Love Slave to My Devil CEO Boss 18+ novel Chapter 271

My mouth fell open in shock and it took all of my self-control not to let out any sound of shock. The chairman turned around to face me and my entire body froze in place. My legs wanted to take me as far away from him as possible. However, I knew that there was no way that I could turn and run away from the chairman after he had asked to see me.

Why is Ace’s father here? What does he want from me?

“Karina, take a seat,” he said as he gestured with his hand at the seat opposite to his at the meeting table.

I dreaded seeing the chairman even more than before since Ace made his announcement to retire from his position as CEO. Although I knew that Ace must have spoken to his father about his plans already, he did not tell me in detail how things went down between them. Simply because he did not mention anything, I had assumed that everything must have gone well. I dared to steal a look at the Chairman’s face, and I was convinced that this pair of father and son never reached any kind of agreement.

“I hope you’re not too busy to talk to me,” he said before his lips curved into a smile that was too pleasant.

“What would you like to talk about?” I asked in a small voice as my heart raced in my chest.

The room felt colder than usual, and the sound of my rapid heart rang too loudly in my ears. I wasn’t sure what the chairman wanted from me but I could guess that it must have something to do with Ace’s plan to retire. Ace’s father must have realized that the deadline is fast approaching and that if he wanted to do something to stop it then he had to act now.

“I am sure that you are aware that Project Alpha is going to come to an end very soon since I heard that you’re staffed on the project as well,” he said sternly.

“Y-Yes…” I replied softly and in a shaky voice.

“I don’t know if you know this, but Ace is still very adamant about stepping down from his position as CEO,” he said before he paused as if to watch my reaction.

“Yes, I am aware…” I replied while trying to tell myself to stay calm.

“I see. Then, I’m going to get straight to the point. I want you to find a way to stop him from quitting his job as the CEO,” the chairman said as his eyes stared straight at me.

I felt a lump form in my throat. His request was reasonable, but it was very unrealistic. If his father couldn’t convince him then what made the chairman believe that I could. Ace wasn’t just very stubborn; he was also very determined. Although I didn’t know what he had planned, I was sure that Ace had thought this over many times before he made his decision. I believed that he truly thought that this was for the best so convincing him otherwise was going to be extremely difficult if not plainly impossible.