Substitute Wife For The Blind CEO
Chapter 39
Chapter 39: Not Holding Back.
The restaurant was quiet, dimly lit, with soft jazz humming in the background. A corner booth gave them privacy, and for the first time since she went to work that morning, Ruby let herself relax.
After work, because of how tired they were, Stefan had suggested they grabbed dinner out and Ruby had agreed without argument.
In the restaurant, Stefan sat across from her, his fingers wrapped around a warm glass of tea. She watched him as he listened to the waiter, nodding, his presence so composed it was easy to forget how much he carried on his shoulders.
She stirred her drink, stealing glances at him. "So, what’s there to talk about tonight? We can’t sit here all night and not talk about anything," she said after the waiter left. f|re(e)web.n\ovel. (c)o.m
His head tilted toward her slightly, a smile playing on his lips. "What is it you have in mind to talk about? You can ask me anything."
She hesitated, then met his gaze. "Did you ever feel... lonely growing up? I mean, being an only child?"
Stefan’s fingers paused against his glass.
"To be honest? Yes," he said after a beat. "More than I admitted to anyone. My parents loved me, don’t get me wrong. But they were both... busy. Always building something, always away. The house was quiet most days. Just tutors, staff, and the usual silence."
Ruby’s heart clenched. "That sounds... hard," she said, considering that she had a sibling even though Ivy had been quite troublesome to her, always getting her in trouble with their parents.
"It was," he admitted softly. "But the worst part came after my father died. I was sixteen. My mom had to work twice as hard to keep everything afloat. She buried her grief in the business, and I... I buried mine in responsibility."
He smiled faintly, a bitter edge to it. "I took over three years ago. Just before I... met you."
Ruby swallowed hard. He still thinks I’m Ivy.
She thought but Stefan didn’t notice her sudden stillness. He was looking at his tea now, his voice soft.
"I thought maybe having someone would fix the loneliness. I thought that’s what love was supposed to do. Fill all the quiet places, but it didn’t exactly do that. Not until after our wedding."
Ruby didn’t answer right away. Her throat felt tight. She reached across the table, her fingers brushing his.
"You’ll no longer be alone. Not now atleast," she said quietly.
He turned his hand and linked his fingers with hers. "No. I’m not."
They talked through dinner, losing track of time. She asked about his childhood memories, and he told her about sneaking cookies with the old housekeeper, about learning to ride a bike in the estate’s garden.
they lingered, and by the time they got home, the
she always did. She helped him
trying to
"Me too," Stefan murmured.
with a
in soft cotton loungewear, Stefan was already
changed too—dark lounge pants, a fitted shirt that hugged his frame. The sight of him made
her approach.
see it. "Yeah. You went to bath somewhere else?" she asked,
room, wanted to be
fall harder, she warned
ache in her chest told her
you want a nightcap?" she asked, her
hesitated. "With you, of
softly. "Where? In the
way we can go to bed when
the drinks," she said and left after Stefan
if she’d had anything to eat so that she could bring
and slowly knocked
in but couldn’t find Rayna. Thinking she’d was probably hiding out in the
she left despite their agreement? Why? What happened? Was she
she knew she hadn’t left without a word, she decided to
she hoped nothing
that, Ruby immediately left the room and hurried downstairs to get the drink so that she
where without informing her. Where had she even gone to without her clothes? Perhaps, she was discovered when she went to steal food and had
she picked
the door clicked open and she nodded while she headed straight for her
the drinks and bring them over," she said as she quickly texted Rayna asking her
them both a small glass of wine, settling onto the couch at the
sipped in silence at first, but the air buzzed with the
to see if Rayna had texted, she made
he said suddenly, making Ruby
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