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Ace's POV:
"I'm disgusted," Heather said after watching the videos I'd just watched.
I'd discretely made my way to her office without being noticed.
"How could she do this?"
"It's better you know the truth, baby."
"Yeah. Now I'm clearly aware of the bitch my mother is."
My brows shot up. She had every right to be pissed though.
"So what are you gonna do now? You should use this to your advantage," she stated.
"I know right. But it won't be easy I think. You saw how much Christina didn't appreciate Rob's proposal of selling the company."
"Baby, that's cause she thinks she can still handle the company. She still believes she's got solutions."
"Like?"
"You. She surely thinks she can rely on the young heir working for her. "
I looked at Heather for a while. She was right.
"Then we have to worsen things. You'll help me. Do everything possible to prove to her that she's crashing."
"Yeah! Some of our best workers are complaining about their payment. It'll be good if I begin some really bad rumors, don't you think?" she smirked at me and my heart skipped a beat.
"Um, y– yeah."
"So be it. Trust me, my mother will watch her best employees slowly quit one by one."
I smiled at her.
"I love you."
"You don't have a choice," she wriggled her brows at me and I smirked.
"But there's another problem, my love."
"What?" she asked.
"This company still has one investor left. That's the key."
"You're right! If we succeed in getting this investor off the market, then Christina would let go everything."
"Yup."
"Leave the employees and the investor all to me."
"And I'll take care of Christina," I added.
"Right."
We smiled at each other. I was so glad we were in this together. Heather was ready to do anything in order to help me.
Heather's POV:
I would help Sheridan or Ace all the way. If he was happy, I was happy too.
He took a few steps towards where I was sitting. With a smirk on my lips, I raised a hand and stopped him.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
He smiled mischievously.
"Coming to hug you," he said innocently. I raised a brow.
"Hmm. By coming to hug me, you actually intend to??"
"Come over, hold you, grab that ass and kiss you right," he admitted, running his fingers through his hair.
I giggled.
"Noz no. We're undercover. Remember?"
He bit his lower lip.
"You're a tease."
"I know. It's for you to want me more," I smiled.
"Hm, I see. Not bad."
I giggled again. I loved to tease him so that when he finally got to be with me, he would love me more.
"Yup. So Mr. Ace, please leave my office."
He smiled.
"Alright miss, Heather. You can call me," he eyed me slowly from head to toe, giving me the chills, "if you need anything."
"Yeah, I will," I found myself replying, slightly breathless.
He smiled before leaving my office.
Ace's POV:
It was almost lunchtime and so I went to meet Christina. I entered her office with a bright smile on my face. She smiled back at me but I could still see the sadness in her eyes.
"Hey boss," I leaned in and kissed her forehead.
Yuck.
"Hey, baby. Are you better now?"
I'd lied about being ill the last week.
"Yes, I am. Almost done with my medication."
"That's great."
"You don't look alright. What's wrong?" I asked, trying to seem worried.
"Really? Well, I'm not in good health either," she lied.
"Oh my, what's wrong?"
"Uh, nothing really serious. Stupid headaches."
"Oh. Have you taken any medicine?"
"Yeah, I have."
"Okay, that's nice. Um, I heard Dan quit his job?"
Dan had been her personal assistant.
She looked at me.
"Yeah. He quit last week."
"Why??"
Because she didn't have enough
Money to pay him.
"He just decided to go."
"Oh. Just like that?"
She was a bad liar. She looked stressed and tired. I watched her rub her eyes in a depressed manner.
"Ace?"
"Yes?"
"I need to chill, I think. To take my mind off work for some time."
"That'll be nice."
She looked at me.
"Yeah. So I was wondering if we could spend the night together? We've only had sex once and it was great. I need you to help me forget all my problems again."
Was she crazy?
"Today?"
"Yes. Even right now. I– I can lock the door."
"I would love too but it's too risky and I've got a lot of work."
"Ace, I'm still your boss and so you–"
She was about to finish her sentence but luckily, an employee knocked and was asked to come in. He had some information to give her and so I took that wonderful opportunity and excused myself, quickly leaving her office.
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Heather's POV:
I was in my office when Sawyer walked in without knocking.
"Hey, big sis," she said with a bright smile. I gave her an ugly stare.
"Learn to knock," I said dryly and her smile faded.
"Are you angry with me?"
"Does it surprise you?"
"Uh, I don't know."
"What do you want?"
"Nothing. Just came to say hi and see if you were alright."
"Yes, I'm alright as you can see."
Rubbish. She just wanted to make sure I was still angry about the Ace issue.
"Yeah. Have you spoken to– Ace, since then?"
I knew it.
"No, I haven't. I don't want to hear his name," I pretended to angrily write something down, acting busy.
"Oh, um okay. Bye bye, then."
I didn't answer. She turned on her heel and left, happy at heart for sure.
Gosh! How had I ended up in such a family?
Sawyer's POV:
I couldn't lie I was happy. Now that things were fucked up between Ace and Heather, I had to try and get closer to him once again.
While I walked down the hall, thinking, I saw him coming from the opposite direction. I smiled to myself and decided I would greet him and act like nothing had happened. Just when he was about to walk past me, I spoke
"Hi, handsome."
"Fuck off," was his dry reply. He didn't even stop for a second. But just walked by.
I felt a heavy lump In my throat.
I didn't care if he hated me. As long as Heather hated his guts, I was alright.
It was either he was mine, or nobody else's.