Chapter 258: Temporary Truce


    “No, but you should be because if he does turn up, you’re going to be the only one left here to greet


    him,” Ace replied before he grinned at me.


    I bet he nned this. Something in the back of my mind just told me that he nned this. He was just


    going to abandon me here so that I would be the one to handle his father if and when he gets here.


    “No…I am never doing that!” I eximed as I jumped off the bed and raced into the bathroom to get


    ready.


    “It’s still very early in the morning. You don’t have to rush, and you’ll still make it to work on time…” Ace


    saidzily.


    I turned to see him leaning against the doorframe of the bathroom and I just wanted to roll my eyes at


    him. It was his fault that I was panicking like this. Of course, I had no idea if the chairman would really


    turn up here, but I didn’t want to take the risk of running into him here when I was all alone. I bet my life


    that he must still be in a horrible mood right now because of Ace’s sudden announcementst night.


    “This is all your fault…” I muttered darkly as my good mood quickly clouded over.


    “We don’t have to leave at the same time so there’s no need for you to rush…” he said casually.


    “I’m not trying to leave early to catch a ride with you. I just don’t want to run into your dad in case he


    decides to turn up here for a surprise visit,” I said while trying my best not to snap at him.


    “Then you better hurry. I’ll be busy so let Jeremy know that I want you two to help out with the


    marketing side of things for Project Alpha too, ok?” he instructed.


    I wanted to roll my eyes at him and how he seemed to be giving me so much trouble.


    “The workday has not yet started, Mr. CEO…” I pointed out.


    “You can keep on calling me that because soon you won’t have the chance to do so anymore,” he


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    replied before turning on his heels and walking away.


    “Oh…please…” I muttered as I rolled my eyes now that he wasn’t looking.


    …


    I made it!


    I made it to work on time and the best part was that I made it out of Ace’s ce before his father turned


    up. While I took the elevator up along with the other employees, I realized that Ace would have to talk


    to his father sooner orter about what he had in mind. Since I didn’t know what he had nned for


    growing thepany, all I could do was silently pray that things would progress smoothly between the


    two of them.


    “Good morning, Karina…” Jeremy greeted me the moment that I entered the office.


    “Oh…perfect…” I murmured as my eyesnded on his face.


    “What’s perfect?” he asked with a confused look on his face.


    “I have something to tell you so it’s perfect that I didn’t have to go looking for you…” I replied with a


    small smile.


    “Ok. So, what is it that you have to tell me?” he asked with some interest.


    “Ace is busy, but he told me to tell you that he wants us to help support the marketing team on the


    “That’s quite unexpected…” Jeremy murmured.


    “I agree. He told me that he thinks that it will be better for us to learn something on the marketing side


    because we both don’t have any experience with it,” I repeated Ace’s reasoning to Jeremy.


    “Oh…I see…” he muttered as he nodded along.


    “I have no idea where and how we’re supposed to start, though,” I admitted.


    Ace did not give me any details and I didn’t have a lot of ideas on how the marketing team worked. I


    guess Ace was right about mypleteck of experience and also in-depth knowledge about


    marketing.


    “That’s not hard. We just need to ask Julianna about it,” Jeremy replied with a great idea.


    “Right…” I readily agreed.


    Julianna was in charge of the marketing side of the project and I had to say that she truly lived up to


    her reputation. I didn’t think that she would need our help to do her work well at all; however, that also


    meant that it was a great opportunity for us to learn a thing or two about marketing from her.


    “Ace sent you two to help me?” she asked with clear disbelief.


    I wasn’t surprised at her reaction and the fact that she didn’t bother to hide her surprise. She stared at


    Jeremy and me as if she was appraising our worth and how useful we would be to her and her team.


    The answer that she arrived to was probably: Not much.


    “Well, I’m not sure how much we’ll be of help given that we clearlyck experience in marketing. Maybe


    we should say that he sent us here to learn something from you and your team?” Jeremy replied,


    I felt thankful to Ace for sending Jeremy here with me instead of making me navigate this new field


    alone and I also appreciated Jeremy’s ability to handle everything so courageously.


    “Well, I guess they’ll be somethings that you can help us out with. You two are supposed to be creative


    so that might at least be useful…” she said after a moment of thought.


    I breathed a silent sigh of relief. Although she didn’t seem super pleased to have us join her team as


    temporary members, at least she wasn’t chasing us out.


    “Thank you. We’ll really try our best,” I said enthusiastically before I smiled at her.


    “You better…” she muttered.


    We joined the marketing team meeting immediate and that was when we found out that the team was


    suffering from dealing with Ace and his ultra-high expectations. It was clearly a story that I was used to


    and had many personal experiences with. Ace was clearly demanding with every team that he worked


    with, and I wasn’t surprised.


    --To be continued…