Chapter 49

▪️Ace▪️

Without waiting for an answer, he grabbed his laptop and ran out of Simone's office, not stopping until he entered his own and shut the door behind him. His heart pounded, and he couldn’t catch his breath.

Goddamn it. More than anything, Ace wanted to throw the computer at something, but instead he sat behind his desk, shaking. “What the hell is he planning?” He should’ve known the turnaround in Pryce’s behavior was a farce.

What could he do? Frantic, he drummed his fingers and thought. When his gaze fell upon the sticky note with Amber's number, he immediately called her. As Emily’s former assistant, she’d know what to do.

“Ace?”

“Yeah, hi. How’re you doing?”

“Feeling like a slug and wishing I could get out of this bed, but coming along. How’re you doing? Tell me everything.”

“Busy. I’m working on some campaigns and loving it.”

“And you and Emily are getting on well?”

Oh, you could say that.