Chapter 146
If he was surprised to find out about our involvement, he didn’t show it at all. Had he expected
something like this?
“A few months,” Ace replied casually.
“Have you gotten bored of her yet?” he asked emotionlessly.
My eyes widened at his question. Clearly, he was referring to me; however, how can he ask something
like that when I was sitting right next to Ace.
“We’re in a rtionship. I’m serious about her,” Ace replied without hesitation.
His words warmed my heart. He sounded so sincere and honest that I dared hope that his words were
true. Without knowing it, I had started hoping desperately that our rtionship would have a future.
“Serious? Do you even know what that word means in this context?” his father asked as he arched an
eyebrow curiously at Ace.
Well, based on his dating track record, I guess that question was only fair.
“They say time will tell, don’t they?” Ace replied with a confident smile.
Nothing that the Chairman said seemed to surprise Ace or have any impact on him. It made me realize
that this pair of father and son must have had this kind of conversation quite often. The atmosphere
between them was bordering on being hostile and they did not seem like father and son at all.
“Does shee from a wealthy family?” his father asked.
“No,” Ace replied.
“Didn’t think so. Does her parents own apany of a decent size? Or any business…” the Chairman
asked as if he was trying to put together my financial background.
“Why are you asking if you already know?” Ace replied with a question of his own.
Of course, I didn’t have any wealth or much money to my name. Definitely nothing close to what the
Chairman would consider to be of value. A knot formed in my stomach and I started feeling unwell. The
overwhelming stress of the situation was getting to me. He’s going to force us to break up now, isn’t
he?
It was strange how much it affected me although I had prepared myself countless times for this. All
along, I knew that our rtionship couldn’tst. Everything was just wrong and twisted about our
rtionship.
“Since you’ve decided to turn down your engagement with Elizabeth and we cannot merge our
“Since you’ve decided to turn down your engagement with Elizabeth and we cannot merge our
“How so?” Ace asked.
Isn’t that unfair to Ace?
It wasn’t just Ace who didn’t want to get married. Elizabeth didn’t want to marry him either because she
was already dating Kyle and wanted to marry him. In the end, Elizabeth and Kyle really did end up
getting married, although her father was displeased with her decision.
“You will grow ourpany to be asrge as the size of the twobined. I give you three years, if
you can’t achieve this, I will never acknowledge your rtionship. That will also mean that you will keep
your rtionship a secret until then,” the Chairman demanded.
“You can’t exactly force me to break up with her,” Ace pointed out.
“Sure, I can’t force you. However, I doubt that she would feel the same way…” the Chairman said
before his cold eyes shifted to rest on my face.
I winced at his sharp gaze and the meaning behind his words. He may be right. Even if Ace doesn’t
want to leave me, I wonder what I would do. Would I choose to stay by his side at the cost of
everything including my own career and dreams. My desires aside, I wasn’t sure if I was suited to stand
at Ace’s side. He’s got so much potential, and I would only be in his way. I could see why the Chairman
and Elizabeth’s father thought that the two of them were a perfect match.
“Father…” Ace said with an edge to his voice.
“Even if Elizabeth chose to marry someone else, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t other suitable
women who are willing to marry you with the benefit of ourpanies at heart,” the Chairman stated
with confidence.
It didn’te as a surprise to me that the Chairman viewed his son’s marriage as a union to benefit the
future of thepany. Many wealthy families had this line of thought. However, the Chairman was
being very open and strict about this. Unfortunately, I knew that he was right. Even I think that there are
countless women who would want to marry Ace. My mind went to the many women who were vying for
his attention at the party that we attended together.
“I have three conditions, if you can agree to them then we have a deal,” Ace said calmly as if he had
thought about this before.
“Which are?” the Chairman asked with a calcted smile.
“First, you will not interfere with my management of thepany no matter what. Second, Karina gets
to keep her job. Last, I will marry Karina immediately after thepany size exceeds the set target,”
Ace stated his conditions confidently.
Did he just say…marry?!
We’re going to get married?
I have not heard anything about this before. Why didn’t he say anything about this to me before?
Wait, as far as I’m concerned, we’re not even dating properly so what is this about us getting married?
“Deal. I guess if you can make thatpany that big, I don’t need you marrying an heiress…” the
Chairman said with a satisfied smile.
“That’s all you ever care about…” Ace muttered with apparent distaste.
“It’s my job to care about the business and it is your job as well. Now that that is settled, how do you
suppose we settle this matter with the public?” the older man asked.
He was obviously referring to the misleading photos taken of Ace and me together. Well, the photos
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were probably only half misleading because the angle made it looked like he was kissing me when he
really didn’t kiss me in public on that day while we were dancing at the event. However, considering
that we were involved intimately, the photos weren’tpletely misleading. What will Ace choose to
do?
--To be continued…