????SHE’S NOT A CINDERELLA????
????A Cinderella doesn’t have to be a princess????
✍️ Written By Precious Pinky✍️
????Chapter Twenty-Five [25]????
????Ruby’s Pov????
“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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“There is nothing for us to talk about, Ruby. And besides shouldn’t you be at rest now?”
“First of all, there is a lot for us to talk about, Malcolm. And second of all, I would rest after we’ve had this conversation.”
He shook his head while standing up to his feet. “I have nothing to say to you.”
“Well, I have a lot to say to you.”
I was prepared for his rejection.
I was prepared for the hurtful words he would say to me.
I was prepared for everything.
But one thing was for sure… I wasn’t going to give up.
Mind you, I don’t seek for his love or care or for any kind of romantic relationship… I just want us to be in good terms.
I just want to clarify things.
Everything might not go exactly to how we wanted it to be but that doesn’t mean we should hate ourselves and become enemies.
Right?
“I don’t want to hear anything from you. You’ve said whatever you want to say earlier this morning and that’s enough, okay?”
“I know what I said was very wrong… I have no right to judge you but still…”
He raised his hand to my face, indicating for me to stop talking which I did stopped talking.
“you aren’t going to say you’re sorry right, are you?” He questioned, giving me a pointed look.
“Erm, I… I’m sorry?” I ask not sure if he was going to accept it or not. But I need to apologize, I have to apologize.
He stuffed his hands into his pan-ts pocket and titled his head to the side.
“Sorry? For what exactly?”
I scratched the nape of my neck. what was I really sorry for?
was I sorry for keeping my true identity from him?
Was I sorry for judging him like that earlier this morning?
Or was I sorry for being stupid?
And for every question the answer is…
….I don’t know????.
“I….uh….I….”
“Leave.” Those were his next words.
Wait. i did say I was ready for the hurtful words he was going to say to me…well, I take that back because that word hurt like a bit-ch !
“I…”
“Get out, okay? Just get out! Leave.” He say, pointing at the door.
I opened my mouth to talk but nothing could get come out. I was just dumbfounded and speechless.
He was really cold and scary right now.
He was shooting daggers at me.
But what exactly was he angry of?
Was it just because I judged him earlier this morning or what?
But I said I was sorry so why doesn’t he want to….
Oh, no.
I didn’t really tell him what it was that I was apologizing for.
“I…”
“I SAID GET OUT!”
“CAN YOU AT LEAST LISTEN TO ME? WHY ARE YOU SO HOT TEMPERED RIGHT NOW?” I lashed out, getting upset over his outburst.
He was a bit taken aback by my outburst as well but come on, he asked for it.
if he had only just stayed calm and listened to me then I wouldn’t have lashed out.
He was silent so I took that as a go ahead to say whatever it is I’ve been trying to say.
“I had judged you unfairly and that was so wrong of me. I know I have no right to you in fact if there is anyone to be judged then that person should be me.” I let out a sigh. “i hid the fact that I was mask girl even when I recognized your face immediately I saw you… I swear I was going to tell.. in fact I was happy to have met up with you again but then…I heard that you have a girlfriend now….so I backed out….I thought you had moved on… I thought maybe you’ve forgotten about the girl you named ‘mask girl,’” I air quote the mask girl. “I thought you’ve forgotten about that one memory we both shared in the sto-re room.” I paused to see if I have his attention and to my surprise, I had his attention. His focus were on me as he listened to every word I say. “I don’t want to get involve. I don’t want to complicate everything by revealing myself as mask girl so I lied…
I pretended not to be her and kept warning not to mention her to me again. Honestly Mal, i was afraid. I was afraid to be a third party in you and Kara’s relationship. I was afraid to complicate the whole situation and make things difficult for you. I was afraid to get involve. And I’m so sorry but even if I go back to time….i won’t still change anything aside from one thing….running out of that sto-re room without revealing my face to you.”
“But that would still change something.” He spoke softly.
I shook my head. “It would change everything.” I cleared my throat. “I’m sorry, Malcolm.”
“Why are you telling me all this now?”
“I don’t know…” I trailed with a shrug. “Maybe I just want to clarify the little misunderstanding between us. Maybe I want us to be friends and not enemies.”
He didn’t say anything, he just kept staring at me.
“Won’t you ask me anything? Like about my relationship with Kara?”
I shook my head with a smile attached to my face.
“If Kara makes you happy then I’m fine. Your happiness is all that matters to me… when I said I didn’t stop thinking about you….” I looked de-eply into his eyes when I said my next words. “I meant it.” I look down at the floor…Gosh, I can’t bring myself to look at his face right now.
I’ve never confessed my feelings to a guy in my life before.
But come to think of it, I didn’t say I love him…right?
“Ruby, look at me.”
I didn’t do as he say. i just kept staring at the floor. I was so embarra-ssed.
“Ruby…please look at me.”
I don’t know what I heard in his voice that made me look up at me.
His eyes were so soft as he stare at me. A smirk was playing at the side of his li-ps.
His smile were contagious because funny enough, I was smiling right back at me.
Our gaze locked.
We were just staring at each other without saying a damn word.
And i love it.
I love the silence.
it was comfortable.
It wasn’t awkward.
I was flic-kering with my fingers as I held his gaze.
We were silent for a while until he spoke up.
What he said next almost put me at cloud nine and that’s if it hasn’t already put me there.
“I’m sorry.”
“You shouldn’t be sorry, Malcolm. I’m the one who suppose to be sorry. I shouldn’t have judged….”
I was cut off when I felt a warm li-ps against mine.
Wait. What’s going on now?
Was Malcolm ki-ssing me right now?
Before I could respond to his ki-ss, he has already pulled out of the ki-ss. And I won’t deny the fact that I felt sad.
sort of.
“Stop apologizing, I should never have throw you out of my room in the first place. I should have listened to you.”
“i spoke rudely to you so you have every right to throw me out of your room.”
He arched his brow at me. “Really?”
“Yeah.” I say with a smile.
“So you really don’t want me to explain what my relationship with Kara really is?”
Do I want to hear it?
Was it my business?
I didn’t want any kind of relationship with Malcolm so I don’t think it’s necessary for me to listen about what his relationship with Kara is.
It’s none of my business.
All I just want is for us to be friends.
“It isn’t necessary. I just want to be your friend.”
His gaze went down to my li-ps and that was when I figured our position now.
He was standing very close to me. One of his hand were on my wa-istwhile the other was at his side.
His gaze still remained on my li-ps and I made a mistake when I decided to run my tongue against li-ps just then.
Before I knew it, Malcolm was ki-ssing me again.
I closed my eyes and started ki-ssing him back.
I know this was wrong. i was stupid not to know that but I just couldn’t stop myself.
I couldn’t refrain myself.
All I just wanted to do was to ki-ss him back and forget about everything.
Forget about his girlfriend who had threatened me at the hospital. Forget about Mr Joe’s warning and even forget the little demon inside of me who keep saying negative thoughts about Malcolm and I.
I just wanted to enjoy this time while it last.
I wrapped my arms around his neck and kept ki-ssing him back.
He pulled me up and my legs quickly came around his wa-istwhile my fingers played with his hair.
Each one of us decided to put everything behind us.
Our only thoughts were here.
He walked us over to his bed and gently set me down. My legs were still around his waist, he was hovering over me but his weight weren’t completely on me but I cared less.
I was enjoying this right now and I really don’t want it to stop.
He left my li-ps and moved down to my neck.
He started ki-ssing my neck and was nibbling my earlobe.
F*ck! It felt so good.
So good that I don’t want it to stop.
Ever!
He was still ki-ssing my neck. God, I really want to ki-ss him now.
“ki-ss me.” I pleaded in a low voice.
He smirked before coming right to my face and stared ki-ssing me again.
I pulled him closer to myself that there was no even tiny space left between us.
He inse-rted his tongue into my mouth and our tongue started playing a little game of dominant.
His hands trailed down to the hem of my dress and was pulling it up, revealing my thighs while he did that he didn’t stop ki-ssing me.
He pulled out of the ki-ss. I opened my eyes to meet his gaze on mine.
“I said friends not friends with benefits.” I say breathlessly.
He chuckled de-eply. “What can I say… I couldn’t resist you. We should stop now.”
He was going to get off me but I wouldn’t bulge as I tightened my legs around his waist.
He look down at me, confused.
“Did you ever love me like you claimed to at the sto-re room or as your feelings change?” I don’t k ow why I asked him that but I just wanted to know.
I want to know where I stand in his life.
Was I the third party? The girl pushing herself in him or I was the first choice?
“I never forgot about you no matter how ha-rd i tried.”
“Then why are you with her now? What is your relationship with her?”
What the….!?
I can’t believe I ask that.
Was I curious about his fu-cking relationship with that wanna be slut? Nah, of course not.
But I just need to find an answer. I just want us to clarify the whole situation.
“Sometimes, you have to make some critical decision even if it means making yourself sad. Remember when I told you that I hate the life I’m living?”
I nod.
“Well, that’s another point to my miserable life! All my life I’ve always wanted to please everyone. I’ve always wanted people to see me as the best…. especially my father. I wanted to prove him wrong. I want to show him that without him or his money I can still make it big.” He moved and fell beside me on the bed.
Both of us were staring at the ceilings now.
“And then I came across Stars entertainment which was run by Mr Santiago, Kara’s father and my dad’s close friend. He offered me an opportunity to be a star and show the whole world my talent….” He was smiling at the memory.
“I was happy of the idea because honestly….I wanted the whole world to see my talent. I love music and I wanted people out there to love music also so I took the opportunity… and then I met up with the rest of the guys and Kara as well… Kara and I were just friends but it turned upside down when she stated pushing herself on me and when I became over popular.”
“Do you regret taking the opportunity?” I ask now.
He hesitate before saying. “i won’t. I would have still make that same decision in taking that opportunity…”
“You don’t regret it now, right?”
He smiled. “I don’t know….I don’t know if I’m regretting it now or not.”
I look over at him, he was staring right back at me as well.
“So…what is this decision you had to make even though it means hurting yourself?”
“Accepting to be in a relationship with Kara and trying so ha-rd to forget the one girl that made my heart beating.” He say.
I was taken aback by that response.
When he said, ‘Trying so ha-rd to forget the one girl that made my heart beating….’ Was he referring to me?
“Are you trying to say you have no feelings for Kara?”
“What I’m trying to say….” He turned to lay on his side so that he would have a better view of my face. “….is I have feelings for this girl lying down in front of me.” He sighed. “I’m sorry for never trying so ha-rd to look for you. I’m sorry for being in a relationship with someone else. I’m sorry for being so rude to you when you first started this job. I’m sorry for….”
I cut him off with just one ki-ss.
He was surprise at that but soon enough he started ki-ssing me back.
Even though he doesn’t have feelings for Kara, it still doesn’t change the fact that Kara was still his girlfriend so she has more right over him in public than I do.
But that didn’t stop me from ki-ssing him with all of my heart.
Sometimes we just have to leave everything behind and focus on just one thing.
And for me….that one thing…that one person is the guy ki-ssing me right now.
It felt like we were back to a year ago in that sto-re room.
It felt like we were alone in this world.
But why was he in a relationship with Kara if he doesn’t have any feelings for her?
That thought made me pulled away and break off the ki-ss.
He was staring at me when I opened my eyes.
“Why are you in a relationship with her then?”
He didn’t say anything.
“What was the decision you had to make that made you end up in a relationship with her?” I ask again.
He hesitate for a really long time. I even thought he wouldn’t answer me but he surprised me when he spoke up.
“Because of you.” Those were his reply.
“….wh…what?” I choke out, confused.
“Mr Joe found out about our little encounter at the sto-re room. He did some background check on you and found out some things about you but didn’t know exactly what you look like but it wouldn’t be difficult for him if he wants to find that out….he threatened to give the information to Mr Santiago if I don’t forget about you and accept Kara’s feelings for me.” He paused. “If he give Me Santiago your information then things will get very ugly for you and I don’t want that so i had to make a decision and that was to….”
“….accept Kara’s feelings for you.” I completed the sentence for him.
Mr Joe lied to him of not knowing what I look like and I don’t know if it will make any sense for me to tell him that.
“I’m sorry for putting you in that situation. God, I can’t believe I judged you just like that…I feel like the bad guy now.” I say.
He laughs softly and wrapped me in his arms. My head were against his chest.
“True!” We both started laughing. “We really have a lot to be sorry about. I just hope we won’t be sorry in the future.”
Future?
was there a future of us being together?
But what about his relationship with Kara?
What will the public say if they get to know that their dear Malcolm was having a relationship with some other girl leaving his girlfriend behind.
Relationship?
Could this be considered as been in a relationship?
What are we exactly?
“Malcolm?”
“Yeah?”
“What do you intend to do now?”
His arms around me tightened.
“I’m never letting you go.” Those were his reply.
“But what about Kara?”
He stiff at that question. i guess he never thought of that when he cuddled me.
“She….she just have to be left in the dark.”
“Wait.” I pulled out of his embrace. As much as I wanted to be in his arms I refrained myself from going back into his arms. We still need to talk things out. “You want to be with me and at the same time be with Kara?”
“I want to be with you, Mask girl but I can’t break up with Kara yet. If I do that and then get into a relationship with you, it will only just provoke the public and that might hurt you. I don’t want you to get hurt because of me or anything, Ruby.”
Well, that does make sense.
I’m so stupid!
I went back into his arms.
“So what are we then?”
“What do you want us to be?”
I shrugged.
“You don’t know?”
“I don’t want to be greedy.”
“Well, I want to greedy because I want you to be my girlfriend.”
I choke from my saliva because I started coughing. Malcolm was laughing as he patted my back.
“Girl… girlfriend?”
“Yup. unless you don’t want that.”
“I do… but….”
He pecked my li-ps. “Then be my girlfriend.”
I smiled.
Did I ever imagined for this day to come….? No.
Have I ever thought of this day…..? No.
Do I regret that this day still came by…? No.
Then what do I want…?
I want to be his girlfriend.
I cupped his face in my hands and pecked his li-ps. “That I am.”
He laughs. “you sound like an ancient woman right now.”
We laughed again.
“But we shouldn’t let the others know because if they do then Kara will hear of it and if she does, the public will.” He says.
oh…so this is a secret relationship now…
“Alright.”
We cuddled for what seem like forever as a comfortable silent fell between us.
I listened to the beating of his heart and honestly, it was musical.
Everything about Malcolm was musical.
I don’t care!
I’m quiet….no, I’m very greedy so being in a relationship with someone else’s boyfriend won’t change my mind.
I deserve to be happy.
Malcolm and I both deserve to be happy!
“Oh.” I pulled out of the cuddle and sat upright.
“What’s wrong?” Malcolm ask as he sat upright as well.
“I think you should keep this.” I say, revealing the necklace on my palm.
“But it belongs to you.”
“Yeah, it does. But I’m giving it to you now. Here,” I wore it for him and indeed it was perfect.
He was perfect.
Thank goodness I followed my heart this time around.
Thank goodness I talked things out with him because right now….I don’t regret ever making this decision to have a word with him.
All what we just needed was understanding.
And that’s what we have now…
Understanding.
Wait a minute….
Holy fu-cking shit!
Cherry!
What do I tell Cherry?
Should I tell her about me and Malcolm?
fu-ck! Why didn’t i think about that before making this decision?
Oh, shut up!
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????Cherry’s Pov????
I was watching one of my favorite movie when the bell rung.
I snatched the control remote from the table and paused the movie before going over to get the door.
Tyson has already open the door before I could reach it.
He was staring at the person out there in fear and surprise.
That made me worry.
I hurried my step and walked over to him.
I stood behind him and look up at the person, I was dumbfounded.
I couldn’t believe my eyes.
I couldn’t believe she’s the one standing right in front of me.
“Jennifer?”
“Halo!” She waved with a smile on her face.
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#TBC.