11| A spoilt playboy.

Ruby.

She held up a beautiful flare yellow dress which seemed to light up the room.

"I love it!" I screamed, it was simple and yet elegant just the way Mama described.

"I knew you would! Sarah here is a great Fashion designer and fashionista as well. She's working here just to save up enough money to start her own clothline." Mama said while Sarah nodded in affirmation.

"They pay you guys that much money here?!" I asked totally surprised.

"Yes, huge pay. Do you know how many people applied for this job just because of its pay before they chose just thirty of us amongst us hundreds of People? It's luck literally since they pick randomly. That's more reason why they treat us like filth and sack us at the silliest mistakes but then I don't care as long as they keep paying!" Sarah concluded jumping up and down in an  excited manner.

I love her spirit!

After some minutes, I walked down the long stairs dressed in the bright yellow dress and a gorgeous black flat shoe with absolutely no makeup on. Sarah and Mama repeatedly told me that I looked so pretty and younger in the outfit so I don't think any other opinions would get to me.

The doorbell rang at the same time that I walked in on Mrs Daniels. She looked impressed at my outfit but chose not to compliment it. I mentally thanked Sarah a hundred times. I walked past her to open the door even though one of the maids was already coming behind me to get the door. I beat her to it anyways.

I opened it to come face to face with Dr Dara and Lovett? I greeted the mother respectfully, bending my knees a little while I said hy to the young girl which they both nodded their heads to.
They walked in on their clacking high heels towards Mrs Daniels whose hands were wide open to hug Dr Dara.

"Clara dear, you have no idea how much I've missed you. I can't wait to have our girl talk." Dr Dara screeched like a school girl while I struggled not to put my hands on my ears due to the sound.

"Same here, Dara! And Lovett, how are you doing, my beautiful goddaughter?" Mrs Daniels asked as she released her friend in other to hug Lovett, I stood observing the whole scenario in an awkward way.

"I am doing fine, Aunt Clara. And I wonder how you always manage to look so beautiful everytime, you seem to just get younger each day." Lovett said in a high pitched voice while I rolled my eyes.

"Oh thank you dear. You know just how to make this old woman blush." Mrs Daniels said.

Lovett looked back at me smirking before she then sort of acknowledged my presence, "so I guess this is Toby's wife, Ruby or something? I see her practically everywhere these days, social media, magazines, newspapers, TV and so on. Well, how are you coping with the new fame, Ruby?"

"I feel the same, nothing new." I simply stated.

"What? Try to go out alone without an escort and you'll know what I mean. It's not easy been famous, you know, I'm telling you from experience." She said again.

"Oh, you're famous? What do you do?" I asked sincerely not knowing who she was but she thought I was just trying to humiliate her.

"Wait, what?! I'm an actress and I was once Toby's girlfriend." She said in a duhh-you-should-know-that way while I just ignored her. 
Actress indeed! I had never came across her in any movie.

We all walked into the dinning hall and took our seats. Soon enough, the other two women walked in with their daughters too even though non of them seemed to notice my presence as they gisted on and on. The maids started coming in turns with continental dishes and all while I suddenly totally forgot about been unnoticed and focused on the food before me.

Well, food was my third best friend after books and my bed. I mean, who doesn't love food? They are just so satisfying. I started to devour it immediately I was served ignoring the perplexed looks I got from Lovett and her friends.

"Why do you eat so much food? Aren't you even scared of getting even  fatter than you already are? Do you want to get bloated?" One of the other two girls asked while I just totally ignored her until Lovett spoke.

"You can't blame her, I bet she never had such dishes in her parents home so she has to have her fill."

"I beg your pardon? My family is not wretched nor poor, my dad owns one of best hospitals home and abroad so don't even go there!" I snapped and went back to focusing on eating.

"What hospitals? It's name?" Lovett asked in a mocking manner while her friends laughed.

"Golden heart hospitals." I replied.

"The fuck is that?" Lovett mocked even more feigning innocence like she wasn't intentionally trying to get on my nerves.

Everybody knows Golden Heart hospitals and I mean even the new born. We might not be billionaires but we were millionaires.

"I don't expect you to know, you are just an upcoming actress after all and what does your dad own?" I asked smirking, two can play this game.

"Upcoming? Do you know how many blockbusters I've featured in?" She asked obviously angry.

"Oh! Too bad I haven't seen you in one?"

The table was getting more tense as Lovett's knuckles turned white due to fury until Mrs Daniels broke the silence,
"Ruby, you do not get to be rude to our visitors! That is so inappropriate! Apologize to her instantly!" She commanded while I looked at her saying nothing.

If I was the one in her shoes, she'd never tell her to apologize to me, I thought sadly.

"Now!!!" She snapped.

"I...I'm sorry." I muttered.

"What's that? I can't hear you." Lovett said smirking.

"I said I'm sorry." I said again.

"Oh! What is she sorry for?!" A masculine voice asked as we all turned towards the direction of the voice.

It was Toby.
Lovett stood up immediately to hug him more like grinding against him while I just rolled my eyes, "I've missed you so much, Toby. So very much!" She said in a an attempted way to seduce.

Did I need I remind her that he was my husband? Toby simply said nothing nor acknowledged me either, he basked in all the affection as much as he could.

I kept reminding myself to calm down since more of this was to come, he was just a playboy after all.

A spoilt, rude and egoistic playboy.