Chapter 256
Ross was pissed off, and he knew exactly where those feelings were coming from: Danielle.
People were weird as hell. He'd been trying to keep his distance from her this whole time, but now that she was actually drawing those lines herself, he regretted it.
Ross had been regretting it since the night she cut him off. That feeling hit him for the first time ever, but he had no clue what to do about it.
Nobody had ever taught him how to love someone – not once in his entire life. Ross' shitty attitude made him lose any hope for romance altogether. He felt like crap.
When Danielle said she didn’t like him anymore, she really meant it.
It turned out the window for liking someone was really short – so short that if Ross didn't grab it right away, it just slipped through his fingers like wind brushing past his heart, leaving nothing behind.
He was gone. Danielle just stood there in a daze. She didn’t feel happy about making Ross angry. Actually, she felt kind of lost after he left, maybe even a little guilty. "Was I too harsh with what I said back there?" she thought.
Danielle had no clue why Ross had bothered to bring the earrings over himself, or what he’d been trying to say when he kept starting and stopping. She really wanted to call him back and ask him about it.
Richard got another call. He’d be flying back to Basterel from Rodunst in a couple of days.
He actually came back pretty regularly, so it didn’t feel weird or anything. The airport was packed with people coming and going. Richard grabbed his luggage and headed outside. His driver was running late because of traffic, so he had to wait by the curb for a few minutes.
Even though Richard was getting older, he still carried himself well. His features had that mature, handsome quality that comes with age. He was around the same age as Jameson, but he looked way more distinguished and put-together – younger and more confident too.
Ruth came out from inside and got straight into a Rolls-Royce. She had on sunglasses and a face mask, but one could tell she was feeling pretty damn good about herself – probably thanks to all that attention from her young boy toy lately.
Even with her face covered, she had this confident swagger going on. But when Ruth got in the car, Jasper didn’t follow her. He just stood by the car door and said, “Ruth, let’s just call it quits.”
He dropped that bomb and immediately hailed a taxi for himself.
Ruth sat there completely stunned. Maybe this felt too much like real love, and it actually freaked her out. When she realized he was really leaving, she scrambled out of the car to chase after him.
Problem was, Ruth was wearing heels and couldn’t keep up. She even crashed into some random guy on the sidewalk.
Richard had been about to call Juliana to let her know he’d made it to Basterel safely, but Ruth slammed into him so hard that his phone hit the pavement and the screen shattered completely.
Ruth was in full panic mode, but Jasper was already speeding away in that taxi. There was no point chasing anymore.
She was pissed off and didn’t really want to apologize, but when she saw that the guy she’d hit was wearing expensive clothes, she had no choice.
She pulled off her sunglasses and said, “Sorry about that. How much was your phone? I’ll pay for it.”
But when Richard looked at her, his expression went ice cold. There was something poisonous in his stare, like pure fury mixed with something way darker.
Ruth felt a chill run down her spine. This guy was looking at her like he knew her or something. "Could he be one of the Jean family's enemies?" she thought. The idea made her take several steps back to keep her distance.
Richard picked up his phone and completely ignored her. When his car showed up, he bent down to get in and drove off without a second glance.
Once Richard was in the car, he looked even more pissed off.
This woman who was pretending to be Juliana and living it up as the Jean family’s rich wife in Basterel was out there fooling around with other men. She was basically destroying their reputation.