Prologue
RUBY
"What are we, Damien?"
I asked, staring deep into his eyes as if searching for an answer from them.
I have been wanting to ask what we were. I was tired of playing this game but I couldn't stop because it was the only means I could be close to him even when it hurts me to see him with another.
"What do you think we are?" He asked me, not taking his eyes off.
He walked closer to me and was now standing an inch away from me.
"You cannot ask me that when it is you I am supposed to get an answer from," I chided.
"Why should I give you an answer to what we are Ruby Jane?" He said and I shivered from the way he called my name.
I was supposed to be mad at him but anytime I looked into his coffee brown eyes, I couldn't help but melt in them, and worse, whenever he called me Ruby Jane, I lost my senses and forgot what it is I am supposed to say to him.
I quickly snapped out of my thoughts. I couldn't let him win anymore, I wasn't going to let him decide how my life would be anymore.
"You cannot tell me to stay away from Aaron because I do not belong to you and you had no right to tell Aaron to stay away from me. That's disrespectful," I snarled and he smirked, making the knots in my stomach twist.
He moved so close to me that I felt too small as his height towered over my small frame.
"And why can't I do that Ruby Jane?" He questioned.
I looked away from him so that I wouldn't forget the reason for my approach and adjusted so that there was space between us.
"It is because you cannot. You are not mine and I am not yours. I can speak to anyone I want to and I can kiss anyone I want to and I can fu..." I was cut off as Damien placed his index finger on my lips.
"You cannot kiss or f**k any other man that is not me," he said sternly and I did not miss out on the emphasis in his words.
I shuddered a little once my eyes met his gaze again. "And why is that so?" I asked him.
I needed to know why. He has always told men off but doesn't stay away from other women and it hurts me.
If he could be with other women then I too can be with other men.
"It is simple Ruby Jane," he began. "That is because as long as I am f*****g you, you are not to be touched or even looked at by another," he said firmly and I felt the urge to punch him in the face.