Love Slave to My Devil CEO Boss 18+ novel Chapter 151

The time for the press conference finally arrived and I found myself dressed politely in a black dress with matching suit blazer in the

same conference room as Ace and countless other reporters. I could feel their eyes

on me as I stood to the side along with the other staffs that helped organized the

event.

I hated every single second that I stood there. The

reporters recognized me immediately and snapped many photos of me. I didn’t

want to be there, but I had to be. After failing to argue with Ace on this, I didn’t

have a choice but to turn up to the conference.

“I don’t think I should be there. If we’re seen together, it

might cause more trouble and more rumors,” I voiced my concern openly.

“On the contrary, I think it’s better for us to be seen

together. You should be there at the press conference to show that you’re my

secretary and that you are committed to your work. You’ll go wherever you need

to with me, and people will have to get used to that. There’s nothing for us to

hide,” Ace said with confidence before he flashed me a smile.

I didn’t share even a fraction of his confidence. Without a

doubt, the reporters will write whatever they wanted to write. Ace may be used

to this sort of situation but something like this had never happened to me before.

“Maybe we shouldn’t see each other for a while…” I mumbled

my suggestion.

Ace’s eyes widened and then narrowed at me. I could feel his

anger without him having to voice it and it made an uncomfortable lump form in

my throat.

“Never happening…” Ace said resolutely.

His arms wrapped around my body before he pulled me hard

against him. He hugged me tight for a moment before letting me go enough to

stare deeply into my eyes. I could sense the desperate need in his eyes before

his hand cupped the side of my face and then his lips crushed against mine. His

lips captured mine in a smoldering hot kiss. Ace’s wet tongue thrusted boldly

into my mouth before he began grinding his tongue against mine while his other

hand pressed my body tightly against his.

I moaned before I wrapped my arms around his neck and began

kissing him back with wild abandon. His hips grinded against mine and I could

feel his hardness against my belly. His cock was already so hard. His arousal

fueled the flames of my desire, and I knew that it was very dangerous for us to

continue this way.

“Never suggest anything like that ever again. I don’t want

to hear it,” Ace said with unmasked anger.

“I’m sorry, Ace…” I apologized softly.

“Just stay by my side. Do you understand?” Ace asked as his

eyes stared deeply into mine.

“Yes,” I replied with a nod.

I could still see that scene vividly in my mind. We had that

conversation just hours before the start of the conference and because I didn’t

have a comeback for his words, here I was at his side as he hand wanted. All

the members of the press had taken their seat and the atmosphere was tense as

everyone waited eagerly for Ace to start speaking at the podium.

“Good afternoon to everyone. Thank you for your time. I’m

Ace Hills, the CEO of Jessen’s and Hill’s. I’m here today to address the recent

rumors surrounding a couple of misleading photographs that were taken of my

secretary and myself,” Ace said before he smiled politely as his hand gestured

in my direction.

All eyes were on me, and my body froze. Why did he have to

bring their attention to me like that?

I smiled professionally as I nodded my head solemnly.

The audience’s attention returned to Ace who was ready to

continue. The tension in the air seemed to have increased again.

“The truth is that rumors are just rumors. My secretary and

I are not engaged in any inappropriate relationship. We are not romantically

involved in any shape or form. However, it was true that we danced together as

captured in the photos that has been extensively shared on many public domains.

That day we were attending a client’s party together as part of our usual work.

The theme of the party involved ballroom dancing and that was what we ended up

doing as part of our jobs. It is absolutely expected and normal for my secretary

to accompany me on various business occasions,” Ace explained smoothly before he

paused for effect.

The audience still had their eyes on him and when he was

sure that he still had their attention, he smiled professionally before continuing

on.

“The angles in the photographs that were selected, I am sure

from many countless others that were taken, have misled everyone that we were

kissing. This is indeed false because we never engaged in such an act. The recent

release of those misleading photos has brought about much damage to Jessen’s

and Hill’s and have led some of our clients to question our professionalism in

handling our work. As a result of that, our legal team will come to a decision

soon whether they would like to take any legal action,” Ace said before smiling

charmingly.

After that he concluded what he wanted to say by mentioning

that the company’s management, including himself, and all employees of the

company are serious in strictly abiding by the no-dating rule between employees

working for the company. The press did have some questions at the end, but Ace

answered them all smoothly.

The press conference ended without any surprising event to

my utter relief. I prayed that Ace would be right once again and that

everything about this issue would die down eventually. Just like a storm that

had suddenly hit us, I prayed that the storm would pass just as suddenly.

…

**Around a week later**

The most devastating part of the

storm passed. Things have died down somewhat but not completely. The best part

was that we could return to work without incident. That didn’t mean that we spent

the previous week hiding away somewhere. After Ace’s announcement at the press

conference, we returned to work immediately.

--To be continued…