The Trap Of Ace

Chapter 13

Read The Trap Of Ace [by Eva Zahan] Chapter 13 – “So you mean, he literally declared that he wants you? That you’re his?” asked Cassie, with her jaw on the floor.

“He didn’t exactly say that.”

“But this is what he meant with whatever he said. Even a kid can see through it!” she argued.

I threw the cards we were playing on the table and sat back against the couch, huffing. After the auction I got a call from her to meet at her place. With a feeble flu, she was getting bored out of her mind. So I came to give her company.

“G*d! I’ve seen people being crazy in love before. But this? This is insane!” She shook her head in disbelief. “Buying an entire company just to bring you closer to him, forcing you to join the board meetings so that he could meet you more and wasting a million over just a canvas?”

At the mention of the ‘L’ word, I sat up straight. “There’s no love! It’s- it just could be a want of possession or obsession of his. I don’t know. But there is nothing like that you’re implying!”

She raised a brow. “Even Jeff Bezos wouldn’t do something as crazy as buying an entire company that would cost him a fortune just to bring a girl close to him he wants.”

I rolled my eyes, but the skip of my heart didn’t go amiss. After I found out from Tobias that OC Textiles’ owner was Ace, and not Caleb, I was shocked. I even had a doubt that he’d something to do with my transfer, it wasn’t just Caleb. Though, I wasn’t sure. And when I told Cassie accidentally about this, she got this illusion that he bought that company from Mr. Cooper for me. Even though I didn’t want to believe her, but it did make some sense.

“He must’ve had some other agenda behind it. And it could be a pure coincidence that he found out I’d be working in that company, and so he told Caleb to transfer me here. That’s it.” I still denied.

“Really? And what about the message he sent you just the previous night? That you can’t escape from him anymore? Your time was over and blah blah? Can you explain that?”

I opened my mouth and then shut it. Crossing my hands over my chest, I shrugged.

She gave me a look. And to my utter surprise, she changed the subject. “How’s Warner?”

I cocked my head. “Uh, he’s good?”

What was she trying to do now?

She nodded. “You guys talk everyday?”

“No. Both of us were really busy the entire week. But he did call this morning.” I checked my phone but there were no calls or messages from him. “He was supposed to call me again tonight.”

“So long-distance is already at its work,” she hummed.

My brows creased. “What do you mean?”

Her shoulders lifted as she grabbed her coffee mug and took a sip, sniffling. “Isn’t it simple? Even strong relationships don’t work with long-distance most of the time, and here we’re talking about your one sided relationship.”

“It isn’t one-sided.”

“Oh?” She raised her brow. “So you love him?”

Silence.

“Knew it. Look, Em-” placing the mug back on the table, she leaned in, “-you and I both know that what you and Warner have, isn’t gonna last long. And now that you’re worlds away from each other, and with your a new, slash old lover is back in the picture, you should take a decision on your relationship with Warner now. You and he, both are aware that you were never in this. You never had any feelings for him other than seeing him just as a friend. Yes, maybe he does like you, but trust me, in deep down, he also knows that you won’t be able to love him no matter how much he tries.”

I looked down at my lap. “It’s not my fault that I can’t do it. I tried, I tried my best to love him. But…”

“But your heart still belongs to someone else?”

up to her. “No! I don’t have any feelings for him anymore. Yes, he does effect me still, but… it’s just the awkwardness. Nothing else.” I averted my eyes from her piercing ones. “And I and Warner are doing good, you

still want him as much as you did back at you siblings’ birthday party that night. You’re just scared to get hurt again, that’s why your denying your feelings, aren’t you?” she asked. When I didn’t answer, she sighed. “Don’t you think you’re doing wrong to Warner? Even if he was the one who insisted to try, but you know that you won’t able to love

my eyes, I put my head on my hands. I knew I wasn’t doing fair with Warner. It’s been eating me out for a long time now. But I was too selfish to let him go. Though I didn’t love him, but his friendship did give a huge support. Truth

talk about it with him for last some months, I couldn’t do it. My

sat beside me, placing a hand over mine. “It’s okay. I know what you’re feeling. But don’t. It’s not your fault. Though Warner doesn’t know about Ace, but

need to do this when we’re face to face. He’s coming at

tell

“I will just talk to him about us. I just hope

hand. “He

silence, she shifted and cleared her

“So?”

to her. “So

is sorted, will you give Ace a

talked me into breaking up with Warner so

you weren’t going to do that in some time

I scowled at her.

her love life dilemma. You and I both know what’s is your heart’s desire. And I know, in deep down, beside the fear of another heartbreak, you were stopping yourself

going to do anything with Ace. And about Warner, i still haven’t broken up with him. He’s

out of the picture soon. It will be better for his own good anyway. Because assessing your Valencian’s obsession with you, I don’t

not talking to you anymore about this!” Red in the face, I got up and collected my purse

both know that Achilles Valencian has played his card. And now, you’re

at her, waiting for her

don’t want to escape. Your

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with files and the other occupied with a

me again. It didn’t scare me as it did the first couple of days. And it scared me the most. It’s just

yourself fall into his trap. You don’t know what happened seven years ago. Even if he knew about your feelings, you don’t know if he

that she

it? If there was nothing between them, then why? Or there was? Or it could be a moment of heat

my life I had been thinking that my sister betrayed me, but the truth was she didn’t. Or she said she would

I didn’t know how to start this conversation with

It’s not even noon and I’m already so tired! The preparations for the meeting with Arabs is taking a real troll on me,” Liza

about this meeting though? I mean, the way everyone

a new clothing line when they found out about our new business in this field.” She shook her head. “I tell you, these people can’t take any success of this

reached the last stop, forty-ninth floor. It was a fifty floor building, then

she announced, once the

buttons? It’s a fifty floor building, right?” I asked, strolling out

on the fiftieth floor, and no one can go there other than his closed ones. So the

The golden one.

know that that was for VIPs, but I didn’t know only that one had

we were with the team that was working on the presentation for the meeting, we d*****d our heads in the work to finish the final touches. As Liza said, the boss, meant Caleb didn’t want any deficiency with anything. I didn’t know these people were that terrified of Caleb. Even the word, ‘the boss’

meeting?” asked Matt, a guy from

one hour left,” said Sierra,

The boss can arrive

in the

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