All for Me

I blinked rapidly to snap out of my ominous thoughts to find Ace staring intensely at my face as he rested his chin on the back of his hand. Automatically, I offered him a smile to hide the fact that I was in fact quite stressed out at that moment despite how well everything seemed to be progressing. His hazel eyes seemed to appraise my face and I could tell that he could read me and what I was thinking.

“Yes…?” I replied while trying to keep my tone light.

“Should we go to the office today or should we just call in sick?” Ace asked before he laughed a little.

I was very tempted to go with his more than subtle hint that we should just call in sick and take the day off together; however, I couldn’t quite bring myself to hog Ace all to myself when I knew that everyone at the company must be waiting for him to make an appearance like some superhero. Unwarranted rumors could go spreading around the company as well if the CEO did not turn up to work after publicly announcing his retirem