“Ace…” I called his name softly as I stood at his side. “What is it?” he asked but without much interest. “Thank you for working so hard for us…” I said softly but clearly. Ace turned to stare directly into my face before he smiled a little at me. Slowly his hand reached out and soon I felt its warmth against my cheek. He softly stroked my cheek with the pad of his thumb, and I smiled back in response. “Umm…I’ll head back to bed now…” I mumbled softly as I felt heat rise to my cheek. His loving caress made so much warmth flood my face and my chest. … Despite my wish to spend an entire day or more submerging myself in Ace’s past works in the company’s archive, I never got around to it. Work was crazy and Jeremy was ruthless in his revision of the storyboard. The fact that we were

