Past Rtionships


    Ace wasn’t supposed to be dumb, so I had no idea why he thought that it would be fine to let Elizabeth


    join use for dinner.


    “It’s just too bad that you have to find out along with everyone else,” Elizabeth said before grinning at


    me.


    Her attempt to show her fake care and concern for me made me feel sick inside. Thinking back on how


    we first met and all the things that had happened between me and her directly and indirectly, I couldn’t


    see how she could hate me as much as she did. I felt like I was always the one on the receiving end of


    all the shitty things that had happened. Perhaps she hated me because Kyle chose to cheat on her with


    me. That was the only thing that I could think of; however, that felt like it happened a long time ago. So


    long that it didn’t even feel like something that happened in this lifetime. I had long moved on from that,


    and since I’ve started dating Ace, not once did I think of Kyle and the rtionship that we shared. He


    was just history and nothing more.


    “Well, if an NDA is signed that I guess we all have to y by the rules. Ipletely understand that this


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    is how things are supposed to be. I would rather find out at the same time as everyone else than to


    have Ace vite some terms in the NDA,” I replied as I tried to appear as unaffected by her taunting


    words.


    “You’re absolutely right about that. Sometimes there’s no point in knowing something in advance if


    there’s nothing that you can do to change it. I always tell you not to worry, right? Everything will work


    out,” Ace said calmly.


    “I really hope that it does. I’m also d that you’re understanding of Ace’s…umm…situation,” Elizabeth


    said before shing me a smile that I couldn’t tell whether or not was genuine.


    “It’s honestly not easy but I would like to say that I’m trying my best,” I replied.


    “How is your father?” Ace asked Elizabeth.


    “You shoulde visit him. He asks to see you almost every time that he sees my face. Honestly, it’s


    getting on my nerves. It’s like he wants to see you more than he wants to see his own daughter,”


    Elizabeth replied before rolling her eyes.


    I let out soft sigh when I felt the conversation being steered away from me. Although I had no idea if


    Ace did that intentionally to help me out or not, I was thankful for the oue. I was starting to


    understand now why Kyle had chosen to stay so focused on the food on his te. Maybe he had


    figured out earlier on that that was the best way for him to stay out of trouble. Despite how well that


    seemed to be working out for him, I didn’t want to proceed along the same path because I didn’t want


    to be invisible to Ace.


    “Is that so? I’m just afraid of all the questions that he’ll ask me if we meet in person,” Ace replied with a


    chuckle.


    “He’d always seen you as his own son. He probably still feels that way…” Elizabeth murmured.


    “He doesn’t call me as often as he used to. Don’t worry, I think you’re doing great,” Ace said before he


    smiled confidently.


    I listened intently to the conversation between Ace and Elizabeth as I tried my desperate best to piece


    the entire picture of what was going on together. Sometimes, it conveniently slipped my mind that these


    two used to be engaged before. It only made sense that Elizabeth’s father was fond of Ace. Then


    again, I couldn’t imagine anyone who wouldn’t be fond of Ace. My opinion was probably very biased


    but that was what I honestly thought. If I had to guess, Elizabeth’s father must have been sorely


    disappointed when they decided to call their engagement off.


    At first, I thought that it must have been because cancelling the engagement robbed him of the chance


    to merge thepanies together. Everything seemed to be all about business between these two, or


    so I had thought. However, what I was hearing was starting to change my mind. There seemed to be


    something a lot more personal in the rtionship that Ace shared with Elizabeth and also her father.


    Ace never really talked to me about it, and I never asked him about it.


    “If he could choose, he’d probably choose to have you as his son rather than having me…” she said


    sadly.


    Out of all the things that Elizabeth had said during dinner that night, I felt like that statement was


    probably her most honest one. I knew from my own life that everyone’s life must beplex in each


    and their very own way. It seemed that even Elizabeth had someplexes of her own. Despite that


    realization, my heart did not at all sympathize with her and I did not me myself.


    “Don’t say that even if it might be true,” Ace said with a wicked grin.


    Elizabeth didn’t seem to have a goodeback so all she did was re across the table at Ace. I


    wondered if I would get some more answers if I asked some more questions.


    “I never knew that you are close to Elizabeth’s father,” I said to Ace.


    “They’re not just close. They’re like father and son…” Elizabeth answered even before Ace could.


    “Let’s just say that there was a time when we were really close,” Ace replied.


    It came to my surprise that Elizabeth was the one who seemed more open to talk about it rather than


    Ace. In fact, she didn’t hesitate to provide quite a lot of details. It must have been something that even


    Kyle didn’t know about because he seemed interested all of a sudden as well.


    “You know about that time when Ace basically ran away from home, right?” Elizabeth asked with an


    excited gleam in her eyes.


    “He ran away from home?” I eximed in surprise.


    “I didn’t run away from home…” Ace quickly corrected.


    --To be continued…