Love Slave to My Devil CEO Boss 18+ novel Chapter 252

“About my promise to marry you?” Ace asked as if in pure disbelief.

I just nodded my head at him as I kept my eyes cast downwards. It felt quite embarrassing now that I had voiced my worries out loud. I had no idea why he seemed so shocked at what I had just told him. Wasn’t it supposed to be logical for me to think that way? After all, he did link our marriage pretty much to the success of the company’s expansion.

“I think I’m starting to understand the cause of all of this misunderstanding now. Listen, Rina…” Ace said as his hands reached out to grab my shoulders tightly.

I looked up into his hazel brown eyes as Ace took in a deep breath before slowly letting it out.

“You’ve got it all wrong, Rina…” he said in dismay as he shook his head slowly from side to side.

“I’m sorry…but I don’t really understand…” I murmured.

His suddenly depressed reaction tugged at my heart and a sense of guilt quickly welled up in my chest and made me feel empty inside. I didn’t like to see Ace that way and it felt even worst when I knew that I was the reason why he was making such a face.

“It’s exactly like what I told my dad. It’s true that I’m quitting my job but that doesn’t mean that I’ve given up on growing the company or on marrying you,” Ace explained calmly after he had somewhat composed himself.

He looked tired and all the times that I caught him working late into the night at the office or even back at his place came back to me. Even though Ace said that he didn’t really like his job, I had to admit that he took it seriously and worked probably harder than anyone. With the many things that had been going on, I guess I must have forgotten about that or overlooked it completely.

“How are you going to grow the company if you don’t even work here anymore?” I asked what was on my mind.

I didn’t even want to imagine because I couldn’t imagine what the company would be like with Ace gone. Ever since I started working, Ace had always been the CEO of the company. In fact, he took over as the CEO right around the same time that I joined the company. I didn’t know what it would be like without having Ace around to lead the business.

“I don’t need to be the CEO to grow the company, Rina. I’ll talk to my father tomorrow and he’s going to have to go along with it to keep his end of the bargain. He did promise that he’ll let me do things my way…” Ace said sternly.

“Is your plan a secret from me as well?” I asked as I pleaded to him with my eyes.

“For now…” he replied before he grinned regretfully at me.

I hate secrets.