His hand didn’t stop caressing my hair playfully. Ace was really in a good mood and his positivity was starting to rub off on me. Suddenly, Ace took a lock of my hair and placed it against his lips. I watched as he kissed my hair tenderly as my heart skipped a beat and my chest clenched tightly. “Ace…” I whispered his name softly. “I don’t do this to my dog…” Ace mumbled as his eyes lingered on the lock of my hair that he held between his fingers. “Or this…” Ace whispered.My body froze when I felt the heat his hand on the side of my neck before he started stroking the side of my neck tenderly with the tips of his fingers. His face came closer to mine, and I soon felt the heat of his lips on my cheek. His kiss was soft and more playful than demanding. I felt heat rush to my face, and I knew that I had started to blush wildly. “Or this…” Ace whispered again.This time his lips approached mine. He’s going to kiss me…“Please…no more…” I protested in a breathless whisper as I tried m
“Let’s check in first,” Ace said as he offered me his hand. I looked down at his open palmed as I hesitated. Since when did it become the norm for us to hold hands? Ace gave me a confused look and I found myself slipping my hand into his much larger one. He gave my hand a comforting little squeeze before he led me after him into the hotel lobby. My eyes fell on where our hands were joined as I wondered if he would hold my hand all the time during this trip, and perhaps, even after that? Do I want that? “There’s only one room?” I asked in total disbelief. “Yes, there is no mistake. Only one suite room is booked,” the receptionist repeated before flashing me a polite smile. Did the company suddenly run out of budget or something?I looked accusingly at Ace who just shrugged his shoulders before smiling sweetly and innocently my way. He planned all this. I should have known…“Is there another room available?” I asked hopefully.The beautiful woman just shook her head before apologi
“I want to interview the sellers and some of the buyers as well, can you help me out with the translations?” Ace inquired enthusiastically. “Of course, it is my job to do so,” Rung replied followed by a laugh. “Come this way. I will take you to the section that specializes in dog meat. I don’t know what you’ve heard but, dog meat isn’t eaten by every single person in this country. I, personally, don’t eat it but of course there are many that do. It’s a matter of preference, you know…” Rung explained as he led the way through the throng of people.As it turned out, the wet market was very big and had many sections. According to Rung’s explanation, dog meat was sold in a small section in the market because of the niche market that it caters to. It wasn’t as common as poultry, pork, and beef. “There are specialized restaurants that sells it. Usually, it isn’t sold randomly or mixed with other meat…” Rung explained further when we arrived at the dedicated stores. “So, all these stores
“Really? We’re here now so I’m sure that Rung can take us to a restaurant that serves dog meat. Right, Rung?” Ace suggested with a smile. “Yes, I can. It’s not that hard to find to be honest,” Rung replied with a nod of his head. “That’s fine. I mean, if you want to you can go ahead and try it but I personally wouldn’t…” I stood my ground. “If you say so. Let’s head back to the hotel then,” Ace said before he reached for my hand.Rung led the way out of the market to where he had parked the car. It was getting quite cold now that the sun had set. It was about time that we leave because most stalls in the market had already started packing up. “Your hand is a little cold. Are you feeling cold?” Ace turned to ask me with concern in his voice.I did feel a little cold. This was my own fault for not checking the weather forecast and underestimating that this country could be so cold. “A little…but I’m fine…thanks,” I replied before smiling a little at him. Ace yanked softly on my ha
“Don’t just study the facts or people’s opinions, try to form your own opinions and think of an angle that would be appealing to the audience too,” Ace advised sternly. “You’re right…” I whispered with a firm nod of my head. He was probably right that I tend to get wrapped up in what other people thought rather than focusing on how I felt about things. We needed to come up with an angle and storyline from this trip, so I had to keep that in mind as well. It was clear that Ace was way more focused on the work than I was, and he probably had some ideas on the storyline proposal already. On the other hand, my mind was still pretty much blank.The only thing that comforted me was that the trip had just started. There are still a couple more days for me to put my thoughts together and hopefully by then, my creative juices would help my brain come up with some unique and appealing ideas. …When we made it back to the hotel, I was more determined to get some work done rather than tired. T
“Hmm…” Ace moaned softly before the tip of his tongue began licking my neck. “No…I’m so…sweaty…” I protested as I tried to push him away from me. “You always smell and taste good,” Ace whispered huskily when his lips left my neck for a moment. As if he wanted to get that point across, he boldly licked my neck before trailing small kisses down to my collar bone. When his tongue snaked out to lick and tease my collarbone, I moaned as my breathing quickened. His hands reached behind my back to unclasp my bra and his hands skillfully removed it from my arms and body. “Ace…please…” I protested in a weak voice.I hated myself and how weak I was against his art of seduction. I hated how my voice came out sounding so sweet and breathless like I was begging him for more rather than pleading for him to stop what he was doing to me. “No…please…I’m so dirty right now…” I protested in embarrassment.Ace didn’t heed my warning and buried his face in between my breasts before his hands cupped t
The jacuzzi was quite large and was probably made for a small group of people instead of just the two of us but that meant that we had more room to move around. I wished that I could say that that meant that I had private room to myself away from Ace because that wasn’t the case at all. Naked and in the water, I tried to use the water to hide my nakedness from him while Ace kept staring at me with an amused look on his face. He probably thought that my reaction was funny or entertaining to watch. Although he’s seen me naked before, I still didn’t feel comfortable to just hang around together with him in my naked form and the fact that he was also stark naked wasn’t helping my poor little heart at all. “Why are you hiding so far way over there?” Ace asked lazily. His arms reached for me and soon I found myself settling back against him. The heat from his body along my back as he pressed my body back into his made me very aware of how close he was to me. I could feel his warm breath
“Concentrate and think, Rina. Tell me something that you found interesting from today’s interviews,” Ace prompted again, and I could tell that he was being serious about this. How does he expect me to be able to answer him while he’s doing these lewd things to me?“I…I think…Ahh…” I began saying before passionate moans overtook my words. “You’re very sensitive…” Ace said with satisfaction.His other hand moved to cup and massage my breast as he continued to pet my clit with his other hand. I could feel his eyes staring down at my face as he watched my face contort into a mask of ecstasy. “Let’s try again, Rina. Tell me about what you thought of today’s interviews,” Ace asked me again and he tried to get me to focus on his words. “I…I think…that people value…culture…” I managed to spit out in between my wild pants. My body felt so unbearably hot, and it was a small miracle that I haven’t fainted already. The way Ace touched my body made me feel too good that my mind could no longe