Love Slave to My Dev Chapter 180

180 When We First t

It felt so unfair how he could suggest sothing like that so easily. The last ti we made the headlines we just attended a business event together. Imagine how big the explosion would be if we really went out in our private ti on our date.

“I don’t think we should do anything like that. It’ll cause trouble...not just for us but for other people as well...” I replied.

Unfortunately, our relationship wasn’t just about us. Our actions impacted many people, especially those that worked in the company and the various investors that held the company’s shares. Even I knew that any negative news impacted the share price negatively as well.

“Maybe it’s ti that we worry less about that. We could always do business dinners together, a business movie, a business trip to the beach or up a mountain...” Ace suggested with a laugh.

“Yeah, right...” I muttered before rolling my eyes at him.

The food that was served matched my tastes very well. I didn’t think that Ace was a big fan of Asian food, but I guess I was wrong about that. Learning sothing new about Ace made my heart skip a beat as I watched him enjoy the curry. During the silent ti that we ate and when we chatted casually, my mind would wander to the list of interviewees that I found earlier on in the day.

I couldn’t help but wonder if Ace rembered anything about it. It was a few years ago so I wouldn’t be surprised if he had already forgotten about it. If that docunt was there in his pile of work, then that table of candidates was sothing ant for him, right?

To Ace, I was probably nothing more than one of the candidates on that long list that he had to interview. I doubted that he rembered the interview that we had either. As for , I rembered it so well as if it had only just taken place yesterday. The scene was so crystal clear in my mind that I could replay it in my head. I rembered very well what he asked

and what he said in response to my answer.

Thinking of that made

recall how we first t that day in the park as well. Coincidences can sotis be scary. That was what I learnt.

.....

It probably didn’t make sense for

to ask him about the interviewee list, but I wondered how he would react if I asked him about that ti we t in the park. Does he even rember?

“Ace...” I called his na softly.

“Hmm?” Ace made a questioning sound as his eyes stared at my face from the opposite side of the table.

“Umm...I was wondering...” I began saying hesitantly before I had to trial off to find the right words.

Now that I was about to ask him about it, I was starting to realize how strange the question would sound.

“What is it?” Ace asked.

I cursed myself because now I had his whole and undivided attention. No point in trying to evade it now that I’ve co this far.

“Umm...I was just wondering if you rember the first ti that we t...” I said before biting down on my lower lip.

Ace looked at

and was silent for a while. I guess it was too much for

to expect him to rember our fateful encounter at the park right away. He even kissed

on that day, and I rembered everything that happened including how I felt when he kissed

so well. Apparently, the sa thing did not hold for Ace.

“What about it?” Ace asked after a mont of silence.

His hand moved to attack the food on his table while I was at a loss of how I should continue on the conversation. An uncomfortable knot ford in the pit of my stomach and my chest felt heavy. I didn’t want to admit even to myself that I was feeling disappointed that he didn’t quite rember. I guess to him it wasn’t a special or morable event.

“You know, the money that you gave

that day in the park, I still have it...” I confessed softly.

“Why do you still have it? I told you to use it,” he said dismissively.

“I guess I always thought of returning it to you, but I never got the chance,” I replied honestly.

From that day, the money he gave

had been sitting in the bank. I wasn’t surprised that he didn’t want it back because he had told

as much when he gave it to .

“You don’t need to give it back. Just keep it...” Ace repeated his decision.

“I know it’s not a lot of money for you, but I would feel better if you would let

return it,” I said hopefully.

“Just use it to buy sothing cute or pretty for yourself. That would be the best way to return it to ,” Ace replied as he stared pointedly at .

“Ok...” I mumbled.

The look in his eyes told

that he didn’t want to discuss this pointless topic any further. I should have known that he didn’t care much about it. Afterall, that amount of money was probably just loose change to him. I decided to change the topic of our conversation to sothing a little lighter before I would end up annoying Ace or ruining his mood.

...

The weight of Ace’s arm around my shoulders as he leaned a part of his weight on

made

regret my decision to let him have a little too much to drink. I should have known that those Asian spirits were stronger than their sweet taste let on. Ace had such a good ti that he ended up drinking quite a lot. Being the nice and supportive girlfriend that I was, I let him enjoy himself so that he could blow off so steam. Thankfully, I didn’t drink any alcohol so I could drive us back to his place.

–To be continued...