The Trap Of Ace

Read The Trap Of Ace [by Eva Zahan] Chapter 54 – My eyes squinted against the bright light as soon as the room lit up. And then I found the person who dragged me in this room.

Dark orbs watched me silently.

My fists clenched. “What the h**l is this, Arthur?”

His head cocked to the side. “You don’t even know what h**l is. Trust me, I haven’t done anything yet to compare it with h**l.”

I frowned. “What do you mean?”

A muscle of his jaw ticked, his aged left eye twitched. “I’ll just say five words, Emerald.” Disgust dripped from his voice as he took my name. “Stay out of my path.”

My forehead creased more in confusion. What was he talking about?

And then realization hit me. A shiver ran down my spine at the malice that his dark soulless eyes held.

“What are you trying to say, Arthur?” I kept my voice as strong as I could.

He found out. He found out of my quest. But I didn’t know how much he knew.

He let out a humourless chuckle. “You exactly know what I’m talking about. You really thought that you’d try to dig out my past and my secrets, and I wouldn’t find out?”

When I didn’t say anything, his lips curled into a sneer.

“Surprised that how did I know?” he mocked. “Well, from the day you saw me with Sierra at that hotel, I knew you wouldn’t keep quiet. You’d go after her asking about me. And you did, just as I assumed! And then I found out that the worthless ex-boyfriend of yours had his cousin after me. Do you think I’m that unaware and foolish?”

I took a step back as he took a threatening step towards me. With my eyes wide, my heart pounded down my heart. Not because I was scared of him, but because he now knew about Warner and his cousin’s involvement with this matter.

S**t! I didn’t plan this! I didn’t want him to hurt them in any way because of me.

Be strong, Em! Don’t show him your weakness. Don’t let him threaten you just like he did to Liza and Sierra.

Holding my chin high, I held his gaze. “I don’t need to think you’re a fool. You are a fool.”

His nostrils flared at my comment.

“Anyone who would dare to go against Ace will be considered as a fool. Do you really think you can go and backstab him on his back and he would just let you leave like that? Just because you’re his uncle?” I snorted. “It’s just some matter of time until I tell him what you do under your respected businessman facade and he’ll throw you out of this company like a fly from the milk.”

A smirk tugged on his lips. “You think you’ll tell him and he’ll believe you? What proof do you have against me?”

Nothing. That’s why I was stalling time to reveal your betraying a*s before him.

I kept a straight face. “Do you think he’ll need any proof when his Rosebud will say something to him?”

His smirk slipped from his face. Even I knew Ace wouldn’t just wave my words off, but I just wanted to have some solid proof. And now that he was standing here before me warning me off, I didn’t need any other proof.

to run brothels over there, you were threatening Sierra for some reason, and here you’re warning me that I should stay away from your path?” I raised my brow. “If I were you, I’d be running away with my tail between my legs if my dark secrets would get exposed before someone. Because the time isn’t far

Liza and working with Antonio. But I held myself

flashing, he took another step forward. But this time I

go and tell everything about me?” he cocked his head. “Then

I frowned.

most he can do, send me to the p****n?” He let out a laugh, before an ominous look claimed over his face. “But know one thing before you do anything, Emerald. I don’t

“What do you mean?”

side of his lips. “You tell him, and I’ll destroy him. Now Achilles’s Rosebud won’t do anything to break him to

ran down my spine.

can’t. You don’t have that power. Ace isn’t an ordinary man you can

things without having anything against him in my hands?” He raised a brow. “I’m warning you for the last time, Emerald. We don’t have any personal

threaten me to make me back off. You have nothing

any emotions. “How much do you know about his past?

nothing came out. Other than his d**g addiction and his father’s s*****e, I knew nothing. But could his being a d**g addict in his childhood

Go and ask him. Then you might know what I’m talking about. What’s

fixed his collar and walked out of the room, leaving me standing

rang across my head like

secret that can ruin him to pieces? What secret he

cold and trembling, my heart racing, I slowly trudged out

***

half an hour thinking of Arthur’s threat and waiting for Ace to

again, he didn’t receive his phone.

was more to his past that I wasn’t aware of. Like where was his mother or what happened to his father. But I had no

Arthur was just casting arrows in the dark? Maybe he was just messing with my head? There was nothing that

just throw it on my face if he really didn’t know anything. He even told me to ask

talk to him now. I need to know what happened in his

a determination formed inside me, I headed to his office. And thankfully he was alone in

window, his gaze fixed into

arms spread for me to fly in them,

his intoxicating soothing scent, I closed my eyes against his chest. A sigh left

anxiousness and tiredness from all the incidents washed off from my body. I was

nose into my hair, he inhaled deep. “Where were you? I was waiting for you to come here

you were busy in a meeting,” I mumbled

was important, you should’ve come and stayed with me. I don’t like

face. Kissing his chest, I looked up at him. “I’ll keep

want to spend some quality time

nodded, not saying

secret he was

“What happened, baby? Is

little black

his cheek. “Ace, now that we’re in a relationship, I want everything to be proper. There should be no boundaries between