Request & Promise

My mother’s eyes widened as her hand flew to cover her mouth. She stared at Ace in shock before she turned to stare at me as if asking me for confirmation as well.

“I’m sure that all the gossip must have blown everything about our relationship out of proportion. The truth is, we started dating shortly after Karina became my secretary although we knew that it was against the company’s policy,” Ace announced quite proudly.

In my mind I could hear a cracking sound and the more that Ace spoke, the louder that cracking sound became. I looked around to see my whole world cracking up and then it all came crumbling down around me.

“It’s not like that, mother!” I cried out as I stood up from my seat.

“Sit down, Rina…” my mother said sternly.

Her eyes narrowed at me, and it made me feel like a young girl again. My mother could be very strict sometimes, but she wasn’t unreasonable. Although she was shocked, she was still willing to listen to what Ace had to say. With a resigned sigh, I gave