247 Pleading for Answers
“If that’s what you want,” he replied like it was all up to .
The ride to his place was silent and extrely awkward. The atmosphere felt cold and full of tension. The endless list of questions that I wanted to ask Ace ran round and round in my head nonstop; however, I didn’t know where to start. Most of the questions about his decision to step down from his position were pretty much asked already by his father. I wondered if he would give
different answers than the ones that he had already given his father.
“We’re finally back ho…” Ace said while sounding tired and bored.
I wished that he would volunteer
with so answers and information but that didn’t seem to be the case. If anything, Ace looked sleepy and ready for bed. It must have been a long day for him; however, he was about to find out that the day was far from over for him yet as far as I was concerned. The driver drove away after dropping us off in front of Ace’s building.
“Co along,” Ace told
casually as he waved for
to follow him into the building.
Pain shot through my lower lip, and I realized that I had been chewing harder and harder on it in my frustration. I had been silent all this ti while I collected my thoughts and prepared my words for when we were alone in his place. The elevator opened and the familiar view of his living room greeted . Although it was the sa room as before and I had spent countless nights here with him, the room felt stuffier and much darker than ever before.
“You can take a shower first,” Ace said.
That was pretty much needless because there were more than two bathrooms in his gigantic penthouse suite; however, I wasn’t in the mood to point out the obvious to him. I knew by now that he was trying his best to avoid having that difficult conversation with him.
“Ace…” I called his na as he headed toward his bedroom.
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“What is it?” he asked without turning to face my way.
“I need to talk to you,” I said while trying my best to keep my voice from shaking.
“Right now? Can this wait until later?” he asked with his back to .
I hated how he wouldn’t talk to
about everything and how he wouldn’t look into my face. What exactly is he hiding from ?
“Ace…” I called his na.
“Rina, it’s late…” he said with a warning tone in his voice.
I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t scared of him at all; however, my desperate need to know what was really going on far overwheld my fear.
“Yes, we have to talk right now,” I stated without backing down.
I heard Ace heave a loud and long sigh like dealing with
was the last thing that he wanted to do in his life. Under other circumstances, I probably would have backed down and let him have his way; however, not today and not right now…
“Ace, tell
what is going on. Please, I am so confused right now. Why did you do that? Why did you suddenly announce that you would step down from your position as CEO? What does that even an?” I asked without the ability to hold back my questions.
Now that I had started asking him about it, all my questions started pouring out of my mouth in waves that didn’t seem to cease. I was just so frustrated, confused, and scared of everything that I knew and everything that I didn’t know.
“I’m tired. Let’s just shower and go to bed, Rina…” he grumbled lowly.
“Wait!” I called out much louder than I had intended.
My body moved on its own and the next thing I realized; I already had my arms around Ace as I pressed my face into his back. I could feel Ace’s body stiffen in my embrace. It was a strange feeling to hold him like this. It didn’t feel like I was hugging him at all. Instead, it felt like I was desperately clinging to him so that he wouldn’t leave
behind.
“I’m sorry, but…we have to talk right now…” I said firmly.
There’s got to be a good reason for all of this.
At least, that was what I wanted to believe. It was extrely difficult, but I wanted to continue having faith in Ace. He must have his reasons for doing all of this.
Ace heaved another sigh and this ti he seed to have resigned himself to talking to
just like I had requested. I felt his hands on my arms before he slowly disentangled himself from my embrace and turned around to face . I stared up into his hazel eyes pleadingly for him to tell
the truth.
“Ace…” I whispered his na as so hope sprung up in my chest.
Ace had one of the most conflicted looks that I had ever seen on his face, and I couldn’t imagine just what internal battle was raging on in his head.
“I don’t know what happened, but can we please talk it out? If you’ll tell , then I’ll be willing to listen to anything…” I murmured softly as I continued staring up into his eyes.
His eyes were cold and emotionless as if his soul was sealed away sowhere so far from
that I couldn’t reach. I knew that I was pushing him to do sothing that he absolutely hated but I wasn’t willing to give up on my goal after coming this far.
“Let’s sit down and talk, Ace…” I said firmly.
He didn’t respond to
even when I reached my hands out to grasp his hand in between my own. Regardless of his lack of response, he didn’t resist when I led him after
to the large sofa in the living room. The room felt much colder than before and although we were sitting next to each other on the sofa, it felt like Ace was miles away from .
–To be continued…
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