Chapter 18: Shocked
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Claire
It was footage of Joe. Live footage of him going somewhere in his car.
“W-What are you trying to do… Ace?” I asked him, while my eyes were fixed on Joe.
“It is clear, Claire. I want you to know that you have every reason to do as I say.”
“Are you blackmailing me?” I looked at him.
“Yes.”
I sighed at his bluntness. “Why are you even doing this? Why me?”
He bent towards me and smirked. “I wish I knew baby.” he left a kiss on my cheek and went behind me. I turned around to look at him. He faced away from the crowd of his people in the hall below us and said in a cold voice, “So what’s your decision?”
“Do I have a choice?”
“Yes, you do, baby. I never force people, you see. Either you can agree to me and lead a happy life with your brother safe and sound or you can disagree with me and put your brother in danger.”
“That’s--that’s not a choice.” I stuttered.
“It is what it is.” he turned back to me. “I want your decision now.”
“I…” there was no way I was gonna put Joe in danger. But this was pure blackmailing!
“Yes?”
“I… will agree…”
“That’s like my girl.” He smirked and went to address the crowd again. “I want you all to know that she is my girlfriend. Now you can stop following Joe and leave him alone.”
I heaved a sigh of relief on the latter part however the first part made me shiver. Then he took my hand and went downstairs. We went past the hall and then to another room.
“Where are we?” I asked him and got out of his hold. He looked at my hand and sighed.
“Nowhere, school.”
I hesitated but nodded. He then took me past that room too and we reached out of the building. He suddenly wrapped a cloth around my eyes. “W-what--”
“You can’t see where we are.” He whispered in my ears. “Now follow me.”
He took my hand. My heartbeat was raised as I was scared, but I didn’t have any choice but to follow him.
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Ace
I took her hand and made her follow me to my car. She looked so cute.
When we reached my car, I opened the door. “This is my car. Get in.”
“Huh? How do I get in? Open my blindfold at least now!”
I looked at her and looked around. Then I got an idea and picked her up. “WHAT IN THE--”
I put her in the passenger’s seat. “Sit tight.”
She looked down and I saw her cheeks get a little red. I smirked as I sat in the driver’s seat and started driving.
“Will you not untie this cloth?” She asked me after a few minutes.
“Oh sorry,” I leaned down and opened the blindfold. She took a deep breath and opened her eyes. Then she looked around.
“How far is the school?”
“Just a minute.”
The car stopped in front of our school. I got out and went to her side to open it. “We’re so late!” She exclaimed.
“I don’t care,” I said and took her hand. “Just do as I say and none will care.”
She nodded slowly. I continued to the guards standing at the entrance to the school. We were fifteen minutes late.
“Why are you so late?” One of them asked us. I smirked.
“I am Ace Perez. I guess you know who I am?”
He looked at me carefully. “Ace Perez? Son of James Perez?”
“Yes.”
He nodded. “Oh okay… and what about her? Who is she? She also looks related.”
“She is not. She is my girl.”
“Oh oh-- okay.”
“Open the gate now.”
Claire looked quite scared right now, leaving me wondering if something was wrong. The guards opened up the gate and we entered the school.
“Just tell everyone that we had to talk to the principal for something so we came to the class late,” I said to her and walked with her into the class.
She looked really scared. She is so weird?
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