“Coming!” I called out before getting up from my seat. This better be something good and productive…It wasn’t like I had any mortal enemies that were out to get me but I was still very cautious of opening my doors to strangers, so I decided to check through the peephole first. I gasped before I placed both my hands over my mouth to stop myself from screaming from shock as my body froze right in front of the door. After closing my eyes and quickly counting to three, I opened them again and peeped through the hole just to make sure that I wasn’t dreaming or hallucinating. “Rina!” His familiar voice called my name quite loudly and that alone was enough proof that I wasn’t dreaming up this whole thing.Ace is really standing right outside my door. Why is he here? It’s so early in the morning?I don’t have enough make up on and I have dark circles under my eyes. What am I going to do?!“I know that you’re in there…” Ace said, sounding very impatient.This is my room, and he is the one
“Huh? How can you have something like that?” I asked in shock.What amazed me more than the private jet was the fact that Ace never failed to amaze and surprise me over and over again. “The office got one made for you for business purposes, right? Remember?” Ace asked as he waved a passport book in front of me. Shit. I totally forgot about that. How loosely does the company manage these documents? Ace can get his hands on anything so easily…“Where are we going?” I asked once again. “Get on and I’ll tell you,” Ace said teasingly before winking at me.“What if I told you that I don’t want to go?” I asked as I refused to follow him.“I wouldn’t believe you even if you did. Get on, you’ll want to go where I’m about to take you,” Ace said with certainty.Where is he going to take me? Just where is this flight bound for? While I was still debating my very limited options to myself, Ace heaved an impatient sigh before turning to face me directly. “Rina, if you don’t get on the plane on
His hand didn’t stop caressing my hair playfully. Ace was really in a good mood and his positivity was starting to rub off on me. Suddenly, Ace took a lock of my hair and placed it against his lips. I watched as he kissed my hair tenderly as my heart skipped a beat and my chest clenched tightly. “Ace…” I whispered his name softly. “I don’t do this to my dog…” Ace mumbled as his eyes lingered on the lock of my hair that he held between his fingers. “Or this…” Ace whispered.My body froze when I felt the heat his hand on the side of my neck before he started stroking the side of my neck tenderly with the tips of his fingers. His face came closer to mine, and I soon felt the heat of his lips on my cheek. His kiss was soft and more playful than demanding. I felt heat rush to my face, and I knew that I had started to blush wildly. “Or this…” Ace whispered again.This time his lips approached mine. He’s going to kiss me…“Please…no more…” I protested in a breathless whisper as I tried m
“Let’s check in first,” Ace said as he offered me his hand. I looked down at his open palmed as I hesitated. Since when did it become the norm for us to hold hands? Ace gave me a confused look and I found myself slipping my hand into his much larger one. He gave my hand a comforting little squeeze before he led me after him into the hotel lobby. My eyes fell on where our hands were joined as I wondered if he would hold my hand all the time during this trip, and perhaps, even after that? Do I want that? “There’s only one room?” I asked in total disbelief. “Yes, there is no mistake. Only one suite room is booked,” the receptionist repeated before flashing me a polite smile. Did the company suddenly run out of budget or something?I looked accusingly at Ace who just shrugged his shoulders before smiling sweetly and innocently my way. He planned all this. I should have known…“Is there another room available?” I asked hopefully.The beautiful woman just shook her head before apologi
“I want to interview the sellers and some of the buyers as well, can you help me out with the translations?” Ace inquired enthusiastically. “Of course, it is my job to do so,” Rung replied followed by a laugh. “Come this way. I will take you to the section that specializes in dog meat. I don’t know what you’ve heard but, dog meat isn’t eaten by every single person in this country. I, personally, don’t eat it but of course there are many that do. It’s a matter of preference, you know…” Rung explained as he led the way through the throng of people.As it turned out, the wet market was very big and had many sections. According to Rung’s explanation, dog meat was sold in a small section in the market because of the niche market that it caters to. It wasn’t as common as poultry, pork, and beef. “There are specialized restaurants that sells it. Usually, it isn’t sold randomly or mixed with other meat…” Rung explained further when we arrived at the dedicated stores. “So, all these stores
“Really? We’re here now so I’m sure that Rung can take us to a restaurant that serves dog meat. Right, Rung?” Ace suggested with a smile. “Yes, I can. It’s not that hard to find to be honest,” Rung replied with a nod of his head. “That’s fine. I mean, if you want to you can go ahead and try it but I personally wouldn’t…” I stood my ground. “If you say so. Let’s head back to the hotel then,” Ace said before he reached for my hand.Rung led the way out of the market to where he had parked the car. It was getting quite cold now that the sun had set. It was about time that we leave because most stalls in the market had already started packing up. “Your hand is a little cold. Are you feeling cold?” Ace turned to ask me with concern in his voice.I did feel a little cold. This was my own fault for not checking the weather forecast and underestimating that this country could be so cold. “A little…but I’m fine…thanks,” I replied before smiling a little at him. Ace yanked softly on my ha
“Don’t just study the facts or people’s opinions, try to form your own opinions and think of an angle that would be appealing to the audience too,” Ace advised sternly. “You’re right…” I whispered with a firm nod of my head. He was probably right that I tend to get wrapped up in what other people thought rather than focusing on how I felt about things. We needed to come up with an angle and storyline from this trip, so I had to keep that in mind as well. It was clear that Ace was way more focused on the work than I was, and he probably had some ideas on the storyline proposal already. On the other hand, my mind was still pretty much blank.The only thing that comforted me was that the trip had just started. There are still a couple more days for me to put my thoughts together and hopefully by then, my creative juices would help my brain come up with some unique and appealing ideas. …When we made it back to the hotel, I was more determined to get some work done rather than tired. T
“Hmm…” Ace moaned softly before the tip of his tongue began licking my neck. “No…I’m so…sweaty…” I protested as I tried to push him away from me. “You always smell and taste good,” Ace whispered huskily when his lips left my neck for a moment. As if he wanted to get that point across, he boldly licked my neck before trailing small kisses down to my collar bone. When his tongue snaked out to lick and tease my collarbone, I moaned as my breathing quickened. His hands reached behind my back to unclasp my bra and his hands skillfully removed it from my arms and body. “Ace…please…” I protested in a weak voice.I hated myself and how weak I was against his art of seduction. I hated how my voice came out sounding so sweet and breathless like I was begging him for more rather than pleading for him to stop what he was doing to me. “No…please…I’m so dirty right now…” I protested in embarrassment.Ace didn’t heed my warning and buried his face in between my breasts before his hands cupped t