“What about what she said in particular?” Ace asked as if he didn’t understand the point of my question.
“Everything. Everything that she said. Every…little and huge ass thing that she said,” I replied through gritted teeth.
Ace seemed surprise at how much my anger was showing and I was surprised at how he didn’t seem to realize just how angry I was. Regardless, Ace remained just as calm as before.
“I think she said some strange things and some of that must have bothered you. She can take her jokes a little too far but I’m sure that she doesn’t mean any real harm. If you’re upset, I can apologize in her place,” Ace told me before smiling a little at me.
I gasped at his words especially the part where he was going to apologize to me on her behalf. It never occurred to me how we could misunderstand each other this badly. I thought that Ace would surely understand what I thought and how I felt.
“I don’t need you to apologize in her place. I don’t even want an apology from her. I just want to know why you allowed a dinner like that to happen? What with all the things you said about wanting me to learn from her and getting better acquainted with her? It just doesn’t make any sense to me and it’s driving me mad,” I confessed honestly as I started to lose my head.
Ace listened to me vent my anger in silent without taking his eyes off of me. I took a pause as I struggled to catch my breath. Ace was silent for a moment as if waiting for me to continue and that was exactly what I did.
“I felt so horrible all throughout the dinner, didn’t you realize that? I couldn’t wait for it all to be over and done with, so that we could just go home. I hated everything that she said to me, and I don’t even understand why she seems to hate me so much. I also hated that she seems so close to you…” I blurted out so fast that I had to pause again to catch my breath.
To my surprise, Ace still seemed very composed as he listened to me complain on and on about all that I had suffered during the dinner that we just had. My shoulders trembled and then my entire body seemed to tremble as well. It felt like I was about to burst into tears, but I didn’t want to cry. I felt too angry to let any tears out.
“How dare she say those things to me like that?” I spat before I ground my teeth together in my frustration.
I could feel Ace’s eyes on me and when I looked up, our eyes met. His hazel brown eyes didn’t betray any emotion and I wasn’t sure what he was thinking about what he was seeing and hearing from me. I closed my eyes and took in a deep breath before letting it out. I repeated that a few times as I desperately tried to calm myself down.
“Do you feel better now?” Ace asked after giving me a moment to compose myself.
“Yes…a little…” I replied truthfully.
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