Chapter 399 Teasing Demonstration

• Even if I was fine about it right now, he was right that I may not be fine with it in the future especially when the time came when I had to really see them together. I knew that he was right to be worried; however, there was no other way but for me to grow stronger so that I could take it.
• “I’ll be fine,” I said before braving a smile.
• The fact that it took so much effort for me to get those words out without letting my voice and will falter told me that I wasn’t quite ready for what was undoubtedly to come. The way Ace’s arm suddenly tightened around my waist before he drew me even closer to his side made me believe that I had failed quite miserably in fooling him that I was totally fine with Elizabeth’s plan.