Chapter 452 Sweet Reflections

Even though I was technically allowed to date Ace now, he was still technically in a relationship with Elizabeth. Their relationship seemed to be very much a cover up now more than ever before with the two not seeing each other much outside the context of work and now that the first phase of the merger has come to an end, the two will probably see less of each other. I wondered what was going to happen now that Ace was free from his role at the company.

Ace arrived shortly in his car, and for the first time in forever, I got into the car without having to look left and right to check if someone was watching us. It felt strange and I was sure that it would take some time for me to get used to this.

“It feels kind of strange that you were the one who organized everything although we’re supposed to be celebrating your last day at the company,” I pointed out while feeling slightly regretful for not doing anything special for him.

“It’s good enough for me that you’re here. Thanks for sucking it up for this long,” he said before showing me a wry grin.

“You’re welcome, I guess..” I replied before smiling.

As always, I didn’t bother asking where Ace was going to take me. By that time, I had learnt to take things as they come and enjoy the suspense and the surprise that was in store. I started feeling a little funny inside when Ace started taking all the turns that would lead us back to his place. Soon after, I found out that my gut feeling was spot on correct when we finally arrived at the building to his place.

“I didn’t think that you would bring me here,” I admitted as we stepped into the elevator together.

“Are you disappointed that we didn’t go somewhere fancy?” he asked teasingly.

“Not at all. Your place is the fanciest..” I replied playfully.

By that time the elevator came to a stop before the doors opened and the familiar view of Ace’s place greeted us. I remembered just how nervous I was the first time that I came here. Now the place felt like my second or third home and I could truly feel at peace when I was there.

“Are you hungry?” he asked.

“Not really..” I replied truthfully. historical

It still felt unreal that Ace no longer worked for Jessen’s and Hill’s. Thinking about it just made me feel weird inside and I wasn’t sure what I should make of it. Food wasn’t at all what was on my mind at that moment.

“I guess we can take it slow and talk for a bit while we wait for the food to arrive,” he suggested.

“You ordered something?” I asked.

“Yup. I ordered some food from an old friend who runs a restaurant of his own now,” Ace explained simply.

“That’s great. I’m good with anything,” I replied casually.

Ace rarely asked to talk to me so I figured that he must have something on his mind that he wanted to share. I also had a super long list of unanswered questions that I saved up over the months as well that I wanted to ask him. Although the merger still has a few “Come and sit here,” Ace said as he patted the back of one the chairs at the dining table.

phases left before it could be called complete, Ace’s involvement has come to an end. I hoped that that would mean that he would be less busy and also that he would have the time to answer all the questions that I’ve saved up.

“Come and sit here,” Ace said as he patted the back of one the chairs at the dining table.

“Thanks,” I thanked him as he pulled out the chair for me.

I took the seat while thinking that the upcoming talk must be a very serious one because we were doing it at the dining table rather than casually on the sofa where we usually had our more casual conversations. I watched Ace intently as he took the seat opposite from mine.

“Umm..what is it that you want to talk about?” I asked because I felt like I could no longer wait.

“A couple of things actually. I’m not working at the company anymore and I’m no longer your boss,” he pointed out.

“Right..” I murmured.

“You have no idea how long I’ve waited for this day to come. The day where we no longer have to keep our relationship a secret from anyone anymore. I’ve never felt so free..” he said before letting out a loud sigh.

“I guess you’re right about that. Honestly, it’s still hard for me to believe that the day has finally arrived,” I quickly agreed.

“The merger is also in good shape and that means that I’ve made good on the deal that I made with my dad. Hopefully, this would be enough for him to leave us alone..at least for a while,” he said while sounding very relieved and a little excited.

“But the merger isn’t completed yet,” I pointed out.

“The two companies have merged. So, in terms of achieving growth, I’ve more than exceeded my target,” Ace explained before smiling widely at me.

I was glad that he was proud of what he’d achieved. After all the hard work that he went through both in terms of work and also the acting part of things, I have to say that he deserved nothing but success and also recognition. As for me, I felt so proud of the fact that I was there to support him and help him out as much as I could throughout it all. The journey was a tiring and challenging one, but it was also an extremely rewarding one. I got to stand by the man that I love and support him in what he wanted to do while watching him take on various challenges. In addition, I got to take on so many challenges as well and ended up learning plenty both from Ace and the people that I had the fortunate opportunity to work with.

--To be continued..

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