Bought By The Ruthless Alpha King (Ruby) novel Chapter 90

Chapter 90: A Time Bomb

Ruby’s POV

“You don’t want to answer?”

As Nora’s spell sealed the room in absolute silence, she turned to me, her emerald eyes blazing with furious wrath.

“Or was my guess correct?” she snapped.

“I don’t know, Nora.”

“WHICH PART DO YOU NOT KNOW, RUBY LUCIENNE?!”

Her arms were crossed, her chest rising and falling rapidly as she seethed with anger.

“You did it, and now you’re acting as if you’ve forgotten? For the seventh hell’s sake!”

I couldn’t answer. My mouth opened, but no sound came out. My hands trembled as I placed them over my stomach, as if confirming what Nora had just told me. Anyone besides Nora would have already known the identity of the father of this unborn child. Killian Rudwick.

“Say something,” Nora demanded, pacing back and forth in front of me. “Please, I’m going insane here!”

“GODDAMNIT, LUNA!”

I jolted backward, shaking my head frantically. “I–I’m sorry, Nora. That’s not what I meant. I just… I don’t know what to say.”

“How about you start with the prologue of this terrible story?” she shot back, her voice sharp.

“You know exactly how it happened!” I snapped without thinking, pressing my trembling fingers to my lips.

“Oh, my moon goddess!”

My breath came in short gasps, my heart pounding against my ribs. “Nora, he’s going to kill me!”

Nora’s anger twisted into coll & “Who? Killian? Why would he want to kill you?”

“Because he hates children!” I sobbed. “He never wanted them, never even mentioned them. We had an agreement, and this… this was never part of it!”

My voice cracked as my vision blurred. “What if he thinks I did this on purpose? What if he thinks I planned this to trap him?”

Nora stared at me, her expression dark and stormy. The witch’s fury swelled even greater than before. My eyes widened as I felt her magic surge through the room, shattering small objects around us.

I screamed, clamping my hands over my ears. I begged her to stop, until finally, the wild magic began to fade.

She collapsed into a chair, exhaustion carved into her features. “Things like this shouldn’t happen. You just escaped your own hell, Ruby.”

“I never meant for this to happen either, Nora. It’s all beyond my control,” I choked out, sobbing.

Silence filled the room. Nora buried her face in her hands, stifling a frustrated scream.

Tears streamed down my cheeks. I felt quilty–toward her and toward myself. I should have been more careful! Now, I was carrying a living soul inside me. I was happy to be a mother again, but not like this. Not this way.

What confused me the most was that I hadn’t noticed any signs of pregnancy until today’s visit. It was strange. Unlike the first time I carried Alicia, my late daughter. And yet, it would have been a disaster if those signs had appeared while I was there. Too many eyes watched–some even from the walls.

“Ruby,” Nora rasped, her voice hoarse. “That bastard may not have a heart, but you still have to tell him.”

A cold shiver crawled down my spine. Horrifying memories surfaced in my mind. Instinctively, I wrapped my arms protectively around my stomach.

“No. No way, Nora.”

Nora’s

eyes

flared. “What do you mean, Ruby?!”

finally starting to understand what I felt for him., and now h

She hesitated, then looked at me seriously. “Unless you’re thinking of getting nd of **