“Mr. Hills is here…”
“Really?”
“I think so. I think I saw him right there in front of the building,”
“He’s back? Why?”
“Are you sure that it’s him?”
“How can I possibly get it wrong? It’s definitely Ace Hills…”
The random phrases that floated in the air as I made my way toward the front entrance of the building confirmed that I was right about Ace’s arrival. He definitely chose to come at the worst of times. The end of the workday meant that the lobby was crowded and so was the front of the building with people exiting the building on their way to return home from work.
I squeezed through the crowd of people while feeling slightly frustrated that I couldn’t get to Ace any faster. When I saw the exit in sight, I spotted a very bright red sports car that immediately captured my attention. I knew without any signs of doubt that it was Ace’s car. It wasn’t a car that I had seen before, and it was definitely much flashier than the other cars that I’ve seen him use to commute to and from work.
“I guess he’s really not here for work…” I muttered to myself.
By the time that I managed to exit the building, a reasonably large crowd had already gathered in front of the building as everyone stood to watch Ace. Ace smiled and his eyes lit up the moment that he saw me. The way he leaned casually against his sports car made it seem like he was here for a holiday. Unlike his usual business suit, Ace was dressed casually in a white shirt and a pair of simple blue jeans. His casual and effortless way of dressing did not dampen his attractiveness.
“Rina!” he called out to me with a bright smile on his face.
“Ace…” I murmured while feeling extremely aware that everyone’s attention had shifted to me.
I approached him while feeling quite mindful of the stares that seemed to pierce through my body. It felt strange for people to be watching us like this and I started to feel slightly anxious. Ace continued smiling at me before he turned and opened the door of his car.
“This is for you,” he declared as he shoved a large bouquet of bright red roses my way.
The bouquet was so large that I wondered for a moment how it could have fit in the car and how I hadn’t noticed it right away. I could hear the murmurs and gasped of shock that erupted from the crowd that surrounded us. My body seemed to have frozen on the spot as my eyes widened in shock as well. I was probably as surprised as the other people were that Ace was suddenly offering me flowers. I would say that Ace is a pretty romantic guy; however, I wondered if he realized that what he was doing was going to bring us a lot of trouble.
“What are you doing?” I hissed as I glared at him.
“Giving my girlfriend flowers because she seemed to have had a tough day at work. Don’t you like it?” Ace replied before smiling innocently at me.
“That’s not the point. Why are you doing this?” I asked as I began looking around anxiously.
It was already too late to erase what had happened from everyone’s memories because they had already seen it. To make matters worse, many people in the crowd held up their phones and I knew without a doubt that they were snapping photos of what was going on or taking videos of us.
“Why not?” he replied with an innocent-sounding question.
I couldn’t believe that Ace was doing this without knowing where this would lead us. Everything that he was doing was going to invite trouble and I bet that he knew that well enough. That was why I was so confused as to why he was doing something like this.
“Let’s just go…” I said as I took the overly large bouquet of flowers from his hands.
“Where do you want to go out for dinner?” he asked with a smile.
“Anywhere is fine. Let’s get out of here. We’re attracting so much attention,” I hissed at him before glaring at him accusingly.
Despite how worried I was, Ace just chuckled carefreely despite the dire situation that we were in. Ace opened the door for me and bowed jokingly as he gestured for me to get into the car. I rolled my eyes at him but didn’t want to say anything more because it would just delay our departure and I couldn’t wait to get out of there so that I could get away from all the prying eyes that were staring our way.
I was so relieved when we got into the car and Ace began driving. A loud sigh escaped my lips and I just wanted to hide away from the world. Although I knew that what Ace just did wasn’t technically wrong, it still felt extremely embarrassing. I never imagined that such a romantic scene like that would occur to me in public with so many spectators watching on. I didn’t even dare look back at the crowd that had gathered in front of the office building.
“Why did you have to do something like that?” I asked before heaving another sigh.
“Something like what?” Ace replied to me with a question of his own.
“You already know what I’m talking about. What is up with this super big bouquet?” I asked as I stared down at the countless roses that now rested on my lap.
“I told you already that there’s a right time for everything,” Ace said while keeping his eyes on the road.
Thankfully the traffic wasn’t too bad and that meant that we could get far away from the office in no time at all. I wondered how long it would take for all those photos that people took of us to appear on social media and create a buzz.
--To be continued…
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