Love Slave to My Devil CEO Boss R18

“You know, I really did think about doing exactly that…” Elizabeth said before smiling our way.

My mouth immediately fell open and I was speechless at how easy-going she sounded. I had thought that the matter was a grave one, and based on the devastated state that she was in the last time that she came over to Ace’s place, I thought that she must be having such a hard time deciding between her career advancement and the preservation of her love life. Apparently, that didn’t seem to be the case. What happened since that day to cause such a change in her, I had no idea and couldn’t even begin to imagine.

Ace also seemed surprised at her reaction. After telling her so many times for her to break up with Kyle, it seemed like he was getting something akin to a positive response for the first time. I wished silently in my mind that she would explain to us what was going on and how she managed to reach that conclusion.

“Have you decided or are you just playing around? Care to explain?” Ace demanded as he stared across the table at Elizabeth.

Elizabeth seemed unfazed and she clearly wasn’t in a rush to tell us what we really wanted to know. She sat back in her seat and let out a soft sigh before letting her eyes drift close. For a moment, she truly looked relaxed as if she was meditating and the casual clothes that she had on just helped to contribute to that vibe. It was probably then that it occurred to me that Elizabeth might have been hiding away in that small house to get away from her troubles. Living alone for a few days while relaxing might just be the right steps to take to make up someone’s mind on a challenging matter.

“It’s just as I said, I truly considered it…” she said before pausing.

“And? What have you decided?” Ace asked impatiently.

“Honestly, after days of thinking it over, I realized the most amazing thing…” she said with a satisfied look on her face.

By that time, my curiosity and the suspense in the atmosphere was driving me insane. When Ace let out a sigh, I realized that he didn’t seem to like waiting either.

“And that is?” Ace urged her to go on.

“You see, after days of thinking so hard about it that I lost sleep, I finally realized that it doesn’t really matter,” she replied before she went back to smiling.

The relief look on her face and the way that she smiled made me feel like she had just lifted a heavy burden off of her chest. However, what she said didn’t make any sense to me at all. Maybe I wasn’t intelligent enough to follow what she was saying because I was genuinely confused. It was like she had answered Ace’s question, but she had not answered it. After all that she had said, I still had no idea whether or not she was breaking up with Kyle.

“Ok, I think you’ve lost some major parts of your mind during these past few days. Maybe we should leave you alone for a while longer and you can call us again once you’ve made up your mind,” Ace said without hiding his irritation.

At first, I didn’t think that Ace meant what he said about leaving her alone until he began standing up from his seat. My eyes widened when I realized that he was truly going to leave although we had just gotten there.

“Ace…” I called his name as I reached my hand out to pull on the sleeve of his suit.

“Why are you so hot-headed today, Ace? Sit down…” Elizabeth said teasingly.

“Ace…I think we should hear everything that she has to say. I mean, we did come all this way…” I suggested as I tugged again on his sleeve.

Ace looked over at Elizabeth before turning to look at me. The look in his eyes was stern but the hard look that he gave me softened a little when I offered him a smile that I hoped was encouraging. Without saying a word, Ace sat back down again to my utter relief. I prayed that Elizabeth would just spit out what she really had to say now that she could tell that Ace wasn’t here to joke around.

“Umm…please go on…” I said before offering her a smile that I hoped would patch things up a little.

Elizabeth cleared her throat before she sat up straighter in her seat. I could sense the shift in mood and knew that Elizabeth was now ready to be serious. That was probably why her next words surprised me even more than before.

“You two might think that I’m joking around but that is not exactly the case. I did mean it when I told you that whether or not I break up with Kyle probably doesn’t matter when it comes to the merger,” she said before taking a pause.

“Go on…” Ace said curtly.

“Honestly, after all that my father has done to me, I think that it’s about time that he needs to learn that he’s not going to always get what he wants,” Elizabeth said before she grinned at us.

Suddenly, I had a very bad feeling about where this conversation was going although I couldn’t quite pinpoint why I felt that way.

“If I were you, I would be an obedient girl and just do what your father says. This merger needs to go through, and its implications stretch far beyond you or your marriage,” Ace reminded her sternly.

“Sure, it does. Don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten that your relationship with Karina is riding on this as well,” she replied with a smirk.

“What do you have planned? You have a plan, don’t you?” Ace asked and I could tell that he was about to run out of patience again.

I stared across the table at Elizabeth and the look that she had on her face told me that more trouble was on the way.

--To be continued…