273 Summoned by Ace
“I am sorry but regardless of what I think about this, I honestly don’t think that I can change Ace’s mind,” I confessed softly.
“I wouldn’t be so sure about that. Of course, he might just leave you behind when all of this is over. However, if he cares for you, don’t you think that he’ll at least lend you an ear?” he asked suggestively.
I had nothing to say to that. The possibility of Ace simply just leaving
when he quit his position brought a throbbing pain to my chest. Just thinking about it hurt so badly that I couldn’t imagine how much it would actually hurt if it were to turn into reality. I knew at that mont that I needed to do sothing; however, I wasn’t sure what to do. The chairman probably thought that he was being very convincing, and he probably wasn’t wrong. However, I didn’t think that it would be wise for
to take any action without thinking things through.
“Thank you so much for the warning and for thinking of . I’ll think about it…” I said without making any commitnts.
“I suggest you think about it seriously and act as soon as possible. As you are already aware, ti is running out. Ace is my son and I want what is best for him. I am sure that just like , you also want what is best for Ace. What is best for him is for him to lead this company. I look forward to seeing the fruits of your efforts, Karina,” he said before he smiled a little my way.
His smile only made
feel even more uncomfortable than I already felt. Without another word, the chairman stood up from his seat and I quickly did the sa.
“Take care,” he said emotionlessly to
before heading to the door.
I stood tongue tied in the sa spot for a while longer even after the door had closed behind the chairman and I was the only one left in the room. A sigh escaped from
as I closed my eyes, the chairman’s words ran around in endless circles in my mind.
What exactly is supposed to be best for Ace?
.....
Unfortunately, the workday was about to start in less than five minutes and that ant that I didn’t have ti to spend moping around here. I took in a deep breath before heading quickly for the door to make my way to my office where I knew that the team would be waiting for . Hopefully, I would get to see more of Ace now that Project Alpha was approaching another important milestone. I was sure that Ace would definitely supervise the launch of the comrcial and he would undoubtedly attend the press conference related to its release.
Jeremy stood in front of the door to our office when I arrived with a grim look on his face. My heart sank when I thought that sothing must have gone gravely wrong.
“What’s up?” I asked.
Sothing told
that he was waiting for
to arrive. If I didn’t need to et the chairman, I would have made it here a long while ago. Of course, I couldn’t tell Jeremy that at all.
“Ace was here earlier looking for you,” Jeremy told
with a stern look on his face.
“Ace?” I said in surprise.
I took out my phone and saw a few miscalls from Ace. Simply because I was too shaken by the conversation that I had just had with his father and rushing to make my way here, I didn’t think of checking my phone.
“Yup. He was here looking for you. Since you weren’t here, he told
to tell you to see him in his office,” Jeremy inford
with a worried look on his face.
“Did Ace seem…troubled or sothing?” I asked.
“Sort of…” he replied.
“Well, I’m a little relieved that you’re not here to tell
that there’s sothing wrong with Project Alpha,” I said while trying to look on the bright side of things.
“You may be right about that. You should go see Ace now. I’ll catch up with you later,” Jeremy said before showing
his reassuring smile.
After placing my bag on my desk, I quickly made my way to Ace’s office where I knew that he must be waiting for . I regretted not picking up Ace’s calls; however, I couldn’t quite do that if I was still having that tense conversation with his father. I wondered what Ace wanted to talk to
about. He did give
many miscalls so I felt that whatever it was, it had to be sothing important, very urgent, or both.
I knocked on the door to his personal office and imdiately heard Ace’s reply.
“Co in,” he called out to
from the other side of the door.
“Good morning. I’m sorry that I didn’t answer your calls. I just saw them when I t up with Jeremy…” I apologized right away.
It was at that mont that I realized that I didn’t want to bring up the fact that his father had just paid
a visit and that was probably because I didn’t want to tell Ace what he had talked to
about. Everything happened so suddenly, and I haven’t yet had the ti to digest everything that he said and their implications.
“Sit…” Ace instructed.
I nodded slightly as I took the seat on the opposite side of his work desk. From where I was sitting, I could tell that Ace wasn’t in the best of moods and that sothing was bothering him. The atmosphere in the room felt tense although I wasn’t sure why that was so. On top of that, Ace ca looking for
quite early in the morning which was quite unusual.
“Umm…” I murmured as I tried to gather my courage to ask him what was wrong.
“I heard that my father ca to the company today…” Ace said before I could say anything.
–To be continued…
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