After negotiating for what felt like an eternity, Ruby was finally allowed to leave the mansion–not for anything else but to pack her things and bring her child with her.
He would be picking her up by tomorrow morning, as he had warned her countless times. There was simply no room to escape as just like today, he could easily sabotage her tickets and go as far as sealing off all means of transportation – be it by air, land, or water.
That was exactly the kind of authority someone like Julien, a royalty, could command.
Like an empty shell that had long lost its soul, Ruby's movements were sluggish by the time she arrived home.
She didn't return to the Youngford Apartment as she had handed back the keys to Aaron. With nowhere else to go, she could only join Daniel and temporarily settle at her mother's place for the night.
