Ruby didn’t want to sound desperate, but she badly wanted Tom’s attention. Tonight, she didn’t bother to wear anything and waited for him in his bedroom.

She didn’t want to give up without a fight.

God! Staying naked makes you cold.

She mumbled and wrapped a shawl around her. She lay on the bed, resting her head on the pillow. This life was supposed to be so much better than the previous one.

However, everything was turning into chaos. This time, she was richer than Sienna, but somehow, in this life, Hunter was giving attention to his wife.

In every meet-up, Sienna acted as if Hunter were crazy about her.

With all the random thoughts running in her mind, she slipped into a deep slumber. However, she jerked when she heard a loud horn honking outside.

Shit! Tom is home!

She straightened with a gasp and took off the shawl. After springing to her feet, she checked her reflection in the mirror.

"Perfect!" She smiled to herself and ran her fingers through her hair.

The door flew open, and Tom came inside. And he was not alone.

Ruby tried to hide the disappointment when she saw Lara glued to him. They both froze in the doorway when they saw Ruby, standing nak*ed in the middle of the room.

"What are you doing here?" Lara barely tried to mask the bitter edge in her voice, "Leave us alone!"

Ruby kept chewing her lower lip, waiting for Tom to say something. When he didn’t speak, she rolled her eyes and picked up her shawl, "Fine. Enjoy you two!"

Yet when she walked past them, she was taken aback when Tom held her wrist quickly.

"Stay!" He commanded her and passed a warning glare to Lara.

"Seriously? Then why did you bring me here?" Ruby tried to hold back her smile when the bitch started throwing tantrums.

"Go!" Tom said icily and then gave a slight push to Lara’s shoulder. Lara stomped her feet and spun around to leave.

She wanted to open her mouth, maybe to throw insults, but before that, the door of the room was already closed.

"Well!" Tom smiled as he started unbuttoning his shirt, "Why did nobody ever tell me that my wife is so beautiful?"

His gaze was traveling on her body, assessing her every curve. Ruby suddenly felt hot... and felt wanted... and se*xy.

She raised her shoulders in style as she fell back on the bed, "Well. It’s not too late, I guess."

She winked and slowly opened her legs, showing him her shaved pu*ssy.

At last!

Yeah. At last, it was working.

The man who wasn’t giving her attention was finally aroused. The proof was the unmistakable bulge beneath his boxers.

His gaze dragged slowly over her body, settling between her thighs hungrily until his expression changed. His eyes grew hard.

"Get up!" He said sharply, "Quickly!" He yelled in anger, "Look! You’ve made a mess, woman!"

Ruby seemed thrown off. Her brows were pulled together. Tom held her by her elbow and dragged her out of his room.

"Wait!" She screamed, embarrassed by her nakedness, "Let me take my shawl!"

He seemed to have gone deaf and kept walking to her room. He kicked the door open and then pushed her towards the bathroom.

"Get inside!" He ordered her. Ruby was still bewildered. What had gotten into him?

"W...What?"

"I said, go inside!" This time, he repeated in irritation, "Or are you planning to stain my whole damn house?"

Ruby was more confused.

Stain his house? What did he mean?

Once she stepped into the bathroom, he closed the door behind her and locked it from the outside.

"What the..." Ruby turned and knocked at the door, "Tom... What happened. Please... Open the door..."

It looked like he had already left.

Suddenly, tears welled up in her eyes.

The disrespect, the hurt. Everything got unbearable.

She slid against the door and sat on the cold tiled floor. God! She felt cold and didn’t have anything to cover herself.

"Maybe a towel would do..." She said, controlling her tears.

After wiping her face, she took the towel off the hook, and that was when she felt something trickling down her thigh.

She looked down and was horrified to find blood. She had gotten her period. Now everything made sense.

In the past life, Tom had told her clearly never to come closer if she was on her period. She never expected him to react so badly.

"Asshole!" She screamed and then wrapped the huge towel around her body, kicking the toilet seat, "Ouch!"

Ignoring the pain in her toenail, she sat on the floor and hid her face in her arms.

Did Sienna also suffer the same way?

But no. She did notice the twinkle in Tom’s eyes tonight— the same way he used to look at her when he was married to Sienna.

"I ... I won’t give up this easily..." She tightened her arms around her body, "He is the only person who can help me survive. This time, Sienna will be a loser, and I’ll be an achiever."

She yawned loudly and heard some noise coming from a distance.

There seemed to be chaos. The master bedroom needed to be cleaned and disinfected. After all, Mrs. Thomas made it dirty by letting her period stain the bed.

Ruby ignored it all. She didn’t want to dwell on her past mistakes and chose to focus on her future.

"Yes! That’s the spirit, girl!" She praised herself with a chuckle as she lay on the cold bathroom floor that felt freezing against her cheek.

"Everything will be alright, Ruby," She told herself, "Tom will not only notice you but will fall for you. Tomorrow, when you’ll be out, just... have a good serving of French toast along with some vanilla ice cream and plan. You’re no longer a poor girl who can’t afford a damn French toast."

Poor her.

She didn’t know that she was not locked in the bathroom for only one night. It was a week-long punishment.

For the next seven days, she would eat, sleep, and spend all of her time there.