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Chapters (79)
  1. PROLOGUE
  2. ONE: BACK IN THE CITY
  3. TWO: STORMY GRAY EYES
  4. THREE: HIS ROSEBUD?
  5. FOUR: MEETING THE DEVIL AGAIN
  6. FIVE: ALWAYS THE WINNER
  7. SIX: JEALOUSY
  8. SEVEN: MINE
  9. EIGHT: A SHADOW
  10. NINE: MEETING THE REDHEAD
  11. TEN: PLAYING WITH ME?
  12. ELEVEN: AS THE KING ORDERS
  13. TWELVE: CREEP
  14. THIRTEEN: THE VIP ELEVATOR
  15. FOURTEEN: HIS SCORCHING TOUCH
  16. FIFTEEN: YOU’RE MINE
  17. SIXTEEN: TURN AROUND
  18. SEVENTEEN: ANONYMOUS GIFT?
  19. EIGHTEEN: HURTING
  20. NINETEEN: HE’S GONE?
  21. TWENTY: CONFRONTING TESS
  22. TWENTY-ONE: THE BOSS IS HERE
  23. TWENTY-TWO: THE DEVIL OF MY DREAMS
  24. TWENTY-THREE: ANTONIO RAYMOND?
  25. TWENTY-FOUR: I NEED YOU
  26. TWENTY-FIVE: CHEESY GARLIC SHRIMPS
  27. TWENTY-SIX: NOT HIS WOMAN
  28. TWENTY-SEVEN: WARNER?
  29. TWENTY-EIGHT: RED FREAKING WITCH!
  30. TWENTY-NINE: OMINOUS
  31. THIRTY: ESCAPING HIM
  32. THIRTY-ONE: TIME TO MAKE A DECISION
  33. THIRTY-TWO: JUST AS FRIENDS
  34. THIRTY-THREE: OBSESSED
  35. THIRTY-FOUR: THE DATE
  36. THIRTY-FIVE: TEASING MR. VALENCIAN
  37. THIRTY-SIX: THE PAST
  38. THIRTY-SEVEN: HEARTBROKEN
  39. THIRTY-EIGHT: SURPRISE VISIT
  40. THIRTY-NINE: ARRESTED?
  41. FORTY: TRAPPED BY HIM
  42. FORTY-ONE: ALWAYS THERE WITH ME
  43. FORTY-TWO: MEETING SIERRA
  44. FORTY-THREE: TWO CONDITIONS
  45. FORTY-FOUR: PERVERT
  46. FORTY-FIVE: EERIE CORRIDORS
  47. FORTY-SIX: A CHANCE
  48. FORTY-SEVEN: I LOVE YOU
  49. FORTY-EIGHT: THE SURPRISE OF THE VILLAIN
  50. FORTY-NINE: ENEMY INSIDE?
  51. FIFTY: CLAIMED BY THE BEAST
  52. FIFTY-ONE: SORE
  53. FIFTY-TWO: LIZA AGAIN
  54. FIFTY-THREE: DUNCAN DE SYLVANO
  55. FIFTY-FOUR: THREAT
  56. FIFTY-FIVE: THE DEMONS OF THE PAST
  57. FIFTY-SIX: FEARS
  58. FIFTY-SEVEN: MISSING HIM
  59. FIFTY-EIGHT: GOOSEBUMPS
  60. FIFTY-NINE: STORMY NIGHT
  61. SIXTY: LEAVING HIM
  62. SIXTY-ONE: PANIC
  63. SIXTY-TWO: LET’S GO HOME…
  64. SIXTY-THREE: MRS. VALENCIAN
  65. SIXTY-FOUR: THE VACATION
  66. SIXTY-FIVE: THE REVELATION - PART 1
  67. SIXTY-SIX: THE REVELATION - PART 2
  68. SIXTY-SEVEN: SHE’S MY HOME…
  69. SIXTY-EIGHT: ONE DOWN
  70. SIXTY-NINE: FORBIDDEN PLACE
  71. SEVENTY: HE DIES…
  72. SEVENTY-ONE: CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT
  73. SEVENTY-TWO: THE MASTER PLAN
  74. SEVENTY-THREE: A JEALOUS MAN
  75. EPILOGUE - PART 1
  76. EPILOGUE - PART 2
  77. CAN I ASK A FAVOR?
  78. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  79. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

“I-I want to know everything, Ace. Everything that I should know. Everything that’s been hidden from me,” I whispered. “I-I want to know what happened that night, seven years ago.”

TWENTY-SIX: NOT HIS WOMAN

He knew what I was asking. He knew very well what I wanted to know.

His feelings just didn’t grow within these last few days. It had to be from our past. And if he felt something for me, why did he do that? Why did he push me away like that?

“I want to know, Ace. Will you tell me?”

Not only about the night years ago did I want to know about. What happened to his mom and his hatred for his old house also nagged at the back of my mind. I didn’t forget the venom and pain reflecting in his eyes when he stared at the doors of his mom’s former room at Tess’s engagement party.

There were so many things I had questions about. But the answers weren’t anywhere in sight.

Taking a deep breath, he took my hands and brushed his lips against my knuckles. “I will. I will tell you everything you want to know. You have every right to. But not now. At least not today.”

A heaviness lifted off my chest. I felt relieved. At least he didn’t deny.

“Then when?”

He opened his mouth when a knock landed on the door.

I jumped off his lap as Carter poked his head through the door. His eyes widened, seeing my flushed cheeks and Ace’s murderous glare.

“You better have a valid reason for the interruption, Carter.”

His secretary visibly gulped. “Y-yes, boss. I’ve got the reports on—” taking a glance at me, he stopped, “—project CA.”

Ace stood as soon as Carter mentioned the project. The ambience around us veiled itself into staid.

Project CA? It must be something really important.

Noticing Carter’s hesitance of talking openly due to my presence, I cleared my throat, glancing at Ace. “I gotta go now. I’ll see you later.”

When I turned to go, he grabbed my hand for the third time. Pulling me closer, he left a peck on my forehead.

“We’ll talk soon.”

Staring at his gray pools, I nodded, and walked out of the room, giving Carter an awkward smile.

God, I don’t know what he might be thinking catching us in that position! But I was more frustrated than I was embarrassed. Ace was just about to tell me when he was going to unravel the past before me. But Carter ruined it all.

The nagging desperation to know the truth vexed me.

I had to know everything before making a decision, but I was falling weak. I was finding myself giving up every time he was around. One look at his stormy gaze, and I was that fifteen-year-old Emerald again.

How long can I resist? Not for long.