RUBY

“Luther? Is everything okay?” a soft female voice startled me. She appeared from the restaurant door.

I didn’t see the colleague Luther was going to meet, and I didn’t expect it to be Zoey. Reflexively, my body stepped back to give Luther some distance.

“Ruby, I saw a  man following you, so I asked Luther to help you, but he was reluctant to do that, and I needed to force him to do it,” said Zoey.

“Is that so?” I said softly. It turned out that ...