Chapter 14

"You're staying here? Fine. Then, I'm leaving," Estelle said. She'd just taken a step away when Ruben said calmly, "If you disappear from my life again, then I will make sure that Cassie, your other friends in the country, and your mentor will never see the day of light again." Estelle froze. "Ruben Daye! You're such a shameless bastard!" "I didn't want to do this," he replied while chopping up some more ingredients. This time, however, he accidentally sliced his finger, and he stared at it for a long while. He'd never done such a thing before. Still, he continued after that. "But that's the simplest and most effective way, isn't it?" Estelle didn't bother answering him, and the entire mansion fell hush. Very quickly, Ruben finished cooking up something else and brought it to her. But Estelle had lost all her appetite and she also didn't want to see him for another second longer, so she went upstairs straightaway to go to bed. Ruben brought the food up to her. "Are you tired? Ea