Love Slave to My Dev Chapter 241

241 Caught by Surprise

Ace took my hand just as the driver opened the car door for us. He helped

out of the car while I tried my best not to trip. I could feel the attention of the press on us as the large crowd of reporters and caran sward us like bees attracted to raw honey. The security team quickly ca in to control them. It might just be , but I felt like they were extra excited to see Ace.

After a lot of shouting from the crowd that was hard for

to pick up any coherent words, Ace seed to give in and allowed for a short interview. I felt extrely uncomfortable, but I knew that I had to do as Ace had instructed. While smiling as politely as I could, I stood by Ace’s side as the reporters shoved their microphones closer to us. It was all thanks to the security guards that we still had so space to ourselves otherwise, I was certain that the reporters would have stepped right on us.

All attention was on Ace as the reporters took turns flooding him with questions about his business. Everything seed ordinary until one of the questions asked caught my attention.

“How do you feel about your birthday this year? This event is even bigger and grander than the other birthday parties that you’ve hosted in the years before,” one of the reporters asked.

My eyes widened before I could control my shocked reaction from letting it show too openly on my face. Did the reporter just say that this is Ace’s birthday party?

I glanced over at Ace, who did not feel surprised or affected by the reporter’s words at all, as he smiled and nodded a little in response to her question.

“I guess you could say that the party this year is a little more special than the other ones,” he replied smoothly.

Ace did not deny it. So, does that an that this grand party is actually his birthday celebration instead of a business-related party?

I wanted to scream and rip my hair out at the craziness of this unexpected developnt. Was it usual for anyone to have a birthday party this elaborate and grand?

.....

It was extrely difficult for

to wrap my head around and with the many reporters still around us and caran taking photos and filming us, I couldn’t turn to ask Ace whether or not it was true. Sothing told

that it probably was, although it was still hard for

to swallow.

Why didn’t he tell

about this before? He could have just simply told

that he was inviting

to his birthday party.

Instead, Ace kept all quiet about it and all the details. Was this his way of surprising ?

It truly worked because I was beyond surprise, that’s for sure. Ace continued to answer so other questions while I was too lost in my own thoughts to properly pay attention to anything that he said. Once again all of my worries were for nothing at all. I had feared that Ace wouldn’t get to celebrate his birthday properly because of the business event; however, it seed like Ace had so big plans on how to celebrate his birthday all along.

“Let’s go, Rina...” he said as he held my elbow softly to guide .

I stiffened a little at his touch, mindful of the countless pairs of eyes on us but Ace didn’t seem at all concern. The guards did their job of clearing a path for us although the reporters continue to shout their questions at Ace as we walked passed them to the entry of the venue. Once we were inside, things were a lot less chaotic. I wanted to ask Ace so questions, but I lost my chance when two n dressed in immaculate suits approached us and began greeting Ace. I could tell from the way that the n interacted with Ace that they were close.

“These guys are my friend. This is Thomas and this is Greg,” Ace introduced them to

casually.

“Nice to et you. We actually already know who you are,” Thomas said before he winked at .

I wondered what he ant by that. I glanced over at Ace’s face questioningly as I wondered what he had told these two about . Did he just tell them that I am his personal secretary, or did he disclose more than that about our relationship?

The n chatted for a while before Ace took my hand and led

deeper into the venue where I found out that a ton of people were having fun drinking and socializing. The party was already well underway, and the atmosphere seed nice and relaxed.

“Ace, why did you tell

that this was your birthday party?” I asked accusingly.

“I thought it would be a good surprise. This is your first ti attending my birthday party after all,” Ace replied like it was supposed to be normal.

“I thought it was a work-related event. You never told

anything about it being your birthday party...” I muttered.

“I didn’t?” Ace asked innocently before he smiled at .

The way he looked so smug and guiltless made

feel a little irritated at him. It was great that I didn’t have to worry about not being able to plan anything special for him on his birthday, though.

“No, you didn’t. You even lied to

and said that it was a business event with one of my favorite clients...” I reminded him.

“Let’s call that half a lie. I might not be your client but I am your favorite, right?” Ace whispered close to my ear so that no one else would hear his flirtatious words.

“That’s so not funny...” I muttered before I rolled my eyes at him.

No matter what, I couldn’t stop the corners of my lips from curving upwards into a little smile. It seed like everything was working for the best so I was willing to let that slip by. A surprise now and then wasn’t such a bad thing after all.

–To be continued...