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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.

didn’t know who the blackmailer was. Or if Stefan truly trusted her or was the one behind

do all she can to get the answer

golden light from the lamp on the nightstand. Stefan

while his ears tuned into every creak of the house. Ruby hadn’t returned yet,

in the wine cellar, the way Ruby had stepped in at the company, and the warmth in her

been there before. Or maybe it had... but buried beneath

was what unsettled him the most. She feels

his life with. But something had shifted in

that’s why he’d asked Nathan to

to know. He couldn’t see her, couldn’t study her expressions or pick up

phone vibrated once

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

called the

"Nat," Stefan said calmly.

not going to believe this," Nathan’s voice

straightened

Then threatened to get her husband involved.

morning after his wedding, Nathan had thought it was absurd having to test his wife like that but he had

friend after all

before Stefan let out a low exhale. His chest tightened,

enough," Stefan said quietly. "No more texts. I already got

a pause on the other end before Nathan responded.

Ivy," Stefan replied simply. "I now believe she’s Ivy. But

snorted. "Changed is an understatement. That 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

wishing he could see her face again, see her smile, get angry over little things and have him

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

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 now. But then when after our wedding, infact from the church... she was different. She sounded warmer. Kinder. She touched me with more care. Ivy was never cruel but... she wasn’t

outside the room. "But now, she laughs easier. She pauses to listen. She doesn’t sigh when she thinks I can’t hear. I felt like I was

quiet for a second. "So let me get this straight. Because she started treating you better and is more considerate of

chuckled, rubbing a hand over his face. "It

when those changed, your brain screamed foul play."

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