Vegas Ruby🥀 | Taennie ff |

Chapter 10

"Love is a web, entangling two souls, pulling them closer, but also suffocating them."

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Taehyung

Ruby kept throwing poorly veiled glances my way as we walked into our gaming room. Jungkook was already there doing some recreational kicks against the punching bag. He paused when we stepped in, his gaze narrowing on Ruby briefly before starting to kick again. "I'm starving.

Let's order pizza."

Upon seeing Jungkook, Ruby had stiffened beside me and her breathing turned erratic. I wasn't sure if it was because he was only in his fight shorts or because he was beating the shit out of an inanimate object, but her fear of him was obvious. I snatched the delivery menu to one of our favorite pizza places from the bar. It was stuck to something that had spilled. I turned to her. "You will have to get used to Jungkook's presence."

She jumped, tearing her eyes away from my brother. "I don't know if I can. I heard what he does, what he likes doing," she whispered.

I regarded my brother, who watched us from across the room as he landed another kick against the punching bag. Jungkook did a lot of things, which were unsettling to someone like Ruby, and he enjoyed them all. "Не isn't a danger to you."

She raised her eyes to mine, shivering, goose bumps rising along her smooth skin. "Are you sure?"

"Yes." There was no hesitation in the word. I knew with absolute certainty that Jungkook wouldn't lay a hand on Ruby because she was mine.

She nodded slowly, her eyes filled with unease. She was reluctant to believe me. She didn't know Jungkook like I did. Very few people in this world were safe around my brother, there was no denying it, but the same could be said for me.

"Why don't you take a look at the menu and see what kind of pizza you want?" I held it out to her.

She took it from me, eyeing it warily. The stained paper looked like it had seen better days.

I made my way over to my brother, who stopped kicking and raised his eyebrows at me. "That look means I won't like what you have to say."

"You scare her."

Jungkook gave me an amused smirk. There were very few people who weren't terrified of my brother.

"I'd appreciate it if you try not to scare her quite so much."

Jungkook chuckled, ramming his knee into the bag a few more times before he said, "I didn't do anything."

"I know," I said. "We don't do well with sensitive women, but Ruby lives under our roof now. She is part of our family, and we should make sure she feels as comfortable as possible given her past and our disposition."

He tilted his head. "You want us to treat her well?" I followed his gaze toward Ruby, who was assessing the bar area, which was piled with dirty glasses, beer bottles, and plates. The cleaning people were coming in the morning.

"Yes. I want her to be treated like family. I want her protected. I want her safe from any threat. She is a Falcone now. She is mine."

Jungkook nodded, not taking his eyes off my wife. She placed the menu down on the bar then glanced up and noticed our gazes. She blinked, stiffening, and then swallowed, quickly picked up the menu again, and fumbled nervously with it. Fear.