Chapter 32Ace's eyes narrowed in shock as he gazed at the white paper he was holding, his mouth hanging open. For the next few minutes, Ace tried to digest what he was seeing, but nothing was adding up as it was very confusing to him. How could Ann be pregnant for him?Slowly, he raised his gaze from the paper and looked at Ann who was seated in front of him."What is the meaning of this, Ann?" His heart pounded hard in his chest, causing his heart to quiver as he spoke to Ann. This couldn't be happening, at least not now that he was still in this stupid mess."What do you mean by that? You are seeing the test result. It shows that I'm pregna...""How can you be pregnant? What the fuck does that even mean, Ann?" Ace dropped the paper on the table and slammed his hand on it, getting the attention of a few people in the restaurant. He had gotten a call from Ann the previous night asking them to meet this morning and he was left with no choice but to show up because she said that it was

Chapter 34Later in the eveningAsher tossed on his bed for the umpteenth time and finally sat up. He sank his fingers into his hair frustratingly as many thoughts lingered on his mind. Why did it hurt so much when he saw her with her another man? It couldn't be that he had fallen for her, right?"That's not even something to think about. It can't be possible," He mumbled and dismissed the thoughts immediately because no way that was the case."But we already agreed that she won't..." He paused and scoffed as he rose from the bed and paced briefly. No matter how he tried to get that incident off his head, it was just so difficult to do."Why am I even bothered about that? Not that I love her, anyway," He mumbled and groaned as he sank into the bed again and ran his fingers through his hair briefly."But wait... Who was that guy?" He mumbled. Since trying to hold himself back didn't work, he finally resorted to getting this off his mind since he wasn't someone who liked being disturbed

Miguel pulled over in front of the restaurant a few minutes later, and he turned off the engine."I'm sorry, I don't think I'll be able to go with you to do delivery today... I have something to attend to," Miguel uttered with a hint of sadness in his voice as he looked at Alexa, and she nodded."It's fine. You don't have to go with me," She replied to him shyly, glad that he really cared to follow her to do the job."If I can't check on you by 3pm, I'll come and pick you up when you close," He held her hand and rubbed it gently."Hmm," She nodded. "Bye," Her voice came out in a whisper as her heart pounded hard in her chest like it was going to explode. She held the door with her other hand and was going to open it, but Miguel pulled her close and held her cheeks. He stared into her eyes for a few seconds and finally claimed her lips. Although the kiss was brief, it was a sweet moment for Alexa. Displaying of affection in public had always been one of her wishlists, and that just ca

Chapter 38Ashley Gustavo POVWaking up with heavy eyebags underneath my eyes this morning was a horrible thing to start my day, but I shouldn't expect less when I barely slept all through the night, right? The night was said to be brief, but not when you have insomnia. Yesterday was my longest night ever.I got out of bed with Asher on my mind, so I headed to his room to check on him.I stood in front of his room, contemplating whether or not I should knock on the door. This man was the same person who told me yesterday that he didn't want to see me."He didn't say that he didn't want to see you. He simply said that he wanted to be alone, and I think it's normal," My subconscious mind reminded me, but still, he should've listened to me, right? I mean, I was worried about him.I exhaled briefly and finally knocked on the door."Asher? Are you inside?" I knocked again for the fifth time when I didn't get a reply from him the first four times I knocked on the door, and just like before,

Chapter 40Ashley Gustavo POV'Meet me on the rooftop of the hospital' Came a text from Mario. I sighed briefly then stood up from the bench and turned to Mrs. Brown."Excuse me, ma'am. Duty calls. I'll check on you later," I bowed to her, and she replied to me with a smile and nod. I left for the rooftop with many thoughts running through my mind. Why did he want to see me? Does it have anything to do with what happened today?"You won't find out until you get there, Ashley," I reminded myself as I finally took the stairs that led up to the rooftop.I saw him leaning over the rail when I arrived at the rooftop, and I guess he sensed my presence because he immediately turned and faced me."You are here?" He forced a smile at me, and I nodded as I counted my steps toward him."Hmm... You asked to see me,""Yes, I did..." He paused and exhaled deeply as he tucked his hands inside his pockets while staring down at me."What happened, Ashley? Are you ok?" He asked with concern written all