He’s My Ruthless Billionaire
Chapter 24

Hailey's POV

I dialed his number. I remember his number from the heart.

"Hello?" Alex's voice came.

Listening to his voice, tears came to my eyes.

"A-Alex," I said.

I heard pages rustle and then I heard his grasping some air.

"H-Hailey? Is that you!?"

"Y-Yes Alex," I said.

"Oh god, are you okay!?"

"Yes, I am," I said. "How are you? And mom?"

"We're good, Hailey... b-but you? Where are you!? When are you coming back?"

"I-I can't come back, but I am good Alex," I said. I heard him sighing.

"Does he hurt you?" he asked.

"No" I replied.

"You sure? You seem like you've been crying"

"Yes... I-I just got emotional hearing your voice. I miss you Alex" I confessed.

"I miss you too sis," he said. "so. you aren't coming?"

"No... I am sorry Alex"

"Don't be" he said. "One day you will get out of that devil's-"

"He's not a devil!" I said. "He is just... hurt"

"Hailey. Mom always taught us to see good in others. But not when... he- well, he destroyed you!"

"Belief in me, I will make everything fine," I said.

"I do," he said.

"Bye Alex"

"Wait. When will you call again?" he asked.

"If everything is fine, then soon"

"Okay, I will wait desperately, sis"

"Don't try to replace me please Alex. I am safe and will return if everything turns out fine"

"IF? There is no if, Hailey! You have to!"

"Y-Yeah. Bye!"

"Bye"

I lowered the phone as tears fell from my eyes. This is so beautiful, talking with him after so much time. I can't believe he let me do this. I think we will soon be good.

I made the dinner after that and did exactly what I always do, make the best I can. I took the dishes and then arranged them on the dining table while he was working on his laptop again. After serving all dishes, I thought to talk to him.

"R-Robert," I said.

He looked at me and then at dinner. He smiled.

"Here's your phone," I said and handed him the phone. He looked at the phone and then at me. He looked quite shocked.

"Did you have a good talk?" He asked shaking off the expression.

"Y-Yeah, kind of... I-I mean it was... uh... emotional"

He nodded and then made me sit next to him. Again, those memories. Why is it the same case with everything?

He looked at me and saw the fear in my eyes.

"I usually love to see the fear in others' eyes," he said. "But I don't like it right now"

I lowered my head and nodded.

"I mean don't be scared"

I looked at him and smiled.

He can change in the blink of an eye, right?

I just can't believe that he was the one who did that to me that day.

Then we had the most peaceful dinner I ever had with him. We went to the bed and laid down.

"Night," he said.

"Good night" I replied.

Doesn't it look like a perfect dream?

I mean, is it possible that in real life, someone can change so much?

'But he hasn't changed. You said that you are removing his mask, dumbo!' my subconsciousness said.

'Shut up I said.

She speaks too much at times.

I closed my eyes and a song started playing in my mind.

"I close my eyes and I can see

The world that's waiting up for me

That I call my own

Through the dark, through the door

Through where no one's been before

But it feels like home

They can say, they can say it all sounds crazy

They can say, they can say I've lost my mind

I don't care, I don't care, so call me crazy

We can live in a world that we design

'Cause every night I lie in bed

The brightest colors fill my head

A million dreams are keeping me awake

I think of what the world could be

A vision of the one I see

A million dreams are all it's gonna take

A million dreams for the world we're gonna make

There's a house we can build

Every room inside is filled

With things from far away

The special things I compile

Each one is there to make you smile

On a rainy day

They can say, they can say it all sounds crazy

They can say, they can say we've lost our minds

I don't care, I don't care if they call us crazy

Runaway to a world that we design

Every night I lie in bed

The brightest colors fill my head

A million dreams are keeping me awake

I think of what the world could be

A vision of the one I see

A million dreams are all it's gonna take

A million dreams for the world we're gonna make

However big, however small

Let me be part of it all

Share your dreams with me

You may be right, you may be wrong

But say that you'll bring me along

To the world you see

To the world, I close my eyes to see

I close my eyes to see

Every night I lie in bed

The brightest colors fill my head

A million dreams are keeping me awake

A million dreams, a million dreams

I think of what the world could be

A vision of the one I see

A million dreams are all it's gonna take

A million dreams for the world we're gonna make

For the world, we're gonna make"

It is crazy how it fits just the situation I am in, right?

I mean, anyone would call me crazy if I tell them that I am healing him.

"You look beautiful when you smile" I heard a voice. I opened my eyes and I noticed the song wasn't in my mind, but it was being played on his phone.

"You also think it's crazy right?" he asked.

"What?" I asked him.

"Helping me"

"Nope," I said. "I think that people will say that. But as the song says, I don't care"

He smiled. "You are different... much different"

I smiled back, not knowing what he meant by different.

I closed my eyes again and this time, I fell asleep.

Robert's POV

[flashback]

".... set them free" Hailey completed her sentence.

That time, I felt something. She was... correct. It is true, I-I am scared of my demons.

And that is why I want to hurt her...

Or I am bound to hurt her.

And the fact that she understands me, the way no one ever did, that is... that just makes her special.

I saw hurt in her eyes once again. I can let her talk to Alex, it would not hurt.

So, I gave her my phone and she smiled. She was beyond shocked and I liked that expression.

She was impressed... maybe just by herself.

That look showed that she felt as if she just had a small victory.

The same she had when she told me about the negotiation.

I-I was not knowing why she went there.

I should have let her explain.

Anyway, when she came back and gave me my phone back, I was kind of shocked. I thought she would have kept it or would not return it. But she was trustworthy... at least this time. Some sentences are incomplete if you are not reading this novel on Ebookex.com. Visit Ebookex.com to read the complete chapters for free. Her food is very delicious, as always. But words of praise have never left my mouth.

As we lay on the bed, I saw her. How she must be feeling.

This is the first time I was thinking about how others must be feeling.

I played the song I thought would match her conditions. She smiled after the song was completed.

She looks beautiful when she smiles... and I spoke it by mistake.

I was happy she didn't reply or react to it.

I slept after that.

I decided to not go to MO that night. I told Max to handle it.

Yeah, MAX. I don't care about anything; he is still my right-hand man and no one is as skilled as him.

Hailey's POV

I got up and as expected he was not beside me. He always wakes up first.

But something is wrong.

Fuck. How can this alarm not ring?

It is 7 AM.

I got up hurriedly to see if he has gone or not. I ran down the stairs and saw him sitting. I went to him.

"I-I am sorry, I- I don't know why the alarm-"

"I switched it off," he said. "But for now, can you please make breakfast? I am dying"

Wow. He knows how to use hyperbole and a hint of humor too!

"Sure"