ACEI am exhausted and I need to sleep. I am also losing my patience. I stand up moving towards him. "You want this the hard way?""I swear, I don't know why Zade wanted him alive. I don't know why he killed his father and framed Mike."He starts struggling, fighting against the rope when I bring the knife closer. I drag his left hand, chopping off his middle finger without hesitation, his screams worsen my headache. I am barely standing as it is."We can make that video call now if you like.""Easy boy. I need to have fun with him too. Don't kill him before I get started." Ryker adds clearing his throat.I grab another finger, pushing the tip of the knife into it, slowly. "We would go slower now."He has tears running down his good eyes. "Please I am saying the truth.""Ryan, make that call for me."He starts pleading, swearing on his daughter's life that he was telling the truth. I sit back on my chair, dropping the knife on the floor. I believe him, he wasn't lying when he said he
ACE Exhaustion made my limbs heavy; I sighed picked up the first file and started reading through them, but no matter how hard I tried to concentrate and make meaning of the words before me, I couldn't. I keep thinking about Aella. I wish I had listened to her and brought her with me, I wish I could work and watch her sleep. I smile remembering I could work and watch her sleep. It is past eleven she should be in bed by now. I flipped open the screen of my laptop despite my fatigue, watching her sleep would settle the violence in my bones, and calm my headache. As I brought up the camera feed and my eyes landed on her face, I noticed she was restless. Despite the late hour, she was still wide awake in the centre of the bed. After a long time, she sits up shrugging the sheets off her body and spreading her legs. My breath hitches when I realise what she is about to do. My pretty innocent girl is not so innocent after all. She unbuttons my shirt taking it off,
ACE "Where is she?" I demand from Lucas when I get home. I had been sceptical about hiring him because of his calm face and nice smile. Compared to Dan, he has an approachable face. I didn't think much of it then, but now that I have these messed up feelings for Aella, I don't want her to ever look at another man the way she looks at me. My men know better, but I can't say for my Angel. "In the bedroom Mr Hale." He looks at me, then immediately corrects himself. "Of course, she went to bed immediately after dinner." I know she had just fruits for breakfast and an alarming number of cakes, for lunch she requested pasta which made me happy. "And dinner" I ask impatiently. "Chips and roasted chicken. She wanted wine, but I declined." "Good. She is not allowed to drink when she is not with me." He nods his head in understanding, resuming his position at the door. Ryan and Jake will be coming tomorrow, I want to ease Aella in before introduc
ACE"Thank you." Aella moves to kiss me but pulls back immediately. she looks at me infuriated. "Lucas wouldn't let me have wine, not even a glass of wine.""I know, he was only following my instructions."she folds her hands pouting. "Why can't I have wine, I am not a child.""You can have wine when you are with me, case closed.""Do you realise you are a control freak? You can't do that to me.""After what happened at the club..." I pause, I don't want to tell her she was almost raped."What happened? no matter how hard I think, I can't remember.""Then leave it be."I peck her lips smiling. "Let me make love to you Angel"."Ace" she replies moaning. I would never get tired of how responsive she can be."Please Aella, let me make love to you.""Yes," she whispers, tugging on my hair and kissing me. Her lips are demanding, firm and slow. She wants this as much as I do, we have waited enough.I push her robe open, while placing feather-like kisses across her jaw, chin and corners of h
ACE SHE DREAMS AGAIN I watch her from the camera feed, she frowns, and I only get alarmed, standing to my feet in a hurry when she screams my name. I have never considered my office so far as I do at this moment, I wish I didn't leave her on the bed alone, I wish I could sleep beside her and hold her instead of watching her sleep from a fucking live feed like a coward. But I know I would hurt her if I didn't. Even a strong man like me has fears, I lose control when I sleep off, I didn't have troubles with that before, but now that I know I have someone as precious as Aella, I would never be able to forgive myself if I hurt her when I am vulnerable. I meet Dan at the door, he has a panicked look on his face too. He must have heard her screams too. I wave him away as I reach the room with a hitched breath. The sight I meet kills me. She is on the extreme side of the bed, her body curved in a ball. I know she is crying. She look
ACE I gave her a new phone. she doesn't know that I installed a tracking device in it. I want to know where she is at any time of the day. "What about my other phone?" "This is safer," I speak. "Thank you." I don't know how to deal with her emotions, so I just smile. I pick up a short flowery dress, a bra and undies, handing them over to her. I don't miss the smirk on her face. "When did you have the time to do all this?" She inquires, dressing. "I had Sarah bring them in." she stops dressing, frowning at me. "You know I don't like that bitch." "I know, that is why I made sure you didn't see her." I massage the back of my neck, trying to calm the headache brewing. "For heaven's sake, stop swearing Aella." She follows me outside quietly, biting her lips which she is probably imagining as my ear. Amanda isn't in the kitchen when we get there, I guess she desperately wanted to avoid another epis
AELLAThe nerve! I sniff, forcing my tears back. I wish I were stronger, then I would have stabbed him deeper, and he would have bled more. Who does he think he is? ordering me around and making decisions for me. I would accept everything; I can take it with a frown, but he has no right to force a child on me.A baby, how can someone as broken as me carry an innocent child in her womb? Mama would be turning in her Grave, praying I become barren, and my breast become as dry as the dessert. Mama made sure I prayed every night, begging God to close my womb so I don't end up bringing another abomination, another sin into this world.I stare at the door for a long time, fisting the fork in my hands, willing him to open the door so I could stab his neck instead. He doesn't of course, I know he is gone. I almost sit back down to finish my food, but I go back to the bedroom instead. I will scream the roof down if he tries to spank me when he comes back home.I move to the closet where my new
AELLA I am sandwiched between the two men, Dan on my right, and Lucas on my left. I know they are with guns, and I laugh in my throat thinking about how I have moved from a plain girl to a girl important people want dead. I move to run to Eva when I see her, but Lucas holds my wrist, dropping his hand immediately like I might burn him. The fear of Ace is the beginning of wisdom. "Can you please not move further than five feet?" I swallow my sassy comment when Eva pulls me into a tight hug. She has always been a hugger, it makes me uncomfortable, but with Ace, I am always so happy that I never want to let go. I can't even go a minute without thinking of him. "You smell so rich!" she splatters kisses all over my face, ignoring the small crowd gathering at our back. "You also look rich. Is that Louis Vuitton? get out, I have been saving since last year for this cardigan. It is from their latest collection." I laugh. I knew they were expensive. She lets