’t say anything.
She took some step towards me and smiled.
“How does it feel like to be carried in the arms of Malcolm? Because I literally haven’t been given an opportunity like that.” She says.
I could see the hate in her eyes.
Kara hates me.
And wait…what did she just say?
Malcolm carried me in his arms?
I remained quiet.
“Do you like Malcolm?” Her sudden question made me choke as I started coughing while hitting my chest to get a hold of my self which did work because i stopped coughing after a while.
“Oh, tiny girl!” Johnny walks in, interrupting the intense discussion between me and Kara.
And I was really thankful to him for coming into the room.
If the sickness didn’t kill me then the conversation between Kara and me would have killed me and that was for sure..
He pulled me into his arms for a hug and was swaying us back and forth.
“I miss you!” He say into my ears.
“Oh come on, it was just for a day.” Elvis say, stepping in along with Denise and Mason.
“Even at that, I still missed her.” Johnny says, pulling out of the hug.
It was Elvis and Denise turn to hug me now.
“How are you feeling now?” It was Denise who ask now.
I shrugged, pulling out of the embrace.
“Great?”
“What happened to you? How come did you fall sick just like that?” Elvis ask.
“I…i don’t know. It’s quite shocking to me. i mean, I hardly fall sick.” I say.
“The doctor said you had fever. He said you just need a lot of rest and that you would be fine. He also said your body isn’t still familiar with the new environment. Have you ever travelled before?” Denise explained and ask.
I shook my head.
“I thought as much. You must be hungry.”
“Yeah.” Just then my stomach grumbled.
They all laughed.
Mason raised his hands up in the air but his hands weren’t empty, he was holding two polythene bags in hands.
“Chicken nugget.” He says, smiling.
Wait, was Mason smiling?
Was Mason, the fu-cking superstar, a member of the five stars… smiling?
He walked over to me and grabbed my wrist as he pulled me over to the bed and sat me down on it.
“Here,” He brou-ght out the plate from the bag and placed it in front of me.
i was still in so much shock as I stared at him with my eyes wide open and my mouth agape.
“Wipe that expression from your face because this always happen once in a blue moon.” He says.
“I see.” I say with a nod of the head.
He look at me and knitted his brows at me.
“You see what?”
“Nothing. But I think it’s best you bring this side of you once in a blue moon or else I will just fall in love.”
He fake gasped and we all started laughing.
“I will get going.” Kara says and walked out without saying any other word.
I had even forgotten about the bit-ch .
Shit!
I had also forgotten about Malcolm!
Tsk, my bad.
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????Kara’s Pov????
That bit-ch !
I walked out of the hospital and ade my way to my car which was parked in the parking lot.
My phone started ringing, I look down at it and saw that the call was from my father.
I sighed before answering the phone.
“Yes?”
“Hey, babe. How is it going over there?”
Awful!
“Great. How are you doing down there without me being around, huh?” I teased.
He started laughing.
“Not so good. I miss my baby girl. I hope Malcolm is in his best behavior over there? Hope he hasn’t made you cry or anything?”
I wanted to tell my dad that Mal wasn’t the problem but that sly bit-ch was!
But I could handle it on my own.
I will show her who the boss is.
I never wanted to use my power as her boss against her but I guess I have no other choice but to use that against her.
If I don’t fight for Me and Malcolm’s love then I should get prepared to say goodbye to him.
And I wasn’t ready to say just that to him.
I love Malcolm and i can’t do anything without him.
Taking him away from me is like draining my life.
Malcolm was my life.
And everyone would do anything to stay alive.
….i wasn’t an exception.
“Nah. Mal has been in his good behavior, dad. Besides he loves me just as much as I love him.”
“That’s good to hear. How about their personal a-ssistant? Uh… what’s that her name again….? Um…?”
“Ruby Darlings?”
“Oh, yeah! How is she?”
“She’s fine.” I say throu-ghgritted teeth. “Um, dad. I have to go now. Okay?”
“Yeah. Sure. Stay safe.”
“Hmm.”
I hung the call up and immediately dialled Jennifer’s number and called her.
She picked the call in the third ring.
“Yes, baby girl?”
“I need your help.” I say.
“My help? With what, Kara?”
“I need you to start a rumor in New York City before we come back.”
“A rumor? what rumor?”
“I want you to start a rumor saying I’m pregnant with Malcolm’s child.”
“WHAT?!?” I could imagined her eyes wide-ned in shock.
But hey, I have no choice. I gat to do this. I have to protect what belongs to me!
And even if it means selling my dignity and pride then I would do just that!
“Kara are you serious right now?”
“I have to do this, Jenny or I would lose Mal.”
“And do you think it’s better this way? You are literally accusing Mal for something he didn’t do. You are taking this love of a thing too far.”
“Have you forgotten? What Kara wants, Kara gets! i can’t just sit and watch that bit-ch take him away from me! Do you know what happened today…?” My eyes were welled in tears as those memories flooded back into my head. “,… He was so worried about her. He carried her in his arms to the car. He tried really ha-rd to hide his feelings but I could see right throu-ghhim! He even went into her ward and was looking at her face. He held her hand as he watched her sleep! For the first time, I saw the love in his eyes and the love wasn’t directed to me! It was directed to her!”
I was crying now.
“Kara…”
“I can’t lose Malcolm. Yes, I admit. I’m obsessed with Mal. I love him with all of my heart. If Mal leaves my side then I might just die!”
“Stop talking about death right now, Kara. You need to pull yourself together. There is a way out aside from this lie you intend to tell the public.”
“Then tell me! what should I do? How do i keep Mal close to me without any fear of losing him?”
She was quiet for a while but the next thing she said gave me hope.
“I have an idea.”
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????Ruby’s Pov????
“Are you still going to piggyback me to my room?”
I was currently on Johnny’s back. He refused to let me walk with my both feet.
It felt like it was my feet that caught fever.
We walked into the house and he still refused to let me down.
“Yup.”
He piggyback me into my room and gently dropped me on the bed.
“Call me if you need anything, Okay?” He winked before leaving the room.
I smiled and laid flat on my bed and was staring at the ceilings.
Suddenly the name ‘Malcolm came into my head.’
I look down at the necklace again.
I shouldn’t be the one with this.
Although my mom gave this to me but why does it feel like the rightful person who suppose to be with the necklace is Malcolm?
I slowly got up to my feet and walked out of my room and went over to Malcolm’s room.
I gathered up my courage before knocking gently at his door.
No answer.
Of course, he wouldn’t answer.
I knocked again.
No answer….still!
I opened the door and to my surprise it opened.
I walked into the room and looked around before I found him, sitting at his desk.
He had his headphones on.
I walked over to him and gently tapped him on his back.
He was a bit startled by that as he took off the headphones and turned to me.
He was confused as soon as his eyes met me.
“Hey.” I say in a low voice.
“what are you doing here?” He ask, ignoring my greetings.
“I’m here to have a word with you.”
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#TBC.