Chapter 5
His brain confirmed his anxiousness but the heart wanted to scream contrary.
Why?She is nobody to you. Didn't you want to spend a night with her? Destiny is giving you a second chance. Why not use it? Taming girls like her with your magical words is a cakewalk to you. You missed the last opportunity, why not use it now?
But his heart wouldn't agree to the signals of his mind.
Darn! She is a lot of work.
He could not see her in such a devastated state. What happened to her? Did her fiance play another dangerous game with her? Why was she out in the street late at night? Questions began to configure his mind endlessly. Thankfully his place could provide her with security.
He immediately called the bodyguard and told him to carry her to his room without waking her.
Sometimes you need to wait and watch and sometimes you need to act right at the time.
At the age of twenty, innocent Scarlet White was a killer.
Since Ace saw her, he’s been denying his feelings for her, ignoring the void in his heart he knows only she could fill.
Everything about them was contradicting. She wasn't a girl of his taste, yet a flavor that he wanted to relish.
He sought her just as one of those nigglings. Little did he know she was the girl who would make his life only more complicated than just a one night stand to sort out his feelings about her until nothing mattered to him in the world than her for whom he could even give away his life.
The dream…
She looked beside the handsome man. Even in her trepidation, she could note his virile features. His dark blonde hair was falling on his face giving him a boyish look.
Scarlet's fingers urged her to move his soft hairs away and get a good look at Venus. It is not like she was ever going to see him again.
He had everything that an Eros had to have. High cheekbones, a pointed jawline, strong muscles, and a bit of stubble grown that escalated his manliness.
His night pants were hanging low below his belly button. The thick mane on his chest passed through his middle in a happy trail and ended inside his pants Scarlet was intrigued to see.
Shit! Her brain went to the gutter for perceiving such dirty thoughts about a man who she met just yesterday.
A soft quaver escaped her throat, as she gulped heavily looking for the final time at the hypnotizing Adonis.
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Taking her in his arms he gingerly placed her on the couch. She was burning with temperature. It was obvious. She was staying the complete night in such cold without even a proper roof.
His heart ached for her. She looked so weak and vulnerable. What was so tragic that happened that she was out without even a jacket? Did that stupid fiance make another stunt upon her? His hackles rose no sooner the name hit his mind. Before he pondered more about her Ace noted he had to immediately call a doctor.
He took a glass of water placed on his table and sprinkled water on her face. "Scarlet, open your eyes." He gently tapped her soft cheeks with the pads of his fingers.
She slowly took a peer to receive the person she never wanted to face. Her eyes stared at him wide in anger and trepidation. He was the same who took her virginity away in her unconsciousness.
Scarlett hated him.
An unlimited abhorrence crossed in her features as she looked at him. The day still holds a strong memory shaking her insides. She just hopes she doesn't go pregnant in her already complicated life.
"How are you?" Ace asks her in love like one speaks to a child, placing the back of his hand on her forehead to estimate her temperature.
"I'm good. Thank you for waking me up." She bit her words and thought she reached the door but he was quick enough to catch her and pull her inside.
"Where are you going?" He asked her, surprised. "You will stay here until I feel you are fit to go back to your hostel."
The word 'hostel' shook her insides with terror. Should anybody have noticed, she killed Carl? But no way she was going to stay with this heartless hunter. She hated rich people who use their power and money and exploit deprived, demolished girls like her.
Ace could see reels turn in Scarlet's head no sooner he talked going back. He knew he had more to learn than just getting her a treatment. But his first concern was a stomach filling food for her. She looked malnourished, like she would fly away with the wind.
"Be a good girl and have your breakfast before the doctor arrives." He pointed to the white tray filled with food on his table and was about to push away the hairs falling on her face when she shifted back to evade his touch. Scarlett loathed him for cashing on her vulnerable state.
Ace was hurt but he did not let his feelings project on his face.
"I'm alright and I do not need a doctor. Thank you for the help you did to me in the past and now too." Scarlet crunches on her words in sarcasm rising from the comforter again. But Ace's hold on her went firmer this time.
He is a damn cogent mogul who could buy 100 girls like her to lay under him. But he wasn't cheap, born in a desolate family to talk disrespectfully.
"I'm not here to take your orders. You will follow what I say since you have reached my territory." He spoke firmly.
Scarlet gaped at him in shock. The man had the guts to command her in spite of the abuse he did to her in the past. What kind of barricade had she landed herself into? Out of all places in the city she had to reach his office. If this is not the game of fate, what is it?
The doctor came, examined her, and prescribed a few medicines. He injected medicine into a syringe but before he could administer it, Scarlet ran shouting like a toddler of three - "I'm frightened, no syringes on me."At first Ace was astonished and then he had a hard time controlling his laugh. For the moment he did not find any difference between her and his daughter. She was as childish as her.He caught her before she ran from his room. "What are you doing? Are you a baby frightened of injections and crying?" He scolded but with underlying softness like he does to his daughter.Ace held her in his arms, placing her in his lap, and directed her to his chest with her legs on either side of his waist. "Your temperature is very high. It is just a small prick Scarlet, you wil
She observed, he was charming, and intelligent. The leopard-like graceful movement with deep voice and adventurous personality could make any girl fall at her knees for him. He had a Titan's shoulders. His bristly eyebrows and hawkish nose were no match even to the models walking out of GQ magazine. Those high cheekbones and the concrete jaw could be compared to Eros, the God of seduction. In short, he was a complete pack of attractiveness and virility that any girl would fall for.He stared at her with those stoical Turquoise Greens that had a kind of fire and passion in his eyes and probably another emotion that she couldn't fathom. "What are you looking at? Come on dig in, the breakfast will go cold." He told her in nonchalance but with lifted lips.What was there on her face that made him amused. "I do not know if you like cheese
For a moment Ace was wordless. He stared at her unbelievably and later mentally concluded it was a sensitive subject and he had to handle tactfully with the juvenile.For once at least she should have believed her friends and calculated Carl. Within a few months she should be a certified nutritionist. But now?Scarlet hesitated to say her dangerous truth but Ace wouldn't stop enquiring.The cops might come and arrest her on the murder charges at any time. However, seeing the reputed man in front of her, there was a small spark of hope gradually rising in her. Probably Mr. Taylor might help her to sweep away her criminal record.But she knew she was walking on thin ice. She least believed the man that he was not inte
He couldn't send this unblemished girl to the convent without completion of her graduation. Scarlet is a determined and hardworking student. He had already got her investigated by his team. She came to Perth to study on a scholarship. Ace wanted Scarlet to realize her dream of being a nutritionist and go back to convent with a successful vision.Whatever happened in her life was not her fault and she shouldn't be forgoing her career because of a rogue who tried to cheat and use her. Teaching Carl a lesson was sure in his 'to do' list but firstly, he had to join Scarlet in a university where she should be completing her education.Her purity was a peaceful and welcoming change to him. With the passing moments, Ace was intrigued to learn more about her. The more he came to know about her, the greater was his adoration and regard
She felt the wetness between her legs. He was handsome, an Apollo dressed to kill. He had the darkest blonde hair and most beautiful green eyes that Scarlet could spend an age staring at.Ace Taylor was a man with few words and more action. He held a kind of aplomb, a grandeur with which he carried himself."Get freshen up, outfits are waiting for you there. Put the one you like and come back to my office." He cleared his throat after having a glass of water."My secretary will accompany you to the suite. You can tell her your size and she will get you your...I mean...." He trailed off so as not to make her feel uneasy.What was Scarlett going to do now? Will she accept Ace's invitation or since he is already taken man find her own way to her destination?
Tugging a pink towel around her wet body she came out of the steaming bathroom standing before the rack. After looking at the varieties of dresses, and casuals hanging before her, Scarlet could not decide on what to choose. She was speechless. If only she could afford it she wanted to buy the entire wardrobe.Little did innocent Scarlet know Ace talked to sister Mary to get her permission in bringing her with him to Pennsylvania, to pursue her education and maybe help her start a career in his concern itself. He is a renowned businessman in pharmaceuticals and nutrition is a sub branch of medicine. Employing her in his firm will not be a big deal to him and she would get a good break if she starts her career from Johnson group of Industries.How was Scarlett's life going to turn with the intervention of Ace? Will he become the knight
"Read it and you will understand. Afterward, you can sign it here." Ace points to a place with the pen and speaks to her in a care as gentle as a caress."This is an application for graduation in Home Science from the University of Pennsylvania. It is very difficult to get through here." She confirms going startled.Ace shrugs in nonchalance. "You have got some of the best grades anybody could have asked for."Scarlet stares at him unbelievably. "I applied for this university earlier too but I did not get it. Do you have anything to do here with my admission?"Ace looks down at Scarlet in an intrigued grin but then gets back to his stoical nature not speaking anything.
She had fallen in love with the right person at the wrong time. Why did she have to go drunk at the bar and meet this charismatic entrepreneur in the first place? And of all the places in Perth, why should she take refuge only under his roof. Yes, it sounds like a fairy-tale but unfortunately it is not and the reality of her life.She could not continue her education in a university where she had worked so hard to win a scholarship because of Lothario who tried to rape her. Why should she bear the brunt of actions for a crime that she has not committed? Carl is not dead. And whatever she did to him was under the grounds of self-defense. Otherwise she would have been dead today.However she also knew taking rounds of the court her hairs would turn gray but with no justice. When she needed someone's help the most, Ace