ACE POV
"It was a nice gift tonight so that's why I helped you clean up,don't think otherwise okay"
Those word I recall saying this to Anna, I had meant everything I had said I didn't want her to start thinking I loved her no I can't.
Two weeks ago, Anna and I had a falling out.not really It wasn't an argument but it still lingered, unresolved. I had said something's i wasn't meant to say,not even after having one of the best night with her ,but I still said it. I had been avoiding her, unable to face the hurt I had caused.
During that tumultuous time, I went for a morning run after I had said those things to her the night before,so I had went for a run to clear my head. As I pounded the pavement, my phone buzzed with an incoming text from Anna.
"Hey, I want to meet Emily at the coffee shop near home. Can I go out?"
I immediately replied, "I'll send someone with you."
"No need, Ace. It's just a coffee shop," Anna responded.
But I couldn't shake off the feeling of unease. I knew Anna's kindness and compassion often led her to overlook potential dangers.
Without telling her, I discreetly assigned two bodyguards to follow her, keeping a safe distance. They would watch over her without drawing attention.
Now, two weeks later, I returned home from work to find Anna sleeping in the armchair, waiting for me. My heart swelled with emotion. Emotions I couldn't explain to myself.
As I approached her to help her to the bed , her phone vibrated with a message from Williams: "I miss you too." My anger flared.
I shook Anna awake, my voice laced with frustration. "Why are you talking to him?"
Anna rubbed her eyes, disoriented. "What's wrong, Ace?"
"What's wrong?" I repeated, incredulous. "You're messaging another guy, telling him you miss him. What's going on, Anna?"
"I was just catching up with my bestfriend," Anna explained.
"Just a friend?" I pressed.
"Yes, Ace. Williams is harmless," Anna reassured.
But I wasn't convinced.
The argument escalated, our voices rising.
"You're always so possessive and controlling!" Anna shouted. I knew she must be pissed still about what happened two weeks ago but still I was still angry at her how could she say such a thing to another man.
"I'm just trying to protect you!" I countered. Was I really or was I just angry that she told another man" I miss you"but had never told me that.
"Protect me from what? From living my own life?" Anna shot back, her voice laced with frustration.
I clenched my jaw, feeling my anger boil over. "From getting hurt, from being taken advantage of," I growled.
Anna's eyes flashed with anger. "Not every man in this world is like you, Ace. Maybe that's why Jane broke up with you." What was she saying what that's wasn't true not one bit.
My anger erupted. "You fucking don't know anything!" I spat, my voice low and menacing. She had looked at me like she felt bad about saying it but still I can't be here no anymore.
Anna's words cut deep, striking a chord within me. How dare she bring up Jane? She didn't know the truth.
I stormed out of the house, slamming the door behind me. The cool evening air did little to calm my raging temper.
I couldn't believe Anna would say something like that. Didn't she know how much I cared for her? O wait she didn't, neither did I. My feelings for her was still unsure, I still think she's just like the other girls and no matter how I try to hide what I feel I still do care about her I think.
As I drove away, my anger consumed me. I blamed Anna for pushing my buttons, for not understanding me. I mean why could she not understand why, and why did I want her to understand in the first place, I was so lost.
But deep down, I knew I was hurting. Anna's words had struck a nerve, exposing my own insecurities. I was the one who ended things with Jane but some news reporters had a different story to tell, when I had found out that some fake rumors about what happened to me and Jane it really go me mad after everything she did I was still painted as the "playboy billionaire who can't keep a woman even with all the money in the world, I couldn't keep a woman, some also said I cheated on her, so I guess that Anna had seen the one about me being a untrustworthy partner, it's funny that I almost knew all the fake news about me. I had thought if I knew all about the fake news it would not hurt when someone says it to me and at first did not bother me not at all but when Anna had been the one to say it ,fuck it hurts.
I gripped the steering wheel tightly, my knuckles white with tension. I didn't know where I was going, but I knew I needed to get away.
Away from Anna, away from my own emotions, Away from everything.
The city lights blurred together as I drove, lost in my anger and frustration.
As I kept on driving those word that Anna said kept on playing in my head, I had also thought about Jane but for some reason Anna's word hurt the most, I had wondered if she really believed it.
My phone had ranged so many times but I ignored it, few minutes had passed and I was near my friends house Finn, maybe I could talk to him for a while till I cool off, I wasn't ready to talk to Anna yet.
I came out of my car and knocked on his door, he shortly opened the and said
"Dude it's fucking 1am in the morning "
I looked at him and smiled, while I entered his house.
*******A/N************
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