Jeremy stared at me in silence, and I was disappointed and surprised at his lack of reaction. I wished that he would say something or tell me something along the lines of requesting for the committee to reconsider his case. Anything that would give me some hope that he wouldn’t need to take the blame for something that he didn’t do. Since my words didn’t seem to get to him, I pleaded to him silently with my eyes as our eyes met. “Maybe they haven’t gotten it all wrong…” he said in a whisper.What did he just say?At first, I wasn’t even sure if I heard him correctly. “I said that they might not be all wrong…” he repeated again this time clearer and slower. “What do you…” I began asking what he meant before I trailed off without continuing.The way he looked at me told me that I should have known better. I was about to ask him what he meant by that, but it seemed like there was no longer a need to because I could already sense the answer. But…that couldn’t really be, right? How ca
Of course, I did whatever I could to be careful when I was around Jeremy and the rest of my colleagues so that they wouldn’t even suspect that I was dating Ace. I wouldn’t go as far as to think that I did the perfect job regarding that, but I still thought that I did a decent job. The way Jeremy was staring a little coldly at me was enough to tell me that he was not at all convinced of my acting. “Of course, he’s related to this…” Jeremy said as he implored with his eyes for me to make a confession. The answer was simple. There was no way that I would ever confess to anything. “I’m sorry but I really don’t know what you’re talking about,” I said while trying to stop my voice from shaking. By that time, I had already broken into cold sweat of nervousness. I felt like a criminal that had been cornered by the police and was about to be dragged off to prison without a route of escape. The only thing that I could do was deny and deny and then deny again all of my crimes. Acting like I
Why didn’t I think of checking my phone before this? I cursed softly under my breath when I laid eyes on my phone screen. It felt like I was facing war on multiple fronts, and it was driving me insane with anxiousness and worry. While being swept up by Jeremy’s unexpected confession and then the heated argument that I had with him, I hadn’t paid any attention to my phone. Although I knew that it wasn’t right to have my priorities backwards, I had to admit that I was too distracted by what was going on that I momentarily forgot about Ace and the fact that I had been waiting for him to contact me. “Shit…” I whispered before grinding my teeth together. My feet began moving a little faster as I stared at the numerous miscalls from Ace that appeared on my phone screen. It wasn’t usual for Ace to leave so many miscalls on my phone and that only meant that he knew that something was wrong. I sighed again when I realized that he must have found out about the little invitation that I receiv
We were not meeting in the best of circumstances, but I guessed I had my bad luck and all the false rumors to thank for. After all, without them, I wouldn’t have had a chance to meet up with Ace like this. “Why are you here?” I asked before I could stop myself. It was true that I knew why he wanted or needed to talk to me, but it was another matter entirely for him to turn up right in front of my door. I began looking around and up and down the hallway anxiously in case anyone spotted us together. It seemed like luck was on our side because the hallway was empty save for our presence. “Should we be talking here?” he asked before his lips turned up into a slight grin. “Oh…please come in…” I quickly invited him in when I realized that it was risky to stay talking outside even if Ace was dressed up in a pretty decent disguise. I turned and started unlocking the door. Ace stood quite close behind me and that alone made my heart skip a beat. I felt a lot more relieved when we were alo
“You don’t need to apologize if you believe that you haven’t done anything wrong,” he replied bluntly.Although he was telling me that I shouldn’t be apologizing, it made me feel like I should be apologizing all over again. Ace continued looking at me intently and I started to tremble slightly under his intense gaze. It wasn’t like I truly believed that I was void of all fault.“I’m sorry…” I apologized softly. “Are the rumors completely false?” Ace asked after a short moment of silence between us. Completely false?I didn’t miss how he placed stress on the word ‘completely’. I had just told him that the rumors are false but were they completely false? Of course, I was more than aware that what I had done must have led Jeremy on in some way or another even if it was unintentional. I didn’t think that we would end up doing anything inappropriate and I wouldn’t consider sharing meals as going too far but I had to admit that I had failed to consider the full implications of my actions
“You might be right about that, but I rather be safe rather than sorry because I’m in a very sorry state right now…” I said while sounding very tired. “Getting an official warning letter isn’t that big of a deal. If you’re careful enough, time will pass and people will forget all about this,” Ace told me casually. “I’m just worried about…everything right now…” I confessed without telling him the details of everything that was running through my mind. “Just don’t worry too much. It will all pass soon, and you’ll just emerge as a stronger and better version of yourself,” Ace said like it truly was nothing. Just like the many times prior to this, I knew that what he was saying was right and that it all made sense. However, I also knew that it wouldn’t be easy for me. Time will pass and the rumors will die down. In the first place, it wasn’t such a big deal anyways and it wasn’t like everyone in the company knew about Jeremy and me and were talking about us non-stop. The rumor of us d
“I see,” Ace said without adding any comments. “Umm…during dinner we talked, and he told me what the committee said and also about how he’ll also be receiving an official warning about what happened. I am very worried about him, and I honestly think that it is so unfair that we both have to go through all this trouble when the rumors about us aren’t even true in the first place,” I said before coming to another pause. Ace stared at me intently as he waited for me to continue with my story. A huge lump formed in my throat as I quickly approached the climax of the story and what I truly needed to confess to Ace. With each passing word and second, I was getting closer to telling Ace what I really needed to tell him and that made me feel maddeningly nervous. To my relief, Ace did not rush me as he waited in silene for me to continue. “I guess I started complaining a little too much about that. It was quite shocking to me at first how Jeremy seemed fine with everything and the punishmen
Instinctively, my eyelids slowly slid closed and soon I felt the heat of his lips on my own. Suddenly, Ace was kissing me and even though his kiss didn’t feel demanding, I was still surprised at his abrupt action. The soft moan that I made in my throat told me that I did not dislike this sudden change in the direction of our conversation at all. My arms moved naturally around his neck as his lips began moving sensuously against mine. I kissed him back softly and sweetly just like he was kissing me. With each passing second of our kiss, I wanted to get even closer to him. Giving me a taste of such sweetness only made me imagine something more and it didn’t take long for me to yearn for more from him. “Ace…” I whispered his name as my eyes fluttered open when his lips left mine. I wanted him to keep on kissing me and I could feel my lower lip quivering. Ace smiled at me with a teasing glint in his captivating hazel eyes before his hand approached my face. I felt the warmth and softne