Substitute Wife For The Blind CEO

Chapter 6: You’ve Changed

As Ruby focused on her food, Stefan rose from the bed, stretching slightly. She watched as his fingers traced along the bedside table before he moved toward the wardrobe.

He was slow, deliberate, and yet there was something almost effortless about the way he navigated the room.

He knew where everything was, but she could tell there were moments of hesitation—pauses where he had to double-check, moments where his fingers searched for confirmation before proceeding.

Her chest tightened as he opened the wardrobe and ran his hands over the hanging clothes, feeling for textures. He eventually pulled out a button-down shirt and a pair of trousers, but when he tried to fasten the first button, his fingers fumbled slightly.

Ruby set her fork down since she was full now. "Do you need help?"

Stefan exhaled, his lips pressing into a thin line. "I can do it."

She could tell he didn’t like needing help from the look on his face and she could only wonder if he’d been the one doing it all by himself all this while.

But then, after a few more seconds of struggling, he let out a quiet sigh and muttered, "Maybe I need help. Just this once and because you offered."

Ruby’s lips curled into a smile at his tactics and then shook her head.

Ruby stood, walking toward him, and gently took the fabric in her hands. She began buttoning his shirt with careful precision, her fingers grazing his chest lightly as she worked. .com

He smelled good. Clean, masculine, with a subtle hint of cologne that made her acutely aware of how close they were.

"Are you going out?" she asked, thinking Ivy would’ve asked him same if she had been the one here.

"Yes. We. We’re going out," he said and she frowned.

"We? Where are we going and why didn’t you tell me?" she asked and he shrugged.

"Well, I’m telling you now. I had something planned for us today."

Ruby’s fingers paused on the last button before she forced herself to continue. "Planned?"

"A surprise. I had it all arranged before... well, before things changed. And I still want to give it to you."

surprise meant it was something

a step back. "What

surprise. You should get dressed after you’re done with me," he said and she

of his features. She didn’t know know how long she had been doing that until Stefan cocked his head to the side, a

me now?" he asked abd she

stepping back and changing

wanted to do, he allowed her. "Thanks,

sent a pang through her chest, but she forced

ask someone to help you?"

too much,"

He was trying so hard to be independent, to keep control of his life despite his blindness. The realization

turned toward her, a playful

I was saying earlier," he said. "Prepare for that,

for her. It was for Ivy. Whatever Stefan had planned, it was meant for the woman he thought

nodded. "Alright." fr.eew

frozen as she stared at

on the rooftop of Stefan’s mansion, where a

white silk was set with the

in the background. A violinist stood at the far

out

face calm but expectant. "Do you like it?" he asked and she could hear

way she knew Ivy would’ve but Ruby’s throat tightened. She just

here, in the midst of it all, she felt overwhelmed—not with guilt this time, but with something

"It’s beautiful," she whispered.

chuckle. "I wish I could see your face

to him, placing a hand on his arm. "I’ll save it," she said. "For when you can finally

moment.

hesitated. "What do you

around his cane. "What if I wait a year and the doctors

voice sent a sharp ache

damage. The doctors had said that cases like his had a 90%