Work Date


    “Julianna will handle it. It’s mostly marketing and monitoring now. She’s a pro at that, so I don’t see


    anything going wrong that she can’t possibly handle on her own. Of course, she’ll give me a call if


    anything major turns up,” Ace replied confidently while navigating the roads.


    “Right…umm…what about us?” I asked in wonder.


    It was still midday so it probably didn’t make much sense for us to head back to his ce right away.


    Even though I wanted to spend time with Ace, I was too excited and concerned about themercial


    that I was torn about what I wanted to do. If only, there was a way that I could be with him while doing


    some work to support to project at the same time that would bepletely perfect.


    “You’ll see…” Ace replied vaguely.


    I stared at the side profile of his face as he kept his eyes on the road ahead while I wondered what


    exactly he had in mind for the remainder of the day. The traffic wasn’t too bad during the midday and


    we arrived back at Ace’s ce in no time at all. Thankfully, we did not run into the reporters while


    leaving the building either. Everything seemed to be progressing smoothly, if only theunch of the


    “Are you hungry?” Ace asked as he came to open the car door for me.


    “Not really…” I replied honestly.


    The truth was that I was too nervous about how themercial was going to perform to think about


    anything else. The official release of themercial was scheduled for early this evening; however,


    Julianna had nned for themercial to start ying in some key areas of the city such asrge


    screens in the main shopping areas and strategdmarks before then. That will probably give us a


    good view of how well themercial would do even before the officialunch to all channels a few


    hourster in the evening. Just thinking about it made my hand sweat from anxiousness.


    Food was thest thing on my mind when we arrived at Ace’s penthouse suite. The view from the living


    room never failed to impress me; however, I didn’t have much brain capacity left to take in and process


    the view today. Just because I wasn’t hungry didn’t mean that Ace didn’t want food.


    “Should we order in lunch, or should we go out?” I asked although I wasn’t feeling hungry.


    “Get changed. Let’s go out,” he instructed as he headed for the bedroom.


    “Get changed? Where are we going exactly?” I asked curiously.


    “Wear something casual and easy to walk in. Casual jeans and ts…” he instructed.


    I stared at Ace’s back for a moment before he disappearedpletely from view into the bedroom. My


    legs seemed glued to the spot as I cocked my head to the side while wondering what was going on and


    what Ace really had in mind.


    “Get moving, Rina…” Ace called out to me while poking his head out from the bedroom.


    “Ok…” I replied.


    I wanted to tell Ace so much that if he told me exactly where he intended to take me, it would be much


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    easier for me to pick out something ‘casual’ to wear. After rolling my eyes, I headed to my closet and


    pulled out a simple white top, blue jeans, and a jacket. When I had gotten changed, Ace was already


    done with changing his outfit as well.


    “We look like a good match…” Ace said as he eyed the outfit that I had on.


    My eyes traveled down his body and up again. The vibe about him changed so much now that he was


    out of his business suit and dressed in a casual white shirt and simple blue jeans. Before I could ask


    him what he had in mind, he was already heading to the door.


    “Come along, Rina…” he urged.


    “Ok…” I mumbled as I quickly followed after him and out of the door.


    …


    When the car headed in the direction of thergest shopping district in the city, I felt like I had a pretty


    solid guess of what Ace had in mind. It felt like something that he would do; however, I didn’t think that I


    would be here with him for something like this.


    “Is this a disguise of sorts? Are we going to spy on people?” I asked while trying my best to suppress


    my smile.


    “Correct. No better way to find out people’s reactions than to be there standing next to them, right?”


    Ace replied before he shed me a confident smile.


    I looked straight ahead at the manyrge and tall buildings of the malls located in the shopping district


    before I nodded my head once in agreement. Ace was right. There would be dys before the


    numbers came in and it seemed like the best way to judge the audience’s reactions was to be there


    with them when they saw ourmercial.


    “Is Julianna sshing themercial everywhere in the shopping district?” I asked with a smallugh.


    “Not everywhere…but close…” Ace replied followed by augh of his own.


    “Did you have this nned out all along?” I asked.


    “Of course. Did you think that I was going to sit back in the office and wait for the reports toe in?


    Isn’t that too boring?” Ace muttered before getting out of the car.


    I guessed he was right about that being too boring. Plus, I didn’t think that Ace was the type of person


    who liked to wait for things to happen. If anything, he was the type who wanted to push for things to


    happen. Although he actedzy, when it came to things that he was interested in or wanted to do, Ace


    really gave it his all.


    “Give me your hand. We can make this feel like a date while we’re at it,” Ace suggested teasingly.


    Despite his request for my hand, he was the one who grabbed my hand before I could offer it to him.


    His hand held mine tightly as he led me along the side walk directly in front of the manyrge malls.


    --To be continued…