Pulling the Strings

“I’m sorry that this happened, and you have to worry so much,” Ace apologized softly.

His hand moved to stroke my hair while I listened to his steady heartbeat. The regular rhythm of his hand stroking my hair and the sureness of his presence helped to calm me down.

“It’s not your fault so why are you apologizing?” I asked as I hugged him a little tighter to me.

“We should have been more careful, Elizabeth and I…” he replied calmly.

“The photos were of that night when you two came back together, right?” I asked.

“That’s right but then there are many others as well. Of course, all of them taken out of context…” Ace said before letting out a sigh that sounded so regretful.

I agreed that when taken out of context the photos of them together made them look like the perfect couple. Given the history that they were engaged before, I could understand that people would have biased view when seeing those photos. Photos of them sitting together or just walking side-by-side could be misinter