Mafia Princess

Chapter 4

A week has gone by since our little encounter in his office, and Ace and I have been ignoring each other.

The days couldn't have been more unpleasant with both of us trying to move on from what had happened and do what was currently on our plate.

What our plate had right now though, was a topic of discussion.

John had successfully manipulated -  or thought he had anyways - Ace into agreeing to the project and investing a hefty amount into it. And when I say he thought he had manipulated Ace I say it with confidence.

Ace isn't someone who would easily come into someone's fake ass promises. His knowledge about business and the dirty truth about the corporate world, which I am sure he is aware of, would never let him conjure to John's words and pleads.

The presentation shown in the subsequent meetings had been a similar sort of disaster and related vocabulary. Never to the point and extremely boring, this was enough proof that Ace had something big planned in his pockets.

I, on the other hand, was victorious in dodging all those meet-ups and follow-up dinners with the guy I hate the most. More so I had also convinced Rider, one of the accountants of the company who was attending every meeting and dinner, to spill the beans of those events which by far were very interesting.

It would have been wonderful to see them from my naked eye rather than just listening to someone and leaving most of it to my imagination. The humiliation John must have faced in front of the employees of two companies, one of them being his own, as well as the anger and agitation in his behaviour which he would have to keep in check, would have been a sight for sour eyes like mine.

Now that John was out of the picture for now, the next thing to concentrate on was the information I wanted, no need for me to execute the action plan.

The plan is to save my loved ones.

Wolf, the underworld name of an underworld Don, was helping me through my mission. The word was around in his locality that I was willing to pay any amount asked if the information I needed was provided to me.

The next step in the game is to find the man for whom John has been working all along.

This certain information wolf was successful in taking out within a few hours of us signing the deal of this give and take relation. He will give me half of the information vital to take down the villains and take his revenge alongside. I will give him the other half of the information and rescue my family.

For the time being the system of give and take has been going on pretty well. Now that we know, we are to find the master behind the tragedies in our lives.

John though is not the real problem here. He can be handled. A smart yet foolish person. His master on the other hand, or as we like to refer to him as Mr. X, was a more dangerous game. If he has the power to erase his existence from every part of the world's database and remain anonymous for his lifetime, he can do anything.

That anything is what scares me the most. Determined I am, but this can't overrule the fact that I am new to these games. New to everything that has been going on in my life for the past few days or maybe months or maybe years, who knows how much time has passed by since?

"Rosaline..." I heard Ace call me.

"Yes sir?" This is how it's been ever since the day of the kiss. We are back to square one, the road of formality which we had crossed a long time ago is where we are standing today.

"The next meeting, are you ready with the presentation?"

"Yes sir, everything's ready but.."

"But?"

"The files that were to be sent to the marketing department for their approval haven't reached me yet."

"Does this concerns this particular meeting?" He raised his eyebrows and flexed his muscles crossing them on his chest.

"No but..." Yet again cutting me in between he spoke, "If not then they are of no use to me. Unimportant they are but not the meeting. Hurry yourself up or else we will be late."

"Yes sir!" If only he would let me complete my sentence.

Hurriedly arranging my appearance and my table I made my way towards the elevator where Ace was waiting for me.

We entered the enclosed area standing side by side with him almost touching my shoulder.

He reached out to press the button to the basement. I on the other hand pressed the button to the 7th floor.

Ace raised his eyebrows silently asking me the obvious question.

"I have some work, will be back under a minute I promise. Just need to talk to someone real quick." Receiving a silent nod we resumed the ride.

Once the doors to the elevator opened I ran towards Sid, an Indian staff in the marketing team. I reached for his hands and dragged him towards his cabin at the speed of a racing car.

What I did not fail to notice was the furious expression on Ace's face. The moment I held Sid's hand, I could see the lines of tension forming on his forehead.

This is going to be Hella interesting than I had thought.

Quickly taking the important file, which according to my understanding boss was unimportant, I made my way towards the elevator and began my journey down.

Sitting in the car with Ace after the event that took place a few minutes ago was all the more suffocating. His knuckles were tight around the wheel as he drove towards our destination. His speed, thankfully, was a little above average. The tension was thick, just like his muscles. Although the information was not important, this was all I could concentrate on throughout the ride.

"Ace...will you be my boyfriend?"

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Authors Note

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