Chapter 27


    Read The Trap Of Ace [by Eva Zahan] Chapter 27 – “G*d, girl! You should seriously dump that a*s


    boyfriend of yours! I thought he was a nice guy, but I didn’t know what a mommy’s boy he is!” cursed


    Casie, shaking her head while Beth grabbed another tissue from the tissue box on herp and blew her


    nose.


    “It’s not that easy, Cass. I love him. We’ve been together for three years.” Beth sniffled, wiping her


    cheeks.


    “Just because you guys have been together for three years, doesn’t mean you’ll take his mother’s s**t!


    You deserve much more than this!” Casie snapped.


    After getting the early leave, I came directly to Casie’s ce. And though I didn’t find Beth in the same


    state I found herst night, she wasn’t any better. She was still a mess.


    After asking Casie of what happened to her, she told me everything.


    Beth and her boyfriend, Mason, were happy in their little world. Until his conservative Catholic mother


    stepped into the picture once she got to know that her one and only son was going to marry a non-


    catholic girl. His mother’s displeasure of their rtionship was creating problems between them. And


    being a mommy’s boy he was, as Casie mentioned, he didn’t have the guts to go against his mother and


    stand by Beth and their love.


    And now Beth feared that he might as well break up with her, heeding his mother’s advice. And that’s


    why I found her at that bar, drunk out of her mind.


    Looking down at the ring on her ring finger, Beth whispered, “You won’t understand. I can’t just leave


    everything like that. I- I can’t live without him.”


    Casie scoffed. “But it seems like he definitely can. Otherwise he wouldn’t let you leave his house so


    easily. He didn’t even fight for you! And here you thought he’de after you if you left the house.”


    “Now I’m repenting it. His mom will definitely use this situation against us,” Beth said, her lower lip


    trembled.


    cing my hand on hers, I squeezed gently. “Don’t worry, Beth. I know Mason. That guy really loves you.


    Maybe he’s confused between his mother and you right now. But I’m sure, as soon as he realizes his


    mistake of letting you go, he’lle after you. I know he’ll.”


    “Huh, I can’t second that. Not everyone is Achilles Valencian,” Casie stated, rolling her eyes.


    Though a blush burned my cheeks, I sent a re at her way. That girl never knew when to shut up.


    She shrugged. “What? Don’t give me that look. I support those men who know how to treat their women.


    Not some mommy’s boy who lets go of his fiance just because his mom doesn’t approve of it.”


    Sighing, I shook my head. “I’m not siding him. But we should give Mason some time, right? We all know


    how much he loves his mom. Maybe he needs some time to convince his mother and then get back to


    Beth? Yeah, letting Beth go like that wasn’t appreciated at all, but Beth shouldn’t just give up on her


    rtionship like that.”


    She raised her brow. “Oh, I’m d that you think that one shouldn’t give up on something so easily.”


    I averted my eyes quickly, getting her hint.


    “Okay, enough talking about my life today. I really don’t want to discuss it anymore. I need some time to


    think. And Em?” Beth said, turning to me. “I’m so sorry forst night. Because of me you’d to carry so


    much trouble. I don’t remember much, but Casie told me everything. I’m sorry, I didn’t even realize how


    much drink I was having.”


    “It’s alright. You don’t have to say sorry,” I said. “But you definitely should’ve thought twice before going


    to that shady ce. It could be risky, you know? Why did you even go to such a ce? As far as I know,


    we’ve never visited there before.”


    She blew out a breath. “I just wanted to go somewhere where nobody could find me. When I went there,


    I was already drunk. I didn’t even realize where I was going. And when I saw this bar at the side of the


    road, I just got in.”


    “Don’t do that again. It’s not safe.” She didn’t know what trouble we were about to fall intost night. If


    Ace’s guards weren’t there…


    She nodded, giving me a small smile. “I won’t, I promise.”


    “Alright, anyone needs some coffee? Because I definitely need one. All of these are giving me a


    headache,” Casie eximed, raising up on her feet from the couch we all were sitting on.


    “Tea, please,” I said.


    “Of course!” Chuckling, she sauntered into her kitchen to get us some hot drinks.


    Once she was back with the coffee and tea mugs, she got herself busy discussing her uing


    modeling project with Beth, while I, one the other hand, thought of everything that happened today.


    It was a really hectic day.


    No matter how much hurting Warner perturbed me, my treacherous mind went back to the kiss we


    shared in his bedroom this morning and then in that hallway.


    Another blush rose up my neck to my ears. Goosebumps crawled up my skin recalling the sinful


    sensations I’d felt with his scorching mouth on mine.


    My heart missed the warmth of his arms around me, or the husky murmurs of his in my ears.


    A sigh slipped through my lips.


    “Where are you so lost? Mind a penny of your thoughts?” Casie’s voice pulled me out of my trance. Even


    Beth had her concerned eyes trained on me.


    Shrugging, I looked down at my wrist, twirling my bracelet. “Do you think I’m being selfish doing this to


    Warner?”


    I’d talked to her about my and Warner’s phone conversation beforeing at her home.


    “Of course not! Whatever you’re doing is good for all three of you. And even if it’s not for Achilles, you


    would’ve done it sooner orter.” She held me gaze. “The rtionship was only one-sided, Em. And one-


    sided rtionships don’t go for long. You and Warner both knew it, even though he’s being an a*s right


    now.”


    “His reaction is justified. Anyone would’ve reacted like this in his ce. I shouldn’t have hurt him like


    that.” I’d tried to call him again, but his phone was still unreachable. He didn’t even reply to any of my


    messages.


    “You don’t love him, Em. It was supposed to happen sooner orter. Even he knew it deep down. So the


    sooner he’ll ept it, the easier it’ll be for him to move on.”


    “Casie is right. Don’t fret yourself that much. It’s not your fault. You can’t make yourself fall for him


    forcefully now, can you?” said Beth, cing her mug on the table.


    She was right. But I couldn’t just shake off the guilt. Even after knowing that I wouldn’t even be able to


    love him, I got into a rtionship with him. Even if it was him who convinced me to give us a chance, I


    shouldn’t have agreed with him. This day wouldn’t havee if I denied him that day.


    “So, what did you think? Will you go to Seattle to talk to him if he doesn’te here?” Beth queried.


    I nodded my head. “Yes. Honestly, I don’t want him toe here. I don’t want him to meet Ace, which


    there’s a possibility if he really shows up here.”


    I’d no doubt that that Ace wouldn’t take it lightly if he sees Warner around me again. I still remember the


    rage and jealousy in his eyes this morning when he saw Warner calling me. And then the way he


    frightened Matt with his murderous re, G*d! This man seriously knew how to get on my nerves.


    “Oh, let hime here. I want Achilles to beat some sense into him for using you of betraying him. I


    mean, how dare he? Now he can’t force you to stay with him in a rtionship, can he?” Casie fumed, her


    lips curled into displeasure.


    “Aren’t you siding Ace too much these days, Casie? What’s the matter?” I asked, narrowing my eyes.


    “Because I know what’s good for my best friend. And who knows, maybe he bribed me with something to


    ship you guys?” she replied, wiggling her brows.


    Shaking my head, I chuckled at her words. And Beth joined me.


    Actually, it wasn’t impossible that Ace would do something like that. He’d done even way more craziest


    things before.


    Our mirth took a break when my mobile buzzed. A message popped up on the screen.


    Seeing my sudden change of mood, Casie sat straight. “Who’s it?”


    “It’s Warner,” I replied, my eyes locked on the screen.


    “What did he say?”


    I looked up at her. “He’sing.”


    ***


    Once I was done blow drying my hair, I padded into my closet to choose a dress for tonight’s event.


    Tonight, ourpany will sign the final contract for the uing deal with the Arabs. The defamation


    Antonio Reymond had tried to stamp on Valencians, was cleared sooner than it was even possible. Ace


    didn’t even let the news of Caleb’s getting arrested spread across the media. Though some of the


    journalists were present there that day, clearly, Achilles Valencian knew how to deal with troublemakers.


    Now that Liza epted her crime, everything went back to normal. The Arabs were too eager to work


    with ourpany. And on the asion of ouring together with a project, they invited us to a small


    dinner with them at the hotel they were staying at.


    Mr. Hakimi especially requested my presence at the dinner with Ace tonight. And to my surprise, the


    boss wasn’t happy to tag me along. He didn’t want me to go there.


    But he couldn’t dictate me in this matter. I was too excited to try the traditional Arab dishes to heed to his


    grumbling. So he’d to agree atst, but only on one condition. He’de to pick me up and during the


    entire time of our stay there, I’ll have to cling to him.


    Not to forget, I’m not allowed to talk to any Arabian guy about anything that doesn’t doncern work.


    Freaking crazy man!


    Shaking my head at his ridiculous behavior, I searched for a suitable outfit for the night.


    Lots of choices, but not impressive enough for me to decide.


    Then something caught my eye between those heaps of clothes.


    Pulling it out, I ran my hand on it. An involuntary smile tugged on my lips. His t-shirt. The same one I


    borrowed to change into after my blouse incident.


    I still didn’t return it to him. I didn’t want to. One secret maybe I wouldn’t ever tell him, that I sometimes


    wear it at nights when I can’t sleep. Oddly, itforted me.


    He was never gonna get it back. Though I didn’t think he’d mind if I didn’t return this one shirt, he didn’t


    have any shortage of clothes.


    Folding it, I ced it in its previous ce and took out the ck dress from the back of the row. It was a


    dress Tess forced me to buy when I went shopping with her.


    A t***h length, sleeveless dress with sweetheart neckline. Simple yet ssy. This was a bad choice for


    this cool weather like tonight, but…


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    I bit my lip to hold back the smile that threatened to spill.


    Walking back inside my room, I began to get ready for the evening.


    My heart skipped when the doorbell rang.


    He was here.


    Blowing out a breath, I checked myself onest time on the mirror and grabbed my clutch and phone.


    At the mention of the phone, I remembered I didn’t check my phone the whole day due to my busy


    schedule at the office. It’s been two days since I got that message from Warner, but after that I didn’t


    hear anything back from him.


    I did a quick check on my phone. No calls or messages from him. I didn’t know what was going on in his


    head. Was he really gonnae?


    I’d call him againter. I have to hurry now. He was waiting for me.


    Putting the phone inside my purse, I rushed downstairs, as much as I could with my high heels. And


    once I was before the closed door, I smoothed my hair once more. My heart raced at the thought of his


    reaction after he’ll see me. Nervousness and excitement burst through my veins.


    I wonder what this night has in store for me.


    Then taking a deep breath, I opened the door and stepped outside.


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