“I see,” Ace said without adding any comments.
“Umm…during dinner we talked, and he told me what the committee said and also about how he’ll also be receiving an official warning about what happened. I am very worried about him, and I honestly think that it is so unfair that we both have to go through all this trouble when the rumors about us aren’t even true in the first place,” I said before coming to another pause.
Ace stared at me intently as he waited for me to continue with my story. A huge lump formed in my throat as I quickly approached the climax of the story and what I truly needed to confess to Ace. With each passing word and second, I was getting closer to telling Ace what I really needed to tell him and that made me feel maddeningly nervous. To my relief, Ace did not rush me as he waited in silene for me to continue.
