RUBY'S POV
"It's probably nothing," I muttered to myself.
I tried to shake off the strange encounter and focus on the task at hand. Lilac would probably roll her eyes at me if I came back empty-handed after agreeing to this shopping trip.
Stepping into the shirts section, I began flipping through a rack of vintage round necks. A particular dark green one caught my eye, and I reached for it. Just as I was pulling it off the hanger, I collided with someone.
“Sorry....” I apologized and looked up. My words froze in my throat when I saw him.
It was the same man in all-black.
His face broke into that same gap-toothed smile. “Well, fancy meeting you here again.”
At this point, I was already growing annoyed. “Yeah, what a coincidence,” I muttered and stepped back.
“I swear I’m not followi
