Touching the Heart of Ace novel Chapter 83

"There is no going back. I have no idea what you are talking about Robbie. Tell me."

"Who is he?"

I tsk??ed. I was done with his jealousy. I had no idea who he was talking about.

"You tell me. We have talked about this remember?"

Some other man in my life! I shook my head.

I pulled up my shorts and went to bathroom to freshen up. So much for sleeping.

Stupid Robbie and his stupid jealousy. I smiled fondly.

I could barely walk after he was done with me. If I had someone else in my bed, I would push him off and get myself some well-deserved sleep.

I rolled my mental eyes.

I was washing my face when he hugged me from behind. I cleaned up fast and turned around in his arms.

"What is it? Please tell me this is not about Russell."

"No. I like Russel; he loves Naomi."

I chuckled. He liked Russel because he loved Naomi.

Then who else? No one was touchy feely with me.

I pushed Robbie. "Robbie, you are worried about Kenneth? Oh baby, that guy is the mother hen. He touches everyone like that. Even you got a pat on your head..."

[Kenneth is just some guy. Don't sweat your head over this, y'all.]

I walked back to bed to change the sheets.

Robbie chuckled. "No, I like Kenneth too. He is a good kid. He worries about everyone."

Then who was it?

"Do you know a Marcus?" Robbie held the pillows I handed him.

Marcus? There was a Marcus at the party?

"Not really, no. New guy? You know, Jason is in charge of people."

"Tall, looks Mexican, from your advertisement and marketing department."

"Mark?"

Robbie ground his teeth.

"Yes, he was there in the party. We briefly talked. But I do not know him. Just a new guy. Olivia introduced him. Looked friendly though. Why? I told you that a guy named Mark came and asked me about my business investments. What about him?"

[Olivia is Ace's marketing head. She helped him sell his protein drink. Remember?]

"Nothing."

"His name was Marcus? He told me Mark. Maybe I did not listen well, the music was so loud. What about him? Don't you dare close off now, Robbie."

"He told you his name was Mark?"

"Yeah."

"You do not call him Mark because he is special?"

I was sure I looked annoyed. Robbie hid his head on my chest. He pushed me until I fell on bed with him on top. He did not move further though.

"Robbie, Big Baby, tell me. What is it?"

Saying Robbie was a jealous person, was saying blue whale a slightly big animal. He had to know my calls and texts, and glare at people who stood close to me. He just had to make sure no one was getting to me without him knowing to steal me away from him.

"Did that guy say something?" I rubbed his head and pressed a kiss on forehead.

He nodded.

"What did he say?"

"That only special people in his life calls him Mark."

I snorted. I let him continue.

"I remembered your talking about him. So, when we were introduced, I called him Mark. Then he told me to call him Marcus and only special people got to call him like that. He told me that you found him special and capable of handling your company's advertisement campaign alone."

"And you believed him?" I did not know if I should hug and kiss him or smack his head for being this stupid.

"No."

Then?

He mumbled.

"What?"

"He said that you are going to France with him for the campaign."

This stupid idiot of mine. I squeezed him hard but could not stop my giggles.

"How could you believe something idiotic as that, Robbie! When have I ever gone to that kind of stuff? And that too without telling my family!"

"I did not believe it then. But when Jason announced that you might go with them if their performance was good...I got scared..."

"You got scared someone else knew something that big about me before you could hear it from myself."

The big baby on my chest nodded.

"Big Baby look at me."

God! He looked so troubled.

"Love." I kissed his lips. "First of all, Marcus lied. I did not tell him that he was capable of handling the company's advertisement campaign alone. Jason does that kind of stuff, you know it. May be he is that good or he blows up gas, I do not know. Second, he told me his name was Mark. And I have no intention to call him that if it is his nickname. Then, Big Baby, Jason was taunting me. He knows how I would never leave you or Lia for a business campaign that might last a month. Even if I wanted, you would be the one who would take me. He was making fun of me for that."

Jason started picking on me when we were having drinks. I hoped no one else had a brother who would be relentlessly annoying only because he was missing you! He casually suggested I could get on a jet and go to France that night.

Snort!

I had two babies to think about. Both of them would turn this whole world upside down if they could not find me.

So he called me a female reproductive organ.

I called him a male reproductive organ back.

Then we both went off to our merry ways; but the annoying idiot made fun of me on stage. Look what that did to Silly Daddy.

I shook my head. There was not a day I spent alone. Lia and Robbie would be miserable without me. Like how I would be miserable without them even for a day. God knew how I managed to keep calm when she went off to care centre.

I had once tried to be away from Robbie and that was not something I want to go through again.

"Take me to the award ceremony next week." I decided.

"I thought we were not going."

"We were not. But now we are. I have to make something straight."

Nobody was making my Robbie miserable. So this was what happened yesterday night at the party.

There was so much pain that came with being a boss. I was nominated for the Young Responsible Entrepreneur Award and Master-Tech Genius of the Decade Award; both were, honestly not a big deal.

It was given out by other business men to butter up new business men, so they would not be able to say no to future collaboration.

Well, I was not planning on changing my business partners or my ethics to fit in. So we had gone to yesterday's party, and then out of nowhere a strong hand fucking groped my ass like a stress ball.

I was done with fake pleasantries and smiles before five minutes were up. Jason was good at these things and he wanted me here because this was apparently good for our business.

'But my 'Slave, these are bad for our life' was left ignored.

Meanie!

Anyways I somehow managed to stay there for three hours.

Yaaaay me!!!

Then I went out to the balcony looking at the stars and thinking how beautiful they were and...

That palm fell on my right butt cheek and that lips latched on my neck.

God!

I knew that touch and I knew that desperation.

"Fuck!"

I knew that voice too.

"Bas... tard..." I mumbled out. "Let go..."

"So tempting..." The voice growled and I moaned.

"You might wanna keep that hand to yourself, Mister. My man is a jealous bastard and he might chop off your hand." I whispered while turning around; the hand still kneading the f out of me.

"Your man sounds pretty smart." Warm puffs of breath fell on my lips and I shook my head.

"Pretty psychotic, you mean? Yes, he is. But what can I do? I fell hopelessly in love with him."

I felt the replying smile on cheek but he yanked me by my hand to take me somewhere.

"Well, he must be hopelessly in love with you too."

"Rob...hmmph..." He pushed me to the wall of a dark empty corner behind the building...

... and had his way with me.

"Remember our comic con. You got fucked like this in a bathroom stall... I will do it again..."

I saw that crazy in his eyes.

The crazy I had in my own eyes too.

I bit my lips and hid my face behind my palms facing the wall.

He just...

And I just...

I should have known something had spiked this behaviour. Yet, I did not catch up to it.

But I felt so vulnerable after the escapade. I felt... like he did not care about me. Had it been a couple of years before, I would have walked away feeling torn and used, making myself believe that it was true. I was just someone to...

But... no... this man loved me, may be even more than I loved him.

So I took his hand and placed it on my face before kissing it.

"Angel..." He hugged me.

The vulnerability in me slowly fading away to strength.

"I cannot believe you did this to me. If this comes on newspaper, you are sleeping on couch for rest of your life." I whined.

"You are mine."

"You doubt that?" I bit his chin.

He stared at me for solid two minutes before smiling.

"Not one bit."

We sneaked away from the party, found a park nearby, climbed over the fence and... simply lied on the grass looking up the sky... like two boys who were secretly in love.

"So beautiful, Daddy."

"Yeah. So beautiful." I swatted his face away when I noticed he was looking at me.

We talked nonsense.

From my turning to an alien to Robbie being an adorable bunny in his past life to Lia going to college soon and... whatnot...

Then we had gone home, taking a bus, leaving our car behind without telling Jason or Nick... and laughed like maniacs when we received their distressed calls in the early hours of morning; hushing each other because our little baby was sleeping on the other room.

We did not sleep a wink last night.

Yet, I did not catch up that my man was insecure and searching for love. Thankfully, I was able to shower him all the attention and love without even noticing it.

I had decided we would not be attending the award ceremony; one of the reasons why we attended the party last night so we would not cross with other powerful people.

More power you have, more susceptible to pettiness; or so I have learned from my life with Robbie.

I did not care how good that guy, Marcus, was in advertising or whatever. I was not letting that kind of manipulative assholes who meddle with my family in my own company. Jason would understand and Olivia had no say in this, because Jason was her boss.

I had to be there to make it happen or Jason would think Robbie was just being silly... again. This time he was not, though, and I would not ignore his pain.

"So, we are going, okay?"

I felt another nod on my chest. "Whatever you say."

I smiled.

Looked like I was getting that nap after all.

Ding Dong!

I spoke too soon.

"Ugggh!!!" I whined and Robbie chuckled. He could laugh. Lia did not wake him up in the morning for breakfast. He slept till eleven in the morning while I was up and running since seven.

I wanted... no... needed this nap.

Daddy and daughter had to give me a break.

"You go and look."

"Frankie will do it, Angel."

"Oh!" We were at my mom's home. Silly me!

God I was tired.

Jason was begging to spent some time with Lia and we were still furnishing our home. Jason and Gabe's room were getting painted, so we thought we would stay here at mom's.

We could attend the business party and Jason got to spend his time with Lia.

Win-win...

... or not.

Frankie came in to my room without knocking and looking frantic, clutching Lia. I pushed Robbie off my chest. "What is wro..."

"Robert, Sir, you have to come down right now. Baby Trus, please stay here with baby."

Then I heard it.

"Where the fuck is he!!! My fucking HUSBAND!!! WHERE IS HE!!! I am home, honey!"

Lia was tight as cardboard in my arms and my heart dropped to my stomach.

I watched Frankie help Robbie with his shirt and smoothed his own while trying his very best to be calm and collected.

"She looks a bit..." Frankie could not bring up the word he was searching for.

Winny came in like a hurricane but started taking relieved breaths seeing Lia safe in my arms. "I got scared... when... " She sat next to me and rubbed Lia's back.

"Stay here." Robbie commanded before leaving with Frankie and I wanted to run after them.

Why was she here? What did she want?

Lia flinched with every voice that climbed up to the first floor where we were staying. "Davidson Sir, I have informed Master Jason and Dominic. Master Jason is in the board meeting, so he has not replied but... Dominic will be here in a few... with backup."

I nodded.

This warranted back up? Jesus!

I heard something crash downstairs and we all jumped.

"I have to..."

"Mr. Brantley asked you to stay here, Davidson Sir."

"He wants me there, trust me. I know him. Little Baby?" I jiggled my baby in my arms and kissed her cheeks. Her worried eyes met mine and she leaned up to kiss me back. "Can Davey go and help Daddy? I will bring him back here..."

"Noo... Davey... don go..."

"But Daddy needs help and we always help Daddy, right Baby?" She nodded. "Yeah... so now Davey will go and help Daddy and I will bring him back to you." Her lips trembled.

"Dada, okay?"

"Of course he is. He has you and he has me. He will be okay as long as Davey is there next to him. So can Davey go?"

She nodded, squeezing me tight and pouting. I pecked her pout. "Stay with Winny under this blanket, okay Baby Angel?" I handed Lia her Crocky plushy and then threw the blanket over my girls. "Stay here, both of you."

"Kem fas."

I chuckled. "Of course I will come fast." I winked and Lia smiled, a bit relieved that I was not that worried.

Well, I was worried and scared but she did not need to know.

My hand touched the cold stair rails and the voices were unbearable as I climbed down.

"I DID NOT FUCK YOU!!! YOU FUCKED ME!!! I WAS UNCONSCIOUS, YOU BLOODY WHORE!!!" Robbie screamed and terror gripped my heart.

What was he talking about?

"So what? I got pregnant. You can't prove that to anyone. Why would a woman like me need a drunk ass pussy like you to fuck?"

Dear freaking god!

I did not hear it, did I?

My hands gripped rails harder when I felt the ground spin. I shook my head.

Not now, Ace! My man needed me.

"I am a woman. I have needs. Your floppy, good for nothing cock was not satisfying me. So it was whatever. At least we had a good fuck."

"YOU!!! You had a good fuck. I was drunk out of my fucking mind and how pathetic could you get, woman? If you had not shown me the video of you rutting all over me... I would not have even believed..."

I clutched Robbie's hand and he jerked his head to me surprised. He gulped and I knew he was purposely keeping that information away from me.

The woman Robbie was talking to was casually strutting over my mom's displays of our family photos.

"That video is no more. So, you can't get the cunt you are fucking, to get it out of the dustbin." She laughed. "Oh! FUCKING CUNT! I know he is behind it... ASS Davidson Poopcott! He fucking stole stuff from internet... and made me look like a bad girl."

I wanted to vomit.

"Don't you fucking drag him to this. You have no fucking right to..." I squeezed Robbie's elbow and the woman turned around smugly smiling.

I shivered seeing this face.

Her smile looked odd on that face... destroyed with plastic surgery.

"Ace!" I gulped at Janice's voice.

"Don't you dare calling him that!!! Stay away from him."

"What? I was just talking. After all, ... we are family." Her smile was scary to look at. Her upper lip was wrinkly under her too long nose.

"I am not your family." I said softly.

"I hope not. You stole my husband from me. He was mine."

I did not answer her and she went berserk. "WHAT!!! TALK!!!"

I blinked. "Let us go, Robbie."

"So mighty and high to even talk to me???? What the fuck!!! Who do you think you are? I am getting so fucking angry."

"Leave my home."

She gritted her teeth. "Who needs your fucking home? You have this home??? Ohhh you poor pussy you? Fucking Dickpussy! It is not even that great!" She childishly pushed her tongue out and spat spit all over.

I wanted to gag and run to hills.

She was...

I shivered when she started to throw cushions of the sofa and kicked its legs throwing obscenities around.

"What is wrong with her?" Was she even real?

"Don't talk about me like that. I hate it when you talk about me like that! I fucking hate you all. You are making fun of me, right now! Aren't you? You people always make fun of me. You can all make fun of me when I get my money. GIVE BACK MY MONEY!!!"

Robbie opened his mouth and I squeezed tighter. "Don't talk." I whispered and I saw Janice coming down unhinged.

"WHAT DID YOU TELL HIM NOW!!! WHAT!!!"

"Ma'am step away or we are going to tase you. This is your first and last warning. Step away in five, four... three..."

Never in my life was I this happy to see Nick and his bodyguard people.

I watched Tristian coming behind Nick and he nodded to me before climbing up the stairs; to get to my girls. I breathed a bit easier.

"We were just talking." Janice mumbled out innocently and when she looked at me, even after seeing her all going crazy, for a moment I thought she was innocent and was just talking.

What in the actual fucking world!!!

Janice took steps back and sat on the couch before picking up the cushion she had thrown and situating it properly.

Jesus!!!

Who and what is this woman!

"Robert, we have talked about this. We agreed that you will give me money."

"We never agreed on anything. You asked me for money and I said no."

"Well, you have to say yes. I need it, really."

I noticed the bodyguards looking at each other not knowing what to do... except Nick. His eyes were unnervingly fixed on Janice and she did not like it.

"It is rude to stare at a lady."

Nick did not even blink and I was thankful. This woman was... not okay.

"I was your wife. Marriage with you has destroyed me. You are responsible for me."

"Are you fucking crazy!!!"

"DON'T!" Janice shouted but took calming breaths when all the tasers went up at her shout. At least that made bodyguards back to being alert. "You both tricked me, played me and made fun of me."

"We don't even fucking remember you, until you brag in like a fucking ghost of past. Get serious woman. Get out and never come back." Robbie snarled and Janice looked truly heartbroken.

"What do you mean you don't remember me? Don't you guys fight because of me?"

Robbie and I looked at each other. Why would we?

Janice was in rage. "So what now? You two have fucking perfect happy life and I rot in hell? What the fuck!!! You don't love this man, do you, ACE? Of course not! Do you? WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU NOT ANSWERING ME!!! Sorry, gentlemen, it is just... they are so aggrevating. I am sorry. I should not shout. Sorry about that."

I gulped. I was scared.

"I lost everything because of you. Now, you are happy and what did I get? I deserve that money because I was your wife... I am your wife. You have not married anyone still. So, in the eyes of God, we are married."

Robbie tucked my head under his chin and Janice started laughing in wonder. "Am I really seeing this? Now you get money, you get that man and you are happy? What the fuck? I cannot believe it. This was not how it supposed to go."

"I don't care how you thought how this would go, but... let me tell you... we are happy. So, for once, I beg you... just get out of here already!" Robbie sounded tired.

Did he not notice how truly crazy Janice looked?

"You lied to me! You said your business were flopping. You lied!!! Now you have even more money that before. I deserve that money. You got that money when you were married to me. So it is mine!!!"

I shook my head, feeling exasperated.

"That is enough, Miss." Nick gently held her elbow and she aggressively shrugged it away. "Mrs. Brantley... you are trying to molest me..."

One of the female bodyguards stood next to Janice and forcefully yanked her to feet. "Let us go, 'Mrs. Brantley'. Let us find another Brantley for you..."

"I was just talking... you can't push me away. I am their family... This is my home too... He changed the address and did not tell me... He can't do that... It is against law... You, send me money... I will come back later... ACE!!! Your mom would not have left me without money. ACE!!!"

Dear god!

I never knew how stupid was to give her money whenever she asked. It was almost like she was addicted to it.

"Do you think she is crazy?"

Robbie hugged me tight and took a huge sniff of my hair. "No, she was always like that. She gets angry when her money drops."

I frowned.

But could he not spot how illogical her words were? Or was she just purposefully playing dumb.

"She will annoy us until we fall for it and give her money, just to shut her up."

I nodded.

That would work too. I wanted to hand her some money to make her go away.

"Nick." I called out and the man turned around surprised. "I want to know why she is desperate this time. Last time she went after like this was when the investors of our health drink was behind her."

But even at that time, it was not horrific like this.

I saw Nick look at Robbie and I glared at my man.

"Angel... do you have..."

"Robert Brantley we need to talk."