His Villainess

CHAP. 8

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Ace's pov:
That morning I woke up in the worst mood possible. For a person who is always in a bad mood, it was worse. I wasn't sure what made me mad aside from the fact that my excuse of a father lashed out at Sebastian and me cause we didn't know that Xalia was 'royalty'.

So what if she was?! It's not like it was going to change anything. He kept on saying that he hoped that she wouldn't go and ask the king if what we did was 'part of the plan' or report us to him.

I didn't really care about that. But what I did care about was getting my father's position. I can't wait to get everything and kick his ass. It will be so much fun and it will be the first thing I'll do when I get there.

I stayed in my room all morning. I later got bored and decided to go out on a drive since I was free the whole day. I had 5 days away from work since I never had breaks from work.

On my drive, I stopped at a red light as I blasted 'Dakiti'  by Bad Bunny on my speakers. I felt someone looking at me and turned my head. My mood immediately changed. A natural-faced Xalia was right before my eyes, smiling and vibing to the song. I joined her and we danced together. Occasionally, she would start laughing and I'd imagine how it sounded in my ears.

Suddenly, we were honked at then we realized that the lights changed to green. I laughed and stepped on the gas and went back to driving.

I pictured having her on the passenger's side singing with me with my hand settling on top of her thick coco-brown thighs. Unconsciously, I followed her car from a distance. I stopped and parked outside a mall and followed her inside.

Then, I got this mean idea in my head. I waited for her to get her food. It was a lot of food but whatever. I didn't care. As she was about to start eating, I went close to her and bent down to her ear. I tapped her on the other side and she turned her head. "Hey baby" I whispered in her ear.

She stood up quickly and had a certain expression that made me laugh so hard to the point where I had tears in my eyes. She tried to act tough but failed. She ended up laughing with me.

As time went by, we got to know more about each other. We had the same taste in music, art, and a lot more. Suddenly, a little boy came up to our table and had his head down. He said hello and asked Xalia to be his girlfriend. If I'm being honest, he was adorable. He was like a mini K-pop idol.

Clearly, Xalia was awed by him. She had pure gentleness in her eyes that a mom would give her son. I wondered if that would be how she'd look at our children. (Mentally slaps himself) What am I even thinking? We barely know each other but I'm already thinking about kids.

I realized my actions and decided to act pissed just to see what would happen. When Xalia became the boy's new babysitter, she was so happy. I wish I could make her that happy though. She looked like she was over the moon.

"What are you doing here anyway?" she randomly asked. I decided to just tell her the truth. "I got bored and decided to follow you and here I am. So what are we doing today?" She looked at me with a 'Are you serious right now?' look. "Yeah, I'm serious."

"Ok. Then you're taking me to the salon. That was where I was going but since you are coming with me, you might as well choose the color of my nails." She took my hand and dragged me out of the food court and we walked into the salon. I wondered what Xalia would be doing for her hair. She looked good in her natural hair so I had no idea what to expect.

When we walked in, there was a woman who immediately had a large smile on her face when she saw Xalia. "Xalia my dear! It's been a while princess." She left my hand and went to hug the woman.

She was of medium height and had brown eyes. Her hair was in neat cornrows and her edges were done. She had features like Xalia's but a bit softer since she had aged more. She looked so much like Xalia that one would consider her her mother.

"How ya doing Auntie Margaret? Indeed's been a long time since I saw you". "Oh I'm fine. The shop's been hella busy these days. Ion even know if I can keep up!" The woman who I now knew as Margaret said. It's true that the mall was gaining popularity which could make her business grow. The only problem was that she was short of workers. I'll make sure that that problem will be off her list.

She looked behind Xalia and saw me."Oh hello big guy! Almost didn't notice you. Xalia why didn't you tell me that you came with your boyfriend?" She rushes over to me and gives me a hug which is received gratefully. She smiled at me and extended her arm to introduce herself. "I'm Margaret Ortega. And you are?" "Ace De Niro". I shook her hand and smiled back. "Pleasure to meet you," we said at the same time. We laughed and looked at Xalia who had a soft smile on her face.

"Ok, darlin'. What would you like Auntie to do for you today?" "Oh! Right. Ummm I need a mani, a pedi, my brows and lashes done. And for hair, Ion wanna have a wig installed this time, so I'll just have braids". I was so confused. What did she say again? All that on one person?! Damn.

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Hey Roses 🥀. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Making chapters longer is actually harder than it looks but I'll keep on trying. Anyway, thank you for reading. Love y'all 💜✨