Love Slave to My Devil CEO Boss 18+

Chapter 146

If he was surprised to find out about our involvement, he didn’t show it at all. Had he expected

something like this?

“A few months,” Ace replied casually.

“Have you gotten bored of her yet?” he asked emotionlessly.

My eyes widened at his question. Clearly, he was referring to me; however, how can he ask something

like that when I was sitting right next to Ace.

“We’re in a relationship. I’m serious about her,” Ace replied without hesitation.

His words warmed my heart. He sounded so sincere and honest that I dared hope that his words were

true. Without knowing it, I had started hoping desperately that our relationship would have a future.

“Serious? Do you even know what that word means in this context?” his father asked as he arched an

eyebrow curiously at Ace.

Well, based on his dating track record, I guess that question was only fair.

“They say time will tell, don’t they?” Ace replied with a confident smile.

Nothing that the Chairman said seemed to surprise Ace or have any impact on him. It made me realize

that this pair of father and son must have had this kind of conversation quite often. The atmosphere

between them was bordering on being hostile and they did not seem like father and son at all.

“Does she come from a wealthy family?” his father asked.

“No,” Ace replied.

“Didn’t think so. Does her parents own a company of a decent size? Or any business…” the Chairman

asked as if he was trying to put together my financial background.

“Why are you asking if you already know?” Ace replied with a question of his own.

Of course, I didn’t have any wealth or much money to my name. Definitely nothing close to what the

Chairman would consider to be of value. A knot formed in my stomach and I started feeling unwell. The

overwhelming stress of the situation was getting to me. He’s going to force us to break up now, isn’t

he?

It was strange how much it affected me although I had prepared myself countless times for this. All

along, I knew that our relationship couldn’t last. Everything was just wrong and twisted about our

relationship.

“Since you’ve decided to turn down your engagement with Elizabeth and we cannot merge our Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

companies together, I’ll have you take full responsibility,” the Chairman said after heaving a sigh.

“Since you’ve decided to turn down your engagement with Elizabeth and we cannot merge our

companies together, I’ll have you take full responsibility,” the Chairman said after heaving a sigh.

“How so?” Ace asked.

Isn’t that unfair to Ace?

It wasn’t just Ace who didn’t want to get married. Elizabeth didn’t want to marry him either because she

was already dating Kyle and wanted to marry him. In the end, Elizabeth and Kyle really did end up

getting married, although her father was displeased with her decision.

“You will grow our company to be as large as the size of the two combined. I give you three years, if

you can’t achieve this, I will never acknowledge your relationship. That will also mean that you will keep

your relationship a secret until then,” the Chairman demanded.

“You can’t exactly force me to break up with her,” Ace pointed out.

“Sure, I can’t force you. However, I doubt that she would feel the same way…” the Chairman said

before his cold eyes shifted to rest on my face.

I winced at his sharp gaze and the meaning behind his words. He may be right. Even if Ace doesn’t

want to leave me, I wonder what I would do. Would I choose to stay by his side at the cost of

everything including my own career and dreams. My desires aside, I wasn’t sure if I was suited to stand

at Ace’s side. He’s got so much potential, and I would only be in his way. I could see why the Chairman

and Elizabeth’s father thought that the two of them were a perfect match.

“Father…” Ace said with an edge to his voice.

“Even if Elizabeth chose to marry someone else, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t other suitable

women who are willing to marry you with the benefit of our companies at heart,” the Chairman stated

with confidence.

It didn’t come as a surprise to me that the Chairman viewed his son’s marriage as a union to benefit the

future of the company. Many wealthy families had this line of thought. However, the Chairman was

being very open and strict about this. Unfortunately, I knew that he was right. Even I think that there are

countless women who would want to marry Ace. My mind went to the many women who were vying for

his attention at the party that we attended together.

“I have three conditions, if you can agree to them then we have a deal,” Ace said calmly as if he had

thought about this before.

“Which are?” the Chairman asked with a calculated smile.

“First, you will not interfere with my management of the company no matter what. Second, Karina gets

to keep her job. Last, I will marry Karina immediately after the company size exceeds the set target,”

Ace stated his conditions confidently.

Did he just say…marry?!

We’re going to get married?

I have not heard anything about this before. Why didn’t he say anything about this to me before?

Wait, as far as I’m concerned, we’re not even dating properly so what is this about us getting married?

“Deal. I guess if you can make that company that big, I don’t need you marrying an heiress…” the

Chairman said with a satisfied smile.

“That’s all you ever care about…” Ace muttered with apparent distaste.

“It’s my job to care about the business and it is your job as well. Now that that is settled, how do you

suppose we settle this matter with the public?” the older man asked.

He was obviously referring to the misleading photos taken of Ace and me together. Well, the photos

were probably only half misleading because the angle made it looked like he was kissing me when he

really didn’t kiss me in public on that day while we were dancing at the event. However, considering

that we were involved intimately, the photos weren’t completely misleading. What will Ace choose to

do?

--To be continued…