Substitute Wife For The Blind CEO

Chapter 23

Chapter 23: I’ve Got My Answers

With trembling fingers, Ruby took her phone from Rayna. She opened the anonymous chat thread, stared at it for a long moment, then began to type:

"Stay the hell out of my life. You know nothing. If you ever text me again, I’ll get my husband involved and make sure you’re caught. This is your final warning. And you should know I have nothing to worry about so you can spill whatever trash you have in your mouth, fool."

She stared at the message, hesitating for just one second more before hitting send.

The message was delivered. The typing indicator blinked for a few seconds.

Then a single response came through:

"Fuck you."

Nothing else. No threats. No taunts. Just two words, sharp and vicious.

Ruby stared at the screen, breath caught in her throat.

Rayna leaned over and read it. "Well. That’s not creepy at all."

"He didn’t deny it," Ruby whispered.

"Yeah," Rayna said slowly. "But he also didn’t say anything else. That might mean he’s rattled. You just showed him you’re not the scared little puppet he thought you were."

Ruby leaned back in the chair, feeling a cold chill run down her spine. "Or I just pissed him off."

Rayna gave a half-smile. "Same difference."

They sat in silence for a while, the tray now mostly empty between them.

"I’m scared, Rayna," Ruby admitted softly.

"I know," Rayna said. "But you’re doing good. And I’m not going anywhere."

Ruby nodded, her eyes falling once more to the phone.

truly trusted her or was

was far from over because now, she’d do all she can to get the answer

from the lamp on the nightstand. Stefan sat on the edge of the bed, his

into every creak of the house. Ruby hadn’t returned yet, and though she’d said she’d be right back, the silence seemed to

headboard. The evening replayed in his mind—the conversation in the wine cellar, the way Ruby had

a softness in her that hadn’t been there before. Or maybe it had...

what unsettled him the most. She

life with. But something had shifted in her—her

that’s why he’d asked Nathan to test

Stefan needed to know. He couldn’t see her, couldn’t study her expressions or pick up on subtle

vibrated

vibration pattern. A secure line, encrypted and reserved only for a few people in his life. He

called the moment

"Nat," Stefan said calmly.

believe this," Nathan’s voice came through, amusement coating his

spine straightened subtly.

did more than reply," Nathan said, chuckling. "She told me to, and I quote, ’stay the hell out of her life’ and called me a fool. Then threatened to get her husband involved. Can you believe that? I wonder what she’d think if she found out ’her husband’ was responsible for everything," he said

the plan on the morning after his wedding, Nathan had thought it was absurd having to test his wife like that but he had been left with

all and he

a low exhale. His chest tightened, though he wasn’t

that’s enough," Stefan said quietly. "No more

on the other end before Nathan responded. "What answer? And why

Ivy.

girl’s got fire. But I gotta admit—just from the tone in her message, I’d say it’s her too. Only Ivy could cuss someone out that confidently and still sound

he could see her face again, see her smile, get angry

hell did you even think she wasn’t Ivy in the first place? Why did you think she’s her twin? Have you ever had an altercation

I’ve never really had any altercation with her neither have I had the chance to be in her company," he admitted. "And thinking about why I even did that—it sounds ridiculous

the room. "But now, she laughs easier. She pauses to listen. She doesn’t sigh when she thinks I

let me get this straight. Because she started treating you better and is more considerate of your feelings now,

"It sounds

your brain

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