“Hey, are you okay? What happened?” he asked, his voice filled with concern.
After a few minutes, Ruby managed to calm herself. Her eyes fell on Jack’s outstretched hand in front of her. She quickly wiped her tears and slowly stood up, steadying herself.
“Thank you, Mr. Beaufort. I’m fine…” she said, avoiding his gaze as she stepped away from him.
She didn’t want to create any unnecessary assumptions among the people in the elevator.
Lance had just finished talking to the repair crew, while Fiona immediately rushed over to Ruby to comfort her.
“They said help is on the way, and they’ll fix the elevator,” Lance informed everyone, casting a brief glance at Ruby.
Ruby ignored that and turned to Fiona, who was holding onto her arm.
“Ru, how come I never knew you were afraid of the dark?
