Chapter 48

▪️Ace ▪️

A week later, in the bathroom at work, Ace examined a new spot on his neck. Damn. Not that he minded any mark Emily left, the woman had proved to be an insatiable lover. Ace rolled his neck, stretching the kinks from his sore body. There wasn’t one patch of skin Emily had left untouched and unloved, and Ace reveled in it.

“New girl friend?” Simone came up behind him with a smile.

Quickly covering the mark, Ace washed his hands. “Yeah. I guess you could say so.”

“I thought something was up.”

“Up?” Nervous now, Ace stalled for time by washing his hands again and fluffing his hair.

“Come on.” Eyes twinkling, Simone elbowed his side. “From the looks of that love bite, whoever it is, she’s really into you.”

He and Simone had been getting along so well, and even more so since they’d secured the Mojo account, that Ace —although he’d never reveal Emily’s as his lover—felt comfortable discussing his personal life. To an extent.

“Well, yeah. We’ve only been together for a