Love Slave to My Devil CEO Boss 18+ novel Chapter 273

My eyes widened a little in surprise and I started to feel nervous for no good reason at all. Although it wasn’t supposed to be a secret, I didn’t think that Ace would like to find out that I had met up with his father even if it was because the chairman had requested for me to do so. I wondered if Ace knew about my little meeting with the Chairman already or not.

“I see…” I replied vaguely without wanting to give anything away.

If Ace found out that I met the chairman, he would undoubtedly ask me what we talked about, and I didn’t want to tell Ace that. The fact that I felt clueless about what to do next also bothered me.

“Did you meet him?” Ace asked as his eyes stared directly at my face.

“He…requested to talk to me,” I replied honestly.

It didn’t seem like I could avoid discussing this topic with Ace any further. Now that I didn’t have a choice in the matter, I thought that it might just be better to be completely honest and open with Ace. After all, we were supposed to be on the same team on this. Maybe if I just ask Ace outright, he would tell me something useful that would help me figure out my next move or make up my mind. The future seemed so uncertain and filled with unknowns.

“What did you talk to him about?” Ace asked as he kept his eyes on me.

I started to feel slightly uncomfortable under his intense stare. After taking in a deep breath and letting it out slowly, I made up my mind to tell Ace everything.

“Your father wants me to find a way to stop you from quitting your job,” I told Ace quite bluntly.

Although I had put in the effort to muster up the courage to talk to him directly about this, Ace didn’t seem at all surprised at what I had just told him. His lack of reaction made me feel even more confused than before.

“Is that all?” Ace asked.

As in…is there supposed to be something more than this?

“Umm…yes. He doesn’t want you to step down from your position as CEO and he thinks that I might be able to find a way to convince you otherwise…” I replied.

Apart from this, I didn’t think that there was anything else that the Chairman spoke to me about. He did make me very confused when he brought up the issue regarding my future and my career but that was probably also related to making me feel like there was a need for me to keep Ace in his current CEO position.

“Is that really it?” Ace prompted again before he went silent to give me a moment to think.

“He told me that if you ran off again, you would leave me behind. Alternatively, if I can keep you here as the CEO, then when you manage to grow the company as agreed with him, he’ll let us get married,” I told Ace honestly.

Ace seemed to be thinking about something for a brief moment before he nodded his head as if finally satisfied with what I had just told him. Once again, he didn’t seem surprised at all at what his father had told me.