The Last Laugh novel Chapter 54

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Ace's POV:

I was in the cafeteria one morning, having breakfast with Aiden.

Sawyer approached me and Aiden left us to speak.

"Hey Ace,"

I smiled at her. For the first time in a very long time.

"Hey, beautiful."

"Wow. It's been long you called me that or even smiled at me. Do we have a problem?"

"No, we don't. Like I said earlier, I've been too busy," I lied.

"With Heather," she folded her arms and raised a brow.

"Excuse me?"

"Yes, Ace. Each day I notice how close you and Heather get. And you put me aside."

"Wait," I smirked, "Are you jealous?"

She stared at me.

"Should I have any reason to be?"

"See Sawyer, Heather and I are friends. I know she's taken by that Kevin guy who'll surely marry her. Okay?"

"But what about me? You just began ignoring me. It hurts, Ace."

My eyes widened a little. Wait, did Sawyer have feelings for me?

"Sawyer, I hope you know we're just friends with benefits who had sex once."

She looked a little hurt.

"Is that what you think?? Ace, I have never fallen in love."

"That's what I'm saying! You don't do relationships."

"Until I met you."

I almost choked with my own saliva.

"What?"

"You heard me. You're different from all other guys. You don't beg me, you don't follow me, you impose your own rules. Maybe that's what I needed to find in a guy."

Ha! This was the best joke of the year!

"Listen baby, you should've told me this earlier. And things could've worked out."

"Why can't they work out now?"

"I've known you to be a girl who doesn't get into relationships. That's why I went a different way and now I have a girlfriend," I lied.

"What??"

"Please, don't get angry."

She stared at me in disbelief before turning on her heel and walking away.

Sawyer's POV:

I felt frustrated. I felt like crying. Never had a guy hurt my feelings this way. I couldn't let Ace go. No. Not like that. It was too easy.

I sat with my head in my hands, thinking. He was right. I should've told him from the start. He put me aside because he thought I was a girl with no feelings who just slept with cute guys, which was true.

Maybe he'd once had feelings for me but now was too late. I would never know. I opened my office drawer and took out a bottle of whiskey. I served myself in a glass and began to drink some.

After about twenty minutes, a smiling Kevin came into my office.

"Hey, sweetie pie," he said, taking a seat.

"What are you doing here? You're from Heather's office?"

"Nope. She doesn't even know I'm here," he smiled and came over to massage my shoulders. I relaxed in his hands, "You look stressed, baby."

"I am."

"Oh, that's too bad. I know how to make you feel better," he bent over and kissed my neck. I leaned back into him, enjoying the soft kisses. Ace had just broken my heart in some sort of way. I needed release and I didn't give a damn.

I stood up and faced Kevin. We began kissing each other passionately. He was an idiot but did know how to console me at times. I let myself go in his arms, trying my best to believe that it was Ace I was making out with.

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Ace's POV:

I was heading for my office when I saw Heather going the opposite way. Playfully, I turned and started to follow her.

"Weren't you going to your office?" she teased with a smile.