Chapter 315 - 315 Understanding Apology

315 Understanding Apology

“Can you just not meet her?” I blurted out asking before I could hold myself back.

It wasn’t like I regretted my words. In fact, I was thankful for that extra burst of courage that made me say those words out loud. Life would be so much better for me and for us if he could just stop meeting her or contacting her in any way.

“I can’t do that. She’s not that bad of a person when you really get to know her. She’s just…she can be mean and very calculating with her words,” Ace said with a little chuckle.

“You seem to adore her…and everything that she does,” I muttered darkly.

“Not at all. I give her a hard time too whenever she steps over the line. However, I figured that today would be a good practice for you. One day, you’ll be able to deal with people like her so effortlessly,” Ace said before flashing me a confident smile.

I shook my head in disagreement. If this was the way that he wanted me to learn and improve myself, then I would prefer that I stayed the way that I was before.

“I still don’t think that you should have put me through all that regardless of what you say. No matter how much I could have learnt or grown as a person, I don’t ever want to go through that again,” I said as I glared at him.

Ace nodded as he seemed to finally understand my anger. His wish for me to get along with Elizabeth just wasn’t realistic. Even if there was nothing going on between the two of them, I had already started to more than dislike that woman.

“I’m sorry. It’s my bad, Rina. I didn’t think that you would be this upset about it,” Ace apologized.

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“It’s not fine but I’ll be fine soon…” I murmured.

I felt so tired and arguing with Ace any longer wasn’t something that I wanted to do. At least he seemed to understand why I was mad, and he had apologized properly. At that time, I didn’t quite notice that I did not succeed in convincing Ace that it would be better if Elizabeth and I never met again.

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The following morning, I woke up with a throbbing headache that told me that I didn’t sleep well at all last night. When I opened my eyes, Ace was already gone from my side. We did go to bed together last night after having made up. The main reason behind my sleepless night was the fact that I wasn’t sure if we had properly made up yet. Ace did apologize and we did end our argument with some understanding and it was peaceful after. However, the lump in my throat made me feel like we had left somethings unsaid and unsettled between us.

It was a strange feeling that kept on nagging me at the back of my brain and I didn’t have a good idea on how to make it go away. I got out of bed swiftly and went on my search for Ace. I woke up very early so there was a high chance that he was still in.

“Morning, Rina…” Ace greeted me lazily.

It was early but he was already dressed and seemed quite ready to leave. I guessed that it was another day where he would leave for the office before me. I smiled at him before rubbing my puffy eyes.

“Good morning. Are you leaving for work already?” I asked while trying to sound normal.

In my own defense, I thought that I did quite well on that front. Ace smiled at me as he approached me. Soon, I felt the warmth of his hand on my shoulder as he patted it. I stared up into his face and our eyes met while I wondered what he was doing.

“Do you want to go to the office together?” he asked, and it sounded like a very pleasant invitation.

“Why? We could be seen so maybe it’s not a good idea…” I replied as my brows knitted together.

For a moment, I had no idea what he was thinking anymore. Arriving at the office together in the morning was basically like telling the whole world that we spent the night together. If people saw us together, I didn’t even want to think of what disaster could unfold.

“It won’t matter if no one sees us…” he replied without a care.

“That’s the point. Someone might see us,” I countered.

“Then we’ll be careful, I guess. Go and get dressed. I’ll wait for you, but I won’t wait forever…” Ace said lazily.

I watched in confusion as he walked away from me before sitting himself down on the sofa. He crossed his legs gracefully before taking out his phone. I stared at him as I struggled to process the situation and what I should do next.

“Get dress, Rina…” Ace instructed again without looking my way.

“Ok…” I murmured.

My mind was still confused as my body moved to shower and quickly get dressed before I left Ace waiting for too long. The nervousness of arriving at the office together made me forget temporarily about our argument from yesterday as I sat next to him in his car.

“I think you should let me off here. I can walk from here easily…” I told him when we neared the office.

“Why do you need to walk? We’re almost there anyways,” he replied as he shrugged off my suggestion.

I rolled my eyes as I looked away. He was intentionally doing this because there was no way that he didn’t know what I was concerned about.

“Someone might see us…” I hissed.

“It’s fine. Stop fidgeting. The more you act suspicious, the more people will suspect that something is going on,” Ace advised.

That was really the point, though. Something was going on…

Since Ace refused to stop the car, I ended up arriving at the office with him. When we had to stop at the security check point, I tried desperately to hide my face from the security guard.

–To be continued…