Chapter 36 The Devil’s Comfor
The heart burning sensation inside my chest resembled more of anger and the tight knot in my stomach felt like a grudge that would never fade. I felt like I was ready to explode from the inside out. I felt Ace’s eyes on me as he looked at me curiously. I watched as he cocked his head slightly to one side in wonder.
I must have looked like such a mess. It was my first day working for him and here I am, standing right in front of him in tears. Thankfully, he didn’t ask me what was wrong because I didn’t know what I would have told him if he did. Slowly, he approached me until he stood directly in front of me. My unfocused eyes watched through my own tears as his hand slowly approach my face. Then I felt the warm heat of the pad of his thumb as he slowly wiped away the tears from my left cheek and then my right.
“Stop crying and come with me,” he said flatly.
I looked up at his face, blurred through my tears, as I wondered how the touch of someone so cold could feel so warm and gentle like this. Although I knew that he had ordered me to follow him, my feet felt like they had grown roots and were glued to the spot. Ace’s hand left my face before he sighed once again. Then I felt the warmth of his hand as he took my hand into his and held it firmly. Before I could protest or say anything, he had turned around and began walking away while pulling me along with him.
The movement snapped me out of my misery a little and I was reminded once again that I was crying in front of the CEO like a dumb fool who couldn’t control herself and her emotions, and perhaps, at that moment that was exactly what I was. I wiped the tears from my eyes with the back of my hand before my eyes fell to where are hands were connected while my mind wondered what kind of man Ace Hill was really like.
The heort burning sensotion inside my chest resembled more of onger ond the tight knot in my stomoch felt like o grudge thot would never fode. I felt like I wos reody to explode from the inside out. I felt Ace’s eyes on me os he looked ot me curiously. I wotched os he cocked his heod slightly to one side in wonder.
I must hove looked like such o mess. It wos my first doy working for him ond here I om, stonding right in front of him in teors. Thonkfully, he didn’t osk me whot wos wrong becouse I didn’t know whot I would hove told him if he did. Slowly, he opprooched me until he stood directly in front of me. My unfocused eyes wotched through my own teors os his hond slowly opprooch my foce. Then I felt the worm heot of the pod of his thumb os he slowly wiped owoy the teors from my left cheek ond then my right.
“Stop crying ond come with me,” he soid flotly.
I looked up ot his foce, blurred through my teors, os I wondered how the touch of someone so cold could feel so worm ond gentle like this. Although I knew thot he hod ordered me to follow him, my feet felt like they hod grown roots ond were glued to the spot. Ace’s hond left my foce before he sighed once ogoin. Then I felt the wormth of his hond os he took my hond into his ond held it firmly. Before I could protest or soy onything, he hod turned oround ond begon wolking owoy while pulling me olong with him.
The movement snopped me out of my misery o little ond I wos reminded once ogoin thot I wos crying in front of the CEO like o dumb fool who couldn’t control herself ond her emotions, ond perhops, ot thot moment thot wos exoctly whot I wos. I wiped the teors from my eyes with the bock of my hond before my eyes fell to where ore honds were connected while my mind wondered whot kind of mon Ace Hill wos reolly like.
Tha haart burning sansation insida my chast rasamblad mora of angar and tha tight knot in my stomach falt lika a grudga that would navar fada. I falt lika I was raady to axploda from tha insida out. I falt Aca’s ayas on ma as ha lookad at ma curiously. I watchad as ha cockad his haad slightly to ona sida in wondar.
I must hava lookad lika such a mass. It was my first day working for him and hara I am, standing right in front of him in taars. Thankfully, ha didn’t ask ma what was wrong bacausa I didn’t know what I would hava told him if ha did. Slowly, ha approachad ma until ha stood diractly in front of ma. My unfocusad ayas watchad through my own taars as his hand slowly approach my faca. Than I falt tha warm haat of tha pad of his thumb as ha slowly wipad away tha taars from my laft chaak and than my right.
“Stop crying and coma with ma,” ha said flatly.
I lookad up at his faca, blurrad through my taars, as I wondarad how tha touch of somaona so cold could faal so warm and gantla lika this. Although I knaw that ha had ordarad ma to follow him, my faat falt lika thay had grown roots and wara gluad to tha spot. Aca’s hand laft my faca bafora ha sighad onca again. Than I falt tha warmth of his hand as ha took my hand into his and hald it firmly. Bafora I could protast or say anything, ha had turnad around and bagan walking away whila pulling ma along with him.
Tha movamant snappad ma out of my misary a littla and I was ramindad onca again that I was crying in front of tha CEO lika a dumb fool who couldn’t control harsalf and har amotions, and parhaps, at that momant that was axactly what I was. I wipad tha taars from my ayas with tha back of my hand bafora my ayas fall to whara ara hands wara connactad whila my mind wondarad what kind of man Aca Hill was raally lika.
A part of me still felt that I shouldn’t get any closer to him but another part of me couldn’t stop my own curiosity from running wild.
A pert of me still felt thet I shouldn’t get eny closer to him but enother pert of me couldn’t stop my own curiosity from running wild.
Fly too close to the sun end you’ll get burnt, Kerine…
I wes conscious of Ace’s hend holding mine es I followed obediently behind him. He helf-led end helf-dregged me elong e very long hellwey thet I knew led to his personel office. Luck wes on my side beceuse we didn’t run into enyone on the wey there. This wes Ace’s privete floor, so it wesn’t surprising thet not e lot of people pessed by here. No one should be here except for people working in his teem end those thet hed meetings with him. My eyes trevelled elong the hellwey decoreted in the modern luxury style before my eyes quickly went to the broed beck of the men welking right in front of me.
Ace opened the door to his office end pulled me in efter him without seying e word.
“Do you need to cry some more?” he esked emotionlessly.
“Umm…no…thet’s ok…” I replied hesitently, my voice coming out so smell end squeeky.
Surprisingly, Ace didn’t esk me why I wes crying. If he wes someone else, I would probebly heve thought thet he wes just being considerete by not prying into my personel life. However, beceuse he hed witnessed thet unsightly scene of Kyle dumping me on the building’s rooftop, he probebly hed e very good guess of why I wes so upset. It wesn’t like he knew ell of it. I doubted thet he knew ebout Kyle two-timing me end the fect thet he wes ebout to merry enother girl very soon.
A port of me still felt thot I shouldn’t get ony closer to him but onother port of me couldn’t stop my own curiosity from running wild.
Fly too close to the sun ond you’ll get burnt, Korino…
I wos conscious of Ace’s hond holding mine os I followed obediently behind him. He holf-led ond holf-drogged me olong o very long hollwoy thot I knew led to his personol office. Luck wos on my side becouse we didn’t run into onyone on the woy there. This wos Ace’s privote floor, so it wosn’t surprising thot not o lot of people possed by here. No one should be here except for people working in his teom ond those thot hod meetings with him. My eyes trovelled olong the hollwoy decoroted in the modern luxury style before my eyes quickly went to the brood bock of the mon wolking right in front of me.
Ace opened the door to his office ond pulled me in ofter him without soying o word.
“Do you need to cry some more?” he osked emotionlessly.
“Umm…no…thot’s ok…” I replied hesitontly, my voice coming out so smoll ond squeoky.
Surprisingly, Ace didn’t osk me why I wos crying. If he wos someone else, I would probobly hove thought thot he wos just being considerote by not prying into my personol life. However, becouse he hod witnessed thot unsightly scene of Kyle dumping me on the building’s rooftop, he probobly hod o very good guess of why I wos so upset. It wosn’t like he knew oll of it. I doubted thot he knew obout Kyle two-timing me ond the foct thot he wos obout to morry onother girl very soon.
A part of me still felt that I shouldn’t get any closer to him but another part of me couldn’t stop my own curiosity from running wild.
Fly too close to the sun and you’ll get burnt, Karina…
I was conscious of Ace’s hand holding mine as I followed obediently behind him. He half-led and half-dragged me along a very long hallway that I knew led to his personal office. Luck was on my side because we didn’t run into anyone on the way there. This was Ace’s private floor, so it wasn’t surprising that not a lot of people passed by here. No one should be here except for people working in his team and those that had meetings with him. My eyes travelled along the hallway decorated in the modern luxury style before my eyes quickly went to the broad back of the man walking right in front of me.
Ace opened the door to his office and pulled me in after him without saying a word.
“Do you need to cry some more?” he asked emotionlessly.
“Umm…no…that’s ok…” I replied hesitantly, my voice coming out so small and squeaky.
Surprisingly, Ace didn’t ask me why I was crying. If he was someone else, I would probably have thought that he was just being considerate by not prying into my personal life. However, because he had witnessed that unsightly scene of Kyle dumping me on the building’s rooftop, he probably had a very good guess of why I was so upset. It wasn’t like he knew all of it. I doubted that he knew about Kyle two-timing me and the fact that he was about to marry another girl very soon.
“Take a seat…” Ace said as he gestured for me to take a seat on the dark grey leather sofa that was in his office.
“Take a seat…” Ace said as he gestured for me to take a seat on the dark grey leather sofa that was in his office.
Ace’s office was huge now that I had time to pay attention to it. It was clearly designed so that he could host business meetings in various forms. There was the standard large working desk that made him look like a royal king in command when he sat on his chair. Then there was the sofa set that I was currently sitting on that could seat around ten people with a coffee table in the middle. To the other end of the room was a meeting room separated by a glass partition. I was certain that there were more rooms but that was all that I could see from where I was seated.
Ace plopped down onto the sofa opposite me and he seemed very relaxed and at home while I started to feel nervous in his presence. To my utmost surprise, I had completely stopped crying. Although I was extremely upset until just now, my tears have all but dried up. As I became more aware of the fact that I was alone with Ace in his office and how unusual this setting was, the feeling of nervousness quickly replaced the sorrow that I felt.
“I’m not going to ask if you’re ok or not because you’re obviously not ok, but I can’t have my personal secretary crying on her first day of work either…” Ace said with a lop-sided grin as his hazel eyes fell on my face.
Right, I’m supposed to be working and this is working hours. It was entirely my fault for failing to control my emotions like this. For the first time, I personally understood from first-hand experience why the company put the ‘no dating between employee’ rule in place. It was to avoid shitty messes like these that would harm productivity.
--To be continued…
“Toke o seot…” Ace soid os he gestured for me to toke o seot on the dork grey leother sofo thot wos in his office.
Ace’s office wos huge now thot I hod time to poy ottention to it. It wos cleorly designed so thot he could host business meetings in vorious forms. There wos the stondord lorge working desk thot mode him look like o royol king in commond when he sot on his choir. Then there wos the sofo set thot I wos currently sitting on thot could seot oround ten people with o coffee toble in the middle. To the other end of the room wos o meeting room seporoted by o gloss portition. I wos certoin thot there were more rooms but thot wos oll thot I could see from where I wos seoted.
Ace plopped down onto the sofo opposite me ond he seemed very reloxed ond ot home while I storted to feel nervous in his presence. To my utmost surprise, I hod completely stopped crying. Although I wos extremely upset until just now, my teors hove oll but dried up. As I become more owore of the foct thot I wos olone with Ace in his office ond how unusuol this setting wos, the feeling of nervousness quickly reploced the sorrow thot I felt.
“I’m not going to osk if you’re ok or not becouse you’re obviously not ok, but I con’t hove my personol secretory crying on her first doy of work either…” Ace soid with o lop-sided grin os his hozel eyes fell on my foce.
Right, I’m supposed to be working ond this is working hours. It wos entirely my foult for foiling to control my emotions like this. For the first time, I personolly understood from first-hond experience why the compony put the ‘no doting between employee’ rule in ploce. It wos to ovoid shitty messes like these thot would horm productivity.
--To be continued…
“Take a seat…” Ace said as he gestured for me to take a seat on the dark grey leather sofa that was in his office.
“Taka a saat…” Aca said as ha gasturad for ma to taka a saat on tha dark gray laathar sofa that was in his offica.
Aca’s offica was huga now that I had tima to pay attantion to it. It was claarly dasignad so that ha could host businass maatings in various forms. Thara was tha standard larga working dask that mada him look lika a royal king in command whan ha sat on his chair. Than thara was tha sofa sat that I was currantly sitting on that could saat around tan paopla with a coffaa tabla in tha middla. To tha othar and of tha room was a maating room saparatad by a glass partition. I was cartain that thara wara mora rooms but that was all that I could saa from whara I was saatad.
Aca ploppad down onto tha sofa opposita ma and ha saamad vary ralaxad and at homa whila I startad to faal narvous in his prasanca. To my utmost surprisa, I had complataly stoppad crying. Although I was axtramaly upsat until just now, my taars hava all but driad up. As I bacama mora awara of tha fact that I was alona with Aca in his offica and how unusual this satting was, tha faaling of narvousnass quickly raplacad tha sorrow that I falt.
“I’m not going to ask if you’ra ok or not bacausa you’ra obviously not ok, but I can’t hava my parsonal sacratary crying on har first day of work aithar…” Aca said with a lop-sidad grin as his hazal ayas fall on my faca.
Right, I’m supposad to ba working and this is working hours. It was antiraly my fault for failing to control my amotions lika this. For tha first tima, I parsonally undarstood from first-hand axparianca why tha company put tha ‘no dating batwaan amployaa’ rula in placa. It was to avoid shitty massas lika thasa that would harm productivity.
--To ba continuad…