Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 172

Chapter 172: How the mighty have fallen.

Her confirmation plus the firm nodding of Andre’s head was the last stroke for them all. Jennie slumped in the chair like a lifeless doll and Edward clenched his hands.

Old lady Mayfair was trembling and Collin was blaming himself for having been so blind. Luke was texting a doctor at the hospital to inform him about Ruth’s whereabouts, plotting vengeance in his mind.

They could barely stare at each other for five long minutes, temporarily lost in their minds. It was ghostly quiet except for the ticking of the large clock on the wall in the living room, birds outside in the garden and a trimmer bringing down tree branches.

None of them had ever imagined that Ruth would make good on her threats and go on to try and kill a member of the family.

Someone knocked on the door persistently, waking them all up from slumber.

“Come in.” Edward called out.

Oman the butler, entered and approached Edward. “Sir, Mr and Mrs. Gabriel are waiting down stairs.”

Everyone, including Phoebe bobbed their head up and turned to the butler. They had just gone from one shock to another.

“What? We have been looking for them everywhere and they suddenly decided to appear here on their own?” Edward stood up quickly and set off.

The rest of the family followed, they wanted to see the shameless people that mistreated their Pheebs. They were all itching for a fight, especially the Mayfair boys whose sole job now was to protect and defend Phoebe.

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Ruth who was unaware of the return of the uninvited guests at the Mayfair house was still at the hospital dealing with her own troubles. The trouble being the side effects of Kelly’s revenge.

Everybody was discussing her at the hospital. She was worse that the other cuckoo victims because they were revealed as a group. In her case, she was alone, so everyone focused on her.

She was feeling like a dressed monkey performing tricks in a circus. Every now and then nurses walked into the room under the pretense of checking on her but she could hear them let out silly giggles.

Three intern doctors even had the guts to gossip about her because they thought she was sleeping.

“The Mayfair cuckoo, this is unbelievable!”

“She used to act all high and mighty each time she came to the hospital.”

“Oh how the mighty have fallen! Dr. Murphy hasn’t been in here once to check on her. None of the Mayfairs has even stepped foot in the hospital since she was admitted. In the old days, ten doctors would be surrounding her and the whole family would be gathered here.”

“It goes to show, no matter how much you dye the water red, it cannot become blood. They have their real daughter back, of what use is a spendthrift frail cuckoo?”

They laughed loudly, not caring if she would be woken up.

Under the covers, Ruth could hear everything. She had restrained herself from insulting anyone since last evening but these kids had taken it too far and were going to get a taste of her fury. She uncovered herself and screamed like a maniac.

“How dare you low lives say such things about me in my presence?” She spoke through pursed lips.

They were surprised and frightened for a moment until it hit them that she was a toothless tiger.

“Calm down! You aren’t as special as you think you are, fake Mayfair.” They giggled and run out.

Ruth screamed and threw a pillow on the ground not believing that this was what her life had been reduced to, a subject of ridicule. She moved from the bed and locked the door tightly. She didn’t want to see anyone anymore.

“What the fuck did I do to that bitch Kelly that she did me dirty? Did Collin put her up to this? Did they work together to humiliate me? That bitch thinks i don’t know what she has been up to.”

She sent a folder of pictures that she had been keeping as blackmail material to a paparazzo that did dirty work for her sometimes.

“Hmph, let me see how you will survive at your job anymore.” she sneered.

She checked the hottest topics of the day and tossed her phone on the bed. She was the hottest search on all platforms with many calling her all kinds of names.

Ruth went to the bathroom and took a cold shower as she felt her brain worked best when she was cool.

“I only have one option left to survive in this circle, i need to get married.” She had three men in mind as options, she just needed to hook up with any one of them. She chuckled deviously, certain that she was always one step ahead from Phoebe.

When she came out of the bathroom, there was a knock at the door. Ruth didn’t respond cause she didn’t want to see anyone because it the doctors.

“It’s Dickson.” Came the voice from outside the door.

Ruth’s upper lips curled up smugly, it was good that he was here. He was option number three after all, the least desirable but useful.

“I might as well brighten his day.” She walked to the door and opened it.

Dickson walked in, his eyes never leaving her body that was enveloped in a short white bathrobe. His gaze roamed all over her full figure and he moistened his lips with his tongue.

A soft chuckle slipped through Ruth’s lips, she knew that Dickson had wanted to have her for the longest time. Seducing him was as simple as snapping her fingers.

“What brings you by?” she asked.

“You were involved in an accident so how could i not come? I care about you more than anyone in the world. I came to see how you are doing, it seems you my dear have become an over night celebrity.” Dickson made himself comfortable in the sofa that was close to the window.

He looked out and saw the paparazzi he told to leave were still lurking around waiting to get a picture of Ruth.

She let her bathrobe slip to the floor, exposing her almost entirely naked body. She had on matching black undergarments beneath.

Shamelessly, she moved her body in different suggestive positions as she put on her clothes one by one in a seductive way.

“You don’t seem surprised by the news.” Ruth sat on the sofa next to him.

Dickson chuckled. “That is because unlike most people, I have known the Mayfair secret for a while.” He released her hair that was tied in a bun and caressed her face.

Ruth was repulsed by his touch, not once in the past would she have tolerated his hands on her but now, she had no choice but to allow him have some freedoms like this.

However, if he wanted more, he had to step up and do the right thing.

“I will marry you, let’s wait for all this noise to die down.” She smiled warmly at him.

Dickson laughed once and lowered his head. “You want me to marry you!” He raised it and looked at her with eyes that mocked her. “You should have done that when I was still interested and you were the Mayfair heiress. That ship has sailed I have a new love interest.”