ACE'S POV
As I drive over to Asher's house to pick Luna up, the only thing on my mind are his words. He has challenged me to make Luna mine within six months and it's barely four months to my wedding with Sophia. I know Asher all too well, he doesn't give his word in vain, if I don't have Luna and he does, it is the end for me. It will cost him nothing to file a restraining order against me the way he did with Seven. Not even the baby will be able to make us close again. Now it's certain that I have to make a choice between Luna and Sophia and it has to be quick. Nothing in my life has ever put me in this kind of tough situation.
Am I going to break the promise I made to Sophia to be with Luna? Or am I going to lose the woman my heart truly beats for and the mother of my child to be with Sophia, the woman I promised to marry, my childhood friend.
Who could have thought that a man as powerful and famous as I am would be caught up in such a predicament. Yes, this is a predicament, a crazy dilemma that is silently eating my soul away as the days go by.
Once I drive into the premises, I spot Luna standing by the door looking all gorgeous in a yellow knee-length dress and a pair of low silver sandals. She has put on some weight and it just makes her more gorgeous. Her thick coffee brown hair is all straight and falls gracefully on her back.
Totally gorgeous. Everything about her takes my breath away. She walks over to my car and before I can get out to open the door for her, she beats me to it and gets into the car. I close my door and she does the same. I try to hold her hand but she seizes it away.
Okay, that is weird. I look at her face and I notice that she is frowning. I bring my face closer to hers to kiss her but she turns her face away. I feel a sharp pain pierce through my heart as she rejects my kiss.
What could possibly be wrong?
"Babe, what's wrong?" I ask calmly with my face still close to hers and she just looks at me and turns away. I try to kiss her yet again but she pushes me away. I feel that same sharp pain fierce through my heart again, only this time, it is more painful. I don't know if I am the one who has offended her or if it's just that she woke up on the wrong side of her bed today or if it's just the hormones. Luna never gives me attitude and now that she is at it, it's freaking me out a great deal.
"Can you please strap on your seat belt so we could get going?" I ask calmly but she doesn't bulge, she just keeps frowning. I carefully lean over to her and help her strap on her seat belt and do the same with mine. She still doesn't say a word.
"Goddammit Luna, say something! Your silence is freaking me out!" I scold out of frustration as I angrily hit the car, stirring. I turn to look at her and my heart drops down in my abdomen and shatters into a million pieces when a gentle sob escapes her lips, another sob follows, then another and before I know it, she bursts into tears.
I have never been so confused in my entire life. I quickly unstrap my seatbelt and scoot closer to her.
"Babe what's wrong?" I ask worriedly and she sobs harder. I gently hold her in my arms and I'm surprised that she doesn't resist. "You know you can talk to me about it, right?" Then it clicks on my mind, maybe it's the threats Sophia has been sending to her that's making her cry. I feel rage boiling in me as I imagine how insecure she feels right now.
"Did she send you another threat message today?" I ask concerned and she looks at me surprised.
"Asher was at my office earlier today and he told me all about it. Babe, why didn't you tell me?"
"Because, because it's nothing" She said between hiccups .
"It's everything if she is threatening you. I have to know, it's not right at all"
"She's not actually threatening me okay, Alora exaggerated to Asher and Asher in turn exaggerated to you and now you are blowing things out of proportion"
"Well I have to and I won't stop. Just wait until I meet Sophia"
"Ace, she is not threatening me, she just sends texts about how I will never get you and stuff like that and she is right, I will never get you Ace" She says as she cries harder. "Sophia is only saying the truth"
"Come here honey" I hold her in my arms and she sobs harder. It breaks me completely to see her in tears and it kills me internally when I realize that it's all because of me. She is suffering like this because she loves me.
"Luna" I call and she raises her head up to look at me. "Do you trust me?" I ask and she nods.
"Then I need you to trust me when I tell you that I will fix this, I promise" I wipe her tears away and hold her in my arms so she can calm down.
I'm nothing but a confused fool.
A few days ago, I promised Sophia that I was going to marry her no matter what and now here I am, promising Luna that I'm going to fix things between us, here I am, giving her hopes.
"What if I don't want you to fix anything?"
"I can't just stay and let her keep hurting you"
"I can handle Sophia"
"I know you can, but I'm still going to talk to her, you can't change my mind about that"
"Let's just get going already"
"Are you calm now?"
"Yeah"
"So, can I get angry now?"
"What for?" she asks, surprised with a creased brow.
"For hiding this from me"
"Ugh! Because I knew you'd do exactly what you are about to do, tell Sophia and make me look like some cry baby who runs to get back up whenever she is threatened"
"Oh, now you admit that she's threatening you, right?"
"She isn't"
"You just said so"
"Oh my God, Ace just drove to the hospital already!" She scolds.
"I'm still angry with you" I say with a stern look.
"Seriously? I should be the one getting angry"
"For what exactly?"
"You spent the night with Sophia, didn't you ?" She asks naughtily and I shoot her a confused glance.
"What are you talking about?"
"Don't try to deny it, she sent me a photo of both of you in your bedroom and she had on a freaking lingerie and a matching bra!" She scolds.
"I wasn't with Sophia last night, ever since I noticed that I have fallen in love with you, I have never even slept with Sophia in the same bedroom, that was probably an old photo she sent to you."
"And I should believe you because?"
"Because I'm telling the truth. Luna you know I will never lie to you" I say from the depth of my heart looking at her straight in the eyeball and suddenly she starts pouting her lips. I am fighting my urge to capture those lips of hers right now and kiss her passionately.
"So, you mean you didn't spend the night with her?" She asks with searching eyes.
"I did not" I deny and she smiles. Without warning, I slam my lips against hers and kiss her fiercely, I triumph internally when she kisses me back and we have the hottest five minute make-up session I have ever had in my entire life.
For Christ's sake Luna, where have you been all this while? Why are you only showing up now? Like I would have married you a long time ago and we wouldn't be in this situation.
When we break the kiss, we are both panting and gasping for breath. I could do this with her all day and night. I can't even begin to imagine what I will do to her at night. One thing for sure is that she will scream my name until she forgets hers the way she did that night we spent together.
"I love you Luna" I say as I kiss her forehead.
"I love you Ace" I smile as I strap on my seat belt, ignite the car engine and drive out of Asher's compound.