[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.
The air became awkward when Gabrielle left Fay, and Ace alone in the dining room.
Fay silently continued eating, in hopes to fill the awkwardness with food.
Ace, standing with his back turned to her, took a deep breath, and turned around.
"How are you feeling?" He asked in a sincere and mellow tone.
She looked up as she picked the last piece of her food and dumped it into her mouth.
"I'm fine," she covered her mouth to answer.
"Are you sure? You heard the doctors. You should speak up if you're feeling off."
"You didn't seem to care about their opinion when you forced me out of their house," she began, and paused when she realized she had spoken aloud.
A tiny gasp escaped her throat, and her eyes widened as her eyes came to rest on him.
He didn't flinch, neither did he look disturbed. If anything, she noticed, he looked amused. The corner of his lip twitched, and his eyes twinkled.