The Last Laugh novel Chapter 57

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Heather's POV:

"I'm just kidding, Shirley!" I laughed at her.

"Hum!"

"But he's a real darling," I looked at the pictures we took. Shirley looked at them too.

"He's a hottie, too. Wow. Seems like y'all really had a good time. Oh gosh, look at your smile! I feel jealous!" she pouted and I giggled.

"You look forward to hanging out with him again?"

"I don't know yet. But we'll surely hang out again."

"I know right."

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Ace's POV:

"The smile on your face is priceless, dude!" Keith told me that night.

"I know. We really had a good time."

"You really love Heather, huh?"

"I've always had! The more I spend time with her the more she drives me crazy!" I said, running my fingers through my hair, "Just look at this picture."

I showed him the picture I'd clicked of her.

"Boy, she's hot."

"I know. And plus this, she has a great personality. I might not resist for long."

Keith smirked.

"She's got you trapped," he mused.

"Completely trapped. I need her love and I'll get it. For the moment, she doesn't want any relationship. That might make things a little hard for me."

He put a hand on my shoulder.

"Hard? It won't be for you. You are Sheridan, pal."

"But she isn't supposed to know that until I'm done with my revenge."

"She doesn't need to know. She will find herself automatically falling for you, bro. Y'all are meant for each other. You just have to use the right approaches."

I looked at him.

"You're right."

"Voilà."

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Heather's POV:

On Monday, I reached the office on time. I headed for the elevator and waited. When it got open, there were a lot of people inside. It was a little congested.

I noticed a distracted Ace at the back, manipulating his phone. I got in and went to stand in front of him.

Ace's POV:

Someone stood in front of me and I recognised the sweet perfume. Heather. I looked at her, though she had her back to me.

I leaned in and whispered in her ear, so the other employees wouldn't try to listen. I did that discreetly.

"Good morning, baby girl."

I could tell she smiled.

"Good morning, daddy," she teased.

"Daddy, huh?"

"Yup."

I leaned back and smiled to myself.

We were silent and all patiently waited to reach our floors.

At a point, the elevator door opened and two more people came in. It reminded of the first time Heather and I were in that same situation.

Heather's POV:

As two more people came in, to my surprise, Ace held my waist and pulled me to him.

"You might wanna step back a little to make space for those two," he whispered in my ear.

My mouth dropped open in amusement and I playful hit his hands off my waist.

"Yeah, right. Smart guy," I teased and took a step ahead. I heard a low chuckle from him.

"Can't blame me for trying."

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Ace's POV:

The sales of the company's products were slowly and gradually declining. Mother witch hadn't noticed it yet though. Everything was going as planned. She was going to be absent for a week. Apparently she had to travel for some sort of business.

As for Sawyer, I think she was too ashamed of herself to even come to my office again. Good. That gave me a break from her nonsense.

Lunch time arrived. I was planning to go out. I grabbed my car keys and left the office. Guess who I met in the hallway.

Sawyer.

"Good morning, Ace," she said slowly. She now made herself rare because the news had gone round about she and Kevin.

"Hi, Sawyer."

"How are you?" she asked nervously.

"I'm okay."

"Um, okay. I–" she was to about say something else when Heather showed up, totally ignoring her.

"You going for lunch, Ace?" she asked.