Love Slave to My Devil CEO Boss 18+ novel Chapter 247

“So, what do you want to know?” Ace asked like he couldn’t wait to get this over and done with.

I wanted to roll my eyes at him, but I still tried to be positive about it all. If he wanted to get this over and done with, then maybe he would answer my questions quickly and directly.

“Why did you announce that you’re going to step down from your position as CEO? Why are you quitting all of a sudden like this?” I asked as I stared at his emotionless face.

“I don’t like this job. You should know that already. This job isn’t for me, and I’m not cut out to do it for life. I never took this job with the thought that I’ll be doing it until the day that I get old and retire,” he replied like it was supposed to be obvious.

“But why now? Why have you decided to quit now? Don’t you have to grow the company like you promised your father?” I asked hurriedly.

I was speaking faster and faster as my frustrations started getting the better of me. Ace was right and I did know that he wasn’t particularly fond of his job. However, since he had started focusing and working hard at his job, I thought that he was fine with it. Of course, I did not see any signs that would make me think that he was about to drop everything and leave after we won the Ashford competition. It was great that Ace didn’t leave immediately while Project Alpha was still going on but that didn’t make the matter much less grave.

What about the promise that he made to me?

He told me that we’ll get married after he’s done with fulfilling the promise that he made to his father and then his father would acknowledge our relationship.

“I don’t need to stay as the CEO to grow the company,” he replied all too simply.

“What does that even mean? How are you going to lead the company if you’re no longer working there?” I asked as my brows drew into a deep frown.

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t fully understand what is going on right now. Just trust me and everything will turn out just fine, Rina,” Ace said as his eyes stared into mine.

How am I supposed to just rest easy about this?

“What about us?” I asked in a small voice.

I could feel tears stinging the back of my eyes and realized that I was so scared of his answer. With everything that was going on, I didn’t have a lot of confidence left in us and I wasn’t sure what Ace thought about our future. We were still together but it didn’t feel like we were as close as before. There were just so many secrets between us and the fact that he didn’t like to explain himself to me wasn’t helping at all.

“What do you mean by that?” he asked like he didn’t understand what I was getting at.

“You made a deal with your father to grow the company within three years so that we could get married…” I replied in a shaky voice.

I didn’t remember the last time that I felt this anxious to hear someone’s reply to my question before. My hands felt cold, and I had to clasp them together to keep them from visibly shaking. The sickening feeling in my stomach worsened and became too much for me to ignore.

“Why do you sound so worried, Rina? I just told you that I can still grow the company without sitting in the CEO’s seat. We’ll be fine…” Ace replied quite confidently before he smiled a little at me.