Chapter 12

"Do you always dress like that when you meet men?" Said Henry, who immediately asked a question that he hoped would lower Ruby's self-esteem.

"What do you mean? What's wrong with my clothes?"

"Why? Are you really stupid or are you just pretending? What do you want to show us? Did you come back to this city on purpose to show your current self? Do you want to show off? You want to say that you too can be beautiful and desirable men? Are you still hurt by the agreement we made?" Henry continued to babble non-stop like a vengeful boy who could never win against his rival. This is different from the image he showed last night as a charismatic and authoritative CEO of a well-known company.

"Hey Henry, never mind!" Said Pierre who was trying to stop Henry's childish babbling.

Ruby who was the target of his hatred, was just silent with her mouth open. She was shocked, very shocked by what she was facing right now. They haven't seen each other for 10 years and now they have to argue about something that happened a long time ago.

"What are you talking about, huh? Why am I showing off to you? Do you think you're that important that I need recognition from you? Oh my God, you're really going too far, aren't you? Have you forgotten how many teeth you've knocked out because of my punches? What?" Is that still not enough?" Ruby, who couldn't accept Henry's words, immediately responded to his attack by bringing up Henry's past disgrace.

Henry was silent, he felt very embarrassed because Ruby had to attack the most fatal part. That made him even more annoyed and wanted to get back at Ruby even worse.

"Hey, what's the point of changing your appearance if your character is still the same? Do you want to deceive men with your appearance? How many men have you managed to seduce with the size of your breasts?" Henry became increasingly crazy until the words that came out of his mouth not only shocked Lila, but Aiden, Jacob and Pierre at a loss for words to say.

Ruby got up from the sofa and walked over to Henry who was standing in front of the door. He looked at Henry with eyes that contained enormous anger. Despite the striking difference in height and body size, Ruby's strength seems to be enough to make Henry afraid.

Henry still remembers the pain he felt over the years. He had to lose four teeth at different times every time he tried to fight with Ruby. He never won once even though he asked several martial arts coaches to help him train, Henry still lost.

"What? What do you want? You want to punch me? You think that will work now?" He said with high confidence that now Ruby would never be able to beat him like before.

Ruby didn't move at all, her eyes remained focused on Henry as if she was planning something. This made Jacob and Pierre worried that their two friends would fight at their current age. It's really not a funny thing if that happens.

But Ruby, she knows what she has to do when facing a selfish, arrogant and stubborn man like Henry. She took off her cardigan and dropped it on the floor. Her nightgown is visible and transparent. Ruby pulled the strap of her shirt and lowered it a little so that her breasts were almost showing a very important part.

Henry was silent, he was shocked by what he saw. Ruby almost took off her clothes in front of him and her two friends when there was no one in the house apart from the four of them. It wouldn't be a good thing if Ruby continued her crazy actions.

Not just Henry. However, Jacob and Pierre glared and were shocked. They don't know what to do now and this is really dangerous.

"What are you-" Henry said confusedly. His face turned red. He was quite used to being surrounded by lots of women, but the one in front of him was his childhood friend who always dressed like a man.

Pierre got up from the sofa and took off the jacket he was wearing. He stood behind Ruby and covered her shoulders with his jacket.

"That's enough! We already know. You don't need to show that you're a girl!" Pierre said. Ruby was silent, for some reason she felt sad when Pierre said that.

Ruby went up to the second floor and entered her room. He felt very sad and didn't know why something like this had to happen. He wanted to return to them like the Ruby they used to know as if there was never any awkwardness in whatever they did together. They always thought Lila was the same as them.

But now it seems that such closeness is no longer possible. Their circumstances and conditions had changed, if she forced herself to get close to them again, people would definitely see it as a woman dating three men at once.

Meanwhile, Henry, who was in shock, didn't know what to do now. For a moment he had to admit, his passion arose when he saw Lila and the beauty of her body. Her heart was beating fast, and Pierre and Jacob felt this too.

"Damn! How can she be that beautiful?" Henry muttered as he leaned his head back on the sofa.

Jacob kept quiet, trying to hide his blushing face.

"Henry, you should have restrained yourself from saying something that hurt him like that. Why do you keep bringing up the past?" Pierre said.

"Aren't you angry with her? Don't you feel hurt when you hear what he said? Damn, she said I'm nothing for her?" Henry said. He felt very disappointed.

"There's no time to think about that! Next week I'm going back to Carson. I hope that while I'm still here, there won't be any old grudges held. Henry, just think about your responsibilities as head of the company. Don't disappoint your Dad. Jake will also go back to work and maybe we'll go together."

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