Though she seemed to be weak and harmless now, she could always bring misery to those who tried to take advantage of her.
“Enjoy it while you can, Ruby. Soon you will meet your fate!”
Since they had been hostile to each other in the bar and now nobody was in the room except them, Rita stopped pretending friendly to her and left the room with her pillow after threatening her.
When she was gone, Ruby looked around the room in cold eyes.
Five years ago, this room belonged to her.
It was carefully designed and furnished by Nellie herself, but sadly, they had removed the original design and changed almost everything in the room.
She didn’t even want to sleep on the bed which had been used by Rita. That made her feel disgusting.
When Rita was gone, she asked servants to throw everything that belonged to Rita out of the room and changed the bedsheet. If it wasn’t so late right now, she would even throw out the bed and get a new one.
Seeing her things get thrown out, Rita cried out of anger and said grievously while holding Susan’s hand, “Mom. Look what is she doing to me!”
“Don’t worry, she can’t be so proud for long. After she marries into the Finn family, everything in the house still belongs to you. Besides, the men in the Finn family won’t be pleased by her characteristics. They will teach her a lesson sooner or later.”
Susan was also pissed off by Ruby, but when she realized that no matter how arrogant she was, she would marry that incompetent from the Finn family, she knew Rita was going to have a better life than she had and felt comforted.
“I will never let her get away with this!” Rita stared at Ruby in resentment.
Every time she thought about the dishonor she had at the bar, she wanted to tear Ruby into pieces right away.
But she had to be patient before Ruby married into the Finn family.
When her husband was a useless cripple and nobody got her back, she could no longer be so arrogant anymore!
Ruby didn’t have a good night. She had a nightmare and then woke up at about 4 am.
She was having a headache and couldn’t fall asleep again.
So she opened the window and looked at the garden in the dark, hearing the distant chirpings of different insects.
Unlike by day, the night of the city in June was cool with the fragrance of flowers in the air.
Rubbing her temples, Ruby walked away from the window, took some pills, and got on the bed again.
When she could almost fall asleep at 7 am, the sound of someone banging the door woke her up.
Lacking enough sleep, she became irritable with her eyes turning red.
Pom, Pom, Pom.
The man outside was hitting the door heavily like he was going to smash it.
Ruby got off the bed, walked to the door, opened it angrily.
Seeing her fiery face, Rita was scared with her hand halted in the air and stepped back.
But soon she realized she was the inheritor of the Harold family and came to see Ruby with a proper reason, she became bold again.
“Why do you get up so late, Ruby! Can’t you remember what day today is?” Rita was looking at Ruby haughtily.
Ruby pressed her temples and restrained the impulse to give her a slap.
“What?”
Since she just woke up not long ago, her voice was so deep and attractive, but sadly, her messy face made her a bit less magnetic.
“Dad asks me to inform you that we need to pay a visit to the Finn family according to the tradition and the fact that they had admitted the engagement. You can spend your time with your future husband there, while I’m only going to make some friends there,” Rita said proudly.
Once she knew she was going to see that cripple, she was so excited.
It was said that he not only lost her both legs but was also badly disfigured. Every time she thought about Ruby was going to marry a cripple and ugly man, she was delighted.
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