“Like I said, you don’t have to bother picking me up. I’ll go to the office, so if you want to see me, you can see me there,” she said before rolling her eyes in apparent annoyance.

I figured by that time that the poor soul on the other end of the line was no other than her husband, Kyle. Of course, I did not sympathize with him and the treatment that he was receiving from his wife. Elizabeth said a few more words before she hung up the phone.

“Good morning,” Ace greeted her casually.

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“Good morning to you too,” she replied while still staring at her phone screen.

“Good morning,” I chimed in.

“Guess you’re heading back to work?” Ace asked.

“Yes, where else would I go? The company doesn’t run itself, unfortunately…” she said before she flashed us a smile.

The gloom and doom Elizabeth from last night was completely gone and the confident Elizabeth was back. At first, I disliked this version of her so much but after seeing her in the state that she was in last night, I had to say that I preferred her this way and I hoped that she would remain this way.

“I guess you’re right about that. Don’t overwork yourself and don’t overthink things, ok?” Ace suggested with a hint of warning in his tone.

“I don’t need you to tell me that, but I’ll keep it in mind,” she replied.

Elizabeth flashed us a smile before turning away. My eyes widened when I realized that she was leaving already. It just felt very abrupt and worried welled up in my chest.

“Are you going to leave already? Want some breakfast?” Ace asked.

“Yeah, I have meetings at the office. Thanks for the invitation but I’m not a fan of breakfast. You two, enjoy,” she said before waving her hand at us.

“Good luck!” I called after her.

“I should be a gentleman and escort her out…” Ace said teasingly.

“No need for that. Oh, thank you, Rina…” she said to Ace before she turned to thank me.

“Oh…you’re welcome…” I replied softly while my mind was still struggling to process the fact that she had just thanked me.

Before I could say anything in response, she offered me a smile and then the doors of the elevator opened, and she stepped inside without turning back. Ace reached for my hand and gave it a little supportive squeeze as we both watched the elevator door close and then Elizabeth was gone from sight.

“She suddenly turns up here and then she suddenly leaves…” I murmured softly.

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“For a moment there it sounded like you didn’t want her to leave…” Ace said with a chuckle.

“I’m just hoping that she’s really ok…you know…so many things are going on for her and all that…” I said as my eyes kept staring at the closed elevator door.

“She’ll be fine. She’s stronger than you think and if she’s not strong enough, she’ll just have to become stronger,” Ace said before he gave my hand another reassuring squeeze.

“I guess you’re right about that…” I murmured in agreement, but I was still worried about her.

“Let’s eat breakfast, I’m hungry…and I feel like I need coffee…” Ace said with a hint of complaint in his tone.

“I’ll make coffee…” I quickly offered as I snapped out of my thoughts.

The unrushed and peaceful breakfast that we had together that morning was such a sudden change in pace, and it made me question whether the events from last night really took place. Ace sat across from me in his regular seat at the dining table while he sipped the coffee that I made for him. His eyes were on his phone as he read through something that I guessed must have been his email. The smell of the simple breakfast that I had prepared drifted in the air around us and made the atmosphere feel so homey.

It was hard for me to believe that not so long ago, we were having such a tense conversation with Elizabeth that did not bear any good news in the living room. It had been less than an hour after Elizabeth took off from Ace’s place to go back to her office. As if the fight with her father did not happen, Elizabeth had returned to work to proceed with her life as normal.

“She’s very impressive…” I murmured softly to myself.

“Elizabeth? She is…” Ace said without taking his eyes off his phone.

“I wonder if she’s really fine…” I asked wistfully.

“Why are you so worried about her? I thought you didn’t really like her…” Ace said before he flashed me a teasing smile.

I was still quite sure that if I had to pick then I would choose to think that I disliked her more than I liked her; however, I had to acknowledge that what she was going through was extremely tough and I couldn’t quite stop myself from sympathizing with her.

“I don’t know…I just hope that she’ll do well. You know, everything just seems so tough on her…” I said while thinking particularly of her father.

“She just needs to have another more reasonable talk with her father when both of them calm down. He’s a reasonable person and that’s probably why he’s really pushing Elizabeth to do what is best for herself,” Ace said as he put his phone down firmly on the table.

I could tell that he was referring to her relationship with Kyle. Although I dated Kyle for two years in secret, looking back, I didn’t quite know a lot about him and his family. From what I could tell, he was from a well-off family. They were above average for sure; however, it probably made sense that his family wasn’t at all on par or anywhere close to the level of the Chase family. From a business perspective and the perspective of an overbearing father, Kyle was clearly not a great choice for Elizabeth to marry.

“Is it so wrong to be…not as rich?” I asked in a mumble.

--To be continued…

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