The Trap Of Ace

Read The Trap Of Ace [by Eva Zahan] Chapter 48 – He froze.

Slowly pulling away, he cupped my cheeks. “What did you say?”

I bit my lip. But the shy smile broke out on my face anyway.

“What did you say, Rosebud? Did you just,” he gulped, his eyes were desperate, “did you just say that you…”

“I love you.”

He let out a shaky breath, the intense emotions swirling in his grey orbs seared my heart.

“Say it again,” he rasped.

Pulling him closer, I brushed my lips against his desirable ones. “I love you, Achilles Valencian. I love you so much that it hurts.”

Heaving a sigh, he engulfed me into his chest. I placed my cheek right above his heart listening to his fast heartbeat.

I didn’t complain about his vice grip around me as we stayed like that for some moments. Though I didn’t like his silence.

“Ace?” I whispered into his chest.

“Just a minute, Rosebud.” He took a deep breath into my hair. “Say it again.”

I smiled. “I love you.”

“Again.”

Laughing, I smacked his chest. “No, I already told it three times.”

Slightly leaning back from me, enough to look at my face, he placed his palm on my cheek. “Please, baby. Just once more. I want to hear it again. You don’t know how much I’ve waited to hear those words. How many times I’ve dreamt of you saying those words to me.”

Something bloomed into my heart. Blinking away my tears, I placed a kiss on his chest. “I love you, Ace. I love you so freaking much! More than anything in the world.”

I looked up at him. His eyes were closed as if feeling every word that left my lips.

“Happy now?”

Those stormy grey eyes met my turquoise again. A content smile stretched across his heavenly features as he pulled me in his gentlest kiss. Not the demanding punishing kisses.

But to my dissatisfaction, he pulled away, leaving me crave for more.

“Come with me?” he asked, running his hand through my locks.

“Where?”

“Somewhere where I can have you all to myself.” His heated gaze ran slid down to my cleavage. “Did I tell you how beautiful you’re looking in that dress? More than I’d imagined you’d look.”

I blushed.

Alone with him to have him all to myself?

as unholy thoughts flashed across my mind. The idea

you. But we can’t. The

Now that I finally have you in my arms, I don’t want to let go of you.” He placed

to leave my

I lost my control. We couldn’t

after the reception is over. Everyone must be looking for us. We need to go outside.” I tugged at his hair

on my throat. “I don’t want to. I need you, Rosebud. I need you right now. I’ve waited

voice. No matter how much I wanted to stay here, I couldn’t. As a maid of honor, I had to see

could wait till

outside right now. Caleb and Tess must be looking for us.” The s****l tension that was floating around us from the last months threatened to burst right now. Now that

eyes held mine. They held dark

on his lips. “I will keep that

my cheeks burning, I looked

strand behind my ear. “Let’s go outside and

Neither could I.

stay shut. It wasn’t a wise idea to

stepping outside. He followed behind, pulling me into him again. But then due to an important phone call, he had to leave me.

Tess and Caleb were busy chatting with some guests and clicking photos. She didn’t seem to be bothered with her pimple

out if everything was good with the reception preparation, once I was outside again, I found Warner approaching me. Instinctively, my eyes did a glance around to see if my caveman was anywhere around. I didn’t want his horns to come out seeing Warner near me

seriously needed a serious talk

free now? Come aside for a minute.

not seen him after the wedding. The moments he lingered around, he wasn’t focused on the ceremony either. He was too busy on his phone with his tensed old

to a scheduled place where guests weren’t roaming around. “What did you find out? And sorry for earlier. Ace, uh, he could be a

trust me, men like him like to chase. You were like a challenge to him, so he came

saying something that might

stick with it for now. And I already told you to not make any assumptions about me and Ace’s relationship. So I’d

stern look of mine had

talk about Arthur

“Thank you! So? What did your

told about the small business he

I bobbed my head.

run small cheap hotels for people to spend nights there. And after researching some more, we got the information that he did some illegal businesses under the cover

“Illegal businesses? What

managed a brothel at

be that low of a creature. Did Ace know about this? I was sure he didn’t. He’d never allow such a man to stay around him if he had even

come he never got

thinned. “He’s a shrewd man, Em. He made sure not to leave a single evidence behind him for anyone to use that against him. He was doing that until Achilles’s father passed away and he left UK to come to

behind like this? Because I didn’t believe he was that kind of

some other

Ace’s trust to get a hold on the power and money that Ace had. With his help, he expanded his business

a single proof?

his head. “He stopped his illegal businesses a long time ago after he started handling Valencian Corp in Achilles’s absence. Now he only runs legal businesses across the UK. And with the power Ace had given him, I can’t say if he still

could tell all these to him. But without any proof,

etched into me. I’ll talk to him as soon as possible. But just not now. We’ve come into a relationship just now. I didn’t want any tension in it right now. Maybe with a day or two, when Warner’s cousin would find something solid against him? Then I could easily reveal everything

Before Arthur gets even a hint of our quest, we’ve to get a hold onto something strong against him.” I looked into his eyes. “And thank you, Warner!