[SLOW BURN} (CHECK OUT MY NEW MAFIA ROMANCE. OUT NOW!) "You can't hurt me anymore, Ace. I'm not that crybaby you used to know," she warned, taking a step back. "Who said anything about hurting anyone, darling? There's only one place I need to cry for me. One very," his eyes trailed down her body, and stopped between her thighs. "Very moist place." He took two steps forward, and closed the gap between them. Ace is the legitimate heir to the Atticus dynasty, but there's a condition. Grandpa before his death says he cannot fully inherit everything until he gets married, and stays married for at least a year. Quick to think, he finds a solution to his dilemma; A contract marriage. With the help of his personal assistant, Grant, He finds Fay Landon. Dainty Fay that cries a lot, and can talk a storm. He vows it's only a marriage of convenience, until the redhead let's her hair down, and shows him the woman behind the tears. She falls first, but he falls harder. In the middle of the war for a billion dollar empire, heartless Ace Atticus will learn that to come out victorious, he needs a Fay up his sleeve. THIRD MONTH OF WIN-WIN. PLEASE SUPPORT ME WITH YOUR VOTES, COLLECTIONS, REVIEWS, COMMENTS, AND GIFTS. THANK YOU.
They didn't say another word to each other until they arrived at the restaurant. Ace spotted an isolated space and parked the car there.
Fay took off her seatbelt, and was about to step out of the car, when she felt a hand on hers, restricting her movement.
She reclined back, and turned her head to the side to face him. "What is it?" She asked in a tired voice.
"I saw a picture of you and Xylon Bass. It was in the news," he said.
Except for the widening of her eyes which passed as swiftly as it formed, she didn't show any other reaction. It deeply frustrated him.
He had thought to let the night ride out and bring the Xylon topic another day. But they were talking now. Granted, it was mostly awkward conversations, but they were talking.
Anything could happen at any time. And it could just end up driving a wedge between them. Those were his thoughts.