A different him

"You wanted to talk. Is everything okay? You seem too busy these days to read text or pick up my calls," Ava said as soon as she took her seat before Jace, who was sitting comfortably like a regal figure behind the huge meeting table in the conference room.

She went to a popular resort for a meeting with a foreign client over some business, and they met by chance after she was done and ready to leave. He invited her for a little chat since he was also done with a board meeting that he attended on a different floor.

"I am sorry. Been busy," Jace apologized, exempting the truth about why he had been rejecting everyone's call knowing fully well that she would be one of the call list too. He had just been so pissed off at so many things lately.

"None taken. It is fine," She smiled, "I heard you are working on the newest New York mall project. How is it going?" She asked, trying to continue the conversation which seemed somewhat stiff.

"Great as usual," Jace answered concisely with a m