“I think you might have a fever…” Ace said.I felt my face turning beet red when I felt the gentleness of his palm against my forehead. Ace’s face was directly in front of mine as he stared into my eyes with concern. He placed his other hand on his forehead as if to compare our temperature. My heart had started beating much faster than before and the sound of my thundering heart beat felt deafening to my own ears. My heart was beating so fast and loud that I was scared that Ace would hear it. “I…I’m ok. I don’t feel sick at all…” I said as I tried to remove his hand from my forehead.He’s too close and he’s touching me…I felt even more blood rush to my face and my head started to feel dizzy. Ace hazel eyes stared closely at my face. When will the light turn green?“Let me know if you’re sick. I can drive you to the hospital,” Ace said before he retreated back to his seat.That was so not good for my poor heart. “Ok…” I murmured in reply. Thankfully, we arrived at my apartment buil

That was the main objective but the hidden agenda that I tried to keep suppressed and hidden away in the corner of my mind was because I needed something to keep my mind off the fact that Kyle is supposed to be getting married today. Of course, I wasn’t invited to his wedding, and I had no idea where he was getting married. Not that it mattered, I wouldn’t turn up anyways even if he did invite me. We were not supposed to have a close relationship at all in the eyes of others who knew us. That was the curse of our forbidden and secret relationship. In an attempt to avoid thinking of that any further, I focused on my research as I sat in front of my laptop and typed away. Collecting information about what the dog meat trade was and how it worked wasn’t difficult. What was more challenging was looking into the various viewpoints that people had regarding the controversial topic. Of course, people in the west were clearly opposed to it because dogs were considered ‘a man’s best friend’.

Maybe it was because of Ace’s unexpected visit to my apartment that made me forget all about Kyle and his wedding that weekend. After Ace left, I ended up chewing on one of the doughnuts that he bought while continuing with my research on the topic of dog meat trade. By the end of the day, I had compiled a very good list of resources regarding the facts about the trade as well as many angles of the public’s opinion of it. Although I wasn’t sure if Ace did that intentionally or not, but his visit did provide enough distraction for me to stop thinking about Kyle and his betrayal. After spending the whole of Sunday submerging myself in my research, I had completely come to terms with Kyle moving on and realized that I should be doing the same. Kyle probably didn’t need my well wishes but I decided to wish him the best with his new phase in life with his wife. That night I slept deeply and without dreams as I prepared myself for some grueling work on Monday. Kyle had clearly moved on an

“I don’t particularly care if the CEO favors her or not as long as she can do her job properly!” Richard’s loud voice sounded in the office. “Shhhh…don’t be so loud. She’s going to hear you,” another member of the team hissed.“What? I’m saying thing as it is. What is the problem? I don’t care about any rumors. If her work is good enough to meet the team’s standards then it doesn’t matter what kind of relationship she has with the boss,” Richard said as loudly as before. “Rumors are just rumors. Now stop it, both of you!” Julianna snapped loudly. There are rumors…The three of them turned to look awkwardly around the room before their eyes rested on me. Then as if they had seen a ghost, they quickly looked away before pretending that nothing ever happened. I see, so they were talking about me. Who else could it be? I’m probably the only one whose work doesn’t yet meet the standard of this A-list Team. Although what they said was technically true, it still hurt me to hear it said l

I moaned when he slipped his tongue into my ear and began licking it. Lewd wet sounds echoed loudly in my ear while his hand started roving along my body. “Ahhhh…” I moaned even louder at the sensation of his large manly hand on my breasts. Ace groped my breasts and massaged them over my clothes as he continued to lick and suck on my earlobe. I quickly felt my legs going weak at his passionate attack. By that time, I had lost myself in my own desires and had forgot all about struggling against him. It was amazing how he could seduce me so easily like this and I found myself giving in to him without any restraints. Ace sat up and looked down at me as I struggled to catch my breath. His hands were on the button at the front of my white shirt as he began unbuttoning them without any rush at all. His eyes watched me before he smiled at me. His smile looked so sexy, and I felt myself drawn to his smile. Ace bent down above me befo