All He Had Given Me

I chewed on my food while keeping my gaze on Ace as I wondered if asking him about that would count as talking about work or not. Looking at it from another angle, it could count as talking about personal matters because the company’s expansion plan does have quite a solid connection to the future of our relationship.

“How are things going with your plans to grow the company?” I asked while trying to keep my tone light.

“It’s going well enough,” he replied casually before smiling a little my way.

His attention immediately shifted to the food on his plate, and it became apparent that he did not wish to add any additional comments or details to his answer. After all the effort that I put in to ask him that one question, I didn’t learn much from his response at all. While I debated with myself inside my head whether I should continue pressing him for answers on that topic or not, Ace spoke up before I had made up my mind.

“How’s your mother? I guess you’ve been too busy with work and h