“Ace…” I called his name softly as I stood at his side.“What is it?” he asked but without much interest. “Thank you for working so hard for us…” I said softly but clearly. Ace turned to stare directly into my face before he smiled a little at me. Slowly his hand reached out and soon I felt its warmth against my cheek. He softly stroked my cheek with the pad of his thumb, and I smiled back in response. “Umm…I’ll head back to bed now…” I mumbled softly as I felt heat rise to my cheek.His loving caress made so much warmth flood my face and my chest. …Despite my wish to spend an entire day or more submerging myself in Ace’s past works in the company’s archive, I never got around to it. Work was crazy and Jeremy was ruthless in his revision of the storyboard. The fact that we were running out of time didn’t help relieve my stress at all either. Every day that I spent at the office ended past midnight and I was beginning to lose track of the number of cups of coffee that I had. “Sho

I stepped into his office and my body froze as I struggled to process what I was seeing. A blonde woman sat on Ace’s table with her legs crossed seductively and I had to say that her skirt was a little more than too short. At first, I couldn’t see her face and Ace paid me no mind even though I was standing there. The two seemed very engaged in just staring into each other’s eyes. Did I walk in at the wrong moment? Definitely. “Oh…it’s you…” the woman said as she turned around and spotted me.Her face was definitely one that I had seen before. “Elizabeth…” I murmured her name softly. Why is she here…exactly? “Ace and I have unfinished business so if you don’t mind…can you…” she said before she sweetly at me and shooed me off with her hand. What on earth is going on?Why is Elizabeth Chase here? My eyes glanced over at Ace as I hoped for him to do something to correct the situation for me. Instead of telling Elizabeth to get off his desk and pull down her skirt, he turned and sh

“Let go. I have nothing to say to you,” I snapped as I tried to shake off his grip. “Was Elizabeth here today?” Kyle asked sternly. I froze in shock at his abrupt question. Is he here to see his wife?“Why don’t you just give her a call?” I suggested instead of answering to question.The scene of Elizabeth sitting seductively on Ace’s worktable just now popped into my mind and wouldn’t go away. The way she spoke to me bothered me and seeing them together bothered me even more. What is this about Kyle not knowing where his wife is and whether or not she came here? “Judging by your reactions I would say that I was right. Elizabeth was here…or is she still here?” Kyle asked as he tilted his head a little to the side.His eyes stared down at my face and it felt like he could read me. I cursed the fact that I spent years dating this guy and that somehow allowed him to read me like a book. “Did you meet her?” Kyle asked. Oh, I more than met here…“Go and ask your wife. I’m leaving…” I

“Then again, can’t the same be said about you? Aren’t you also super insecure about dating Ace?” Kyle asked as he stared intently at me from across the table. “I have to trust him…” I replied. Deep down, I knew that that was what I had to do to get through this. I had to trust him. My mind went to our argument when his ex-secretary turned up pregnant. If I had trusted him and heard him out back then, then we wouldn’t have almost broken up like that. Kyle was right, I was extremely insecure when it came to the relationship that I had with Ace. Although I learned my lessons from that incident with his ex-secretary, it was still hard for me to rest easy and assured when I saw him with Elizabeth. I wanted to trust him, but it was so hard to control my feelings. “Easier said than done…” Kyle said knowingly. “If there’s nothing else, I’m going to leave,” I said as I started getting up from my seat. “Don’t you want to at least eat something first? I ordered so much food for you,” Kyle

It felt so natural when he pulled me into his warm and secure embrace. My heart started racing wildly in my chest as he pressed my body against his and hugged me even tighter than before. My arms automatically wrapped around his broad shoulders as I hugged him back desperately. Now that I was in his arms, I was forced to acknowledge even more than before just how much I missed him and his touch. Ace’s hand moved to stroke my hair and my heart and spirit felt so comforted by him. I felt so simpleminded when his gentle touches helped to ease some of my insecurities. Perhaps it was because my mind desperately wanted to believe in him that I started to feel better. Maybe when work is less crazy, things will get better between us, and I could talk to him then if there were any issues. “What were you so worried about?” Ace asked gently. “I think we’ve both just been so busy with work that we hardly have time for each other, and I was scared that we may be drifting apart….” I confessed tr