Chapter 23

▪️Ace ▪️

“Not a problem. We’re all one big family here at The Company. What helps one, helps everybody.”

Ace could accept that he’d made a snap judgment where Simone was concerned, and willing to set aside his initial misgivings, opened his laptop and pulled up his file.

“Here’s what I’ve done.”

Three hours later, he dragged his feet into his office. Damn, that was brutal. Simone quizzed him on everything and insisted on Ace introducing him to the influencers and going through the campaign specifics with each one. It was the right way to handle things, but man, he was tired.

He slumped in his chair, rolled his shoulders, and yawning, picked up his phone. Olivia and Liam smiled at him from a text, the famous Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Élysées looming in the background. He grinned and sent them a slew of hearts.

Emily was also on the text, but she hadn’t responded, and Ace wondered if she was still angry about t