Business Deals

Ace POV

I hated the way everything felt right now. For ten years there were only two people that meant anything to me and I did nothing but push them away this past month. I was a piece of shit that didn't deserve either of them.

Maybe my dad was right? I'm too different to have any true friends, especially ones that grew up in such a vastly different world than me.

He always said others would use me for my power. Little did he know that it was me that fucked them over. Every time I thought about apologizing, I reminded myself how I dragged her across the beach, how I made her cry, and loved the power I had over her.

Every time Derek looked at me wondering if we were still friends. I remembered how I wanted to beat him for talking against me. Him telling me to leave his sister alone should have made me snap back to reality but it only pissed me off more. Made me want to hurt him.

I needed to accept that this is who I was. I'm fucking rich and powerful and wouldn't allow anyone to be