IN THE CAGE

88. WANNA HOW?

...NORMAL pov...

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If it wasn't for Indira asking her to dance in front of Callum Rashid, Ace would probably have turned down the girl's offer as soon as she opened her mouth. Unfortunately, as the owner of the party-Callum-gaze over them and invite Ace to go to the dance floor, Ace also likes to be disliked.

He still understands ethics, to be honest, and he doesn't want to attract attention by appearing on the front page of a magazine as a party destroyer.

At that time, while Ace was escorting Indira to the dance floor, the tall man occasionally glanced behind Indira. To the figure of Fawn who for God's sake, looks very adorable. Ace restrains himself from jumping towards the girl and turns her in the air, because damn it, she is in her enemy's lair. Ace ended up just staring at Fawn once in a while, gulping and screaming in his mind.

Fawn was adorable in Ace's eyes, no matter what the girl did. Just standing with a bored face, Fawn still looks more alluring than any girl who has slipped their mobile number in Ace's black suit. Damn it, they're dirtying his suit pocket with those useless notes. Ace is not interested in anyone, just so you know. No exception for the girl who was staring at him and occasionally threw away her face with obvious uneasiness.

Was Fawn nervous to be around him?

Ace recalled the first time he entered, the brown iris was running around looking left-right, avoiding Ace's glare which clearly fell towards him.

Although Fawn refused to look at him at the time, Ace was very happy to see Fawn again. Looking at his awkward attitude, seeing his shoulder expression. Ace felt his heart pounding overwhelmingly at Fawn's whereabouts across the dance floor. Staring at him, the eyes implied a subtle dislike.

He must still be mad at me, Ace thought. Not knowing the reason was because of the girl who was in his arms.

"You're being quiet, Ace. Did something happen?" Indira asked while putting her foot on. He whispered in Ace's ear. "Did you see Evan?"

"Is this your purpose for asking me to dance?" Ace chimed in with a paltry smile. "You're pathetic Indira."

"I did this for revenge. You know he hates you, right? Only with this can I make it very irritated."

"Revenge hmm?" Ace was not interested at all. He's more interested in the now-oh Fawn, why is Margot there?

"Indira," Ace looked down at Indira's face. The girl smiled widely as if Ace was her world. What a manipulative fox. Ace forced a blooming smile on his face as well. If Indira wants to play, then he will accompany the girl to perform her drama as best as possible. There is nothing wrong as long as their goal is the same, which is to make Evan Caspian fire.

"What's wrong?" ask Indira.

"I see your beloved bodyguard is back. Is that why you're being serialized now?"

"You can say it like that. He was like a brother to me. Seeing her okay, I can't be unhappy."

"Hnnn, so, do you know where he went?"

"Ah, I'd like to ask you this too..." Indira spins once before falling into Ace's deck. "Have you really not been able to find her all this time?"

Ace shrugged. Pretend stupid.

"Uh, very strange. I think Fawn's still hiding something behind me."

"What happened?"

"It's just my hunch but.., I guess, something happened during Fawn doing the task Anggara gave her. He looks so cranky. I tried to find out, but she always said she was okay."

Huh, that?

Ace bit his lower lip, although he was worried about Fawn's condition, he felt evil already smiling when he heard Indira's words. That means Fawn is still thinking about it, right? The girl was still not completely out of his grasp. There is still a chance to catch him back. Have it right. This time without ever letting go again.

"Indira..."

"Yes..."

"I'll destroy Evan Caspian."

"Are you seriously going to do that?"

"I'm telling you this information so you can save yourself early."

"Why?" indira was confused. He is not confused about Ace's goal of trying to destroy Evan, Indira does not understand why Ace treated him so well? Why was Ace trying to save him?

"Just give my bud back on your kindness all along." More precisely, because Indira has treated Fawn well and special.

"Is there no other way out of your conflict?"

 "There, if Evan Caspian manages to raise both of my parents off the ground, I might just forgive him." Ace spoke while staring at Margot and Fawn's interaction.

Something Margot said made Fawn's forehead tangle. Ace doesn't know what they're talking about, but if it's Margot, Ace knows that there's nothing his brother's doing without his previous calculations. He must have said something exaggerated until Fawn showed obvious anger.

"I think it's quite up here." Ace steps back from his dance and approaches Margot, who grins at him.

"Hello, sister. Nice dance there."

"What did you say to Fawn?" Ace scoffs at Margot with cruel glittering eyes.

"none. I just greeted him."

"You're pissing him off, Margaret!" Ace said full of emphasis. His eyes once again guerrillaaded through the crowded hall space. He's looking for Fawn, trying to find the damned girl, who's the son of a bitch who dares to touch Fawn's shoulder?

Oh, that's Indira's bodyguard? Someone from Evan's side..., what does he want from Fawn?!

"People tonight are very good at testing my patience" Ace monologued as he brushed Margot's arm off. He glanced at his brother at a glance-before it passed following Fawn who disappeared from behind the curtain.

"Ace, where are you going?" Margot tried to hold him.

"It's none of your business."

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Only when he managed to find Fawn, talk to Fawn and once again feel the smooth skin on the tip of his fingers, only then did Ace feel that all the misfortune he had tonight was nothing. He can experience the same situation over and over again if it means he can feel Fawn very close to him, can breathe the scent of the girl nearby, feel the heat of his body even though it does not last long.

Inside the unused room, after Fawn had left, Ace felt the emptiness re-spread in the chamber of his heart. He let out a long breath with a heavy pressure that hit his head again.

Receiving an apology from Fawn was a very difficult thing for Ace to get. No matter how much he lamented, in the end, what he had done at the beginning of their meeting was an unforgivable curse.

He had already desecrated Fawn, used the girl as a means of expelling her passion, scolded her, humiliated her, he will be able to write many books just about that.

Ace knows he's guilty, he doesn't deserve to live with the mistakes he's made, but somehow he still expects Fawn to look back at him. He knew the girl had the same taste for him. This is not a mere hallucination. Ace., Ace is confident that Fawn wants him as much as he wants the girl.

However, his mistakes in the past have been a hindrance in this relationship.

Also Evan Caspian, that fucker Evan Caspian!

"What do I do to get you to accept me, Fawnia?" Ace stared at the moon from the open window of the room. The night wind blew the window curtain, Ace standing nearby with his wistful eyes implying longing.

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"Veras?" It was Fawn's screech as she realized who the figure she hit. His eyes were staring at his friend with eyebrows tied with suspicion. Behind Vera, Anggara appears while weaving his tie. The man looked at Fawn with a pair of smudging eyes.

"Fawn?"

"B-boss Angga.." Fawn's lips were dry. "W-what are you guys doing here..hahaha?" Fawn's laughter bloomed with its crisp.

"I.., ah," Anggara pushed Vera out of there first. Vera followed the man's orders with her eyes fixed on Fawn, full of warnings that seemed to speak: Don't tell me we know!

"Fawn," call Anggara, attracting Fawn's now red-coloured attention.

He was already able to string together what kind of relationship was established between Anggara and Vera, and that made Fawn a great embarrassment. He felt he had witnessed something very, very wrong.

"I'm just going to tell you this" Anggara said. "Forget what you see now and get back with Indira."

"Good Mr. Angga."

Fawn nodded her head deeply before running in that silent corridor. After he managed to return to the headless crowd that parted from the body, Fawn glanced at Vera who was now standing near the wall. Fawn took a wide step towards the girl with an ambiguous wide smile. Vera welcomed Fawn to the wall.

"Veraaaa,"

"Shuuush, Fawn..." Vera turned around and looked at Fawn full of warning. "Boss Ace ordered us to act like we don't know you."

"Oh?"

"I'll explain the situation later, anyway..., get back to your post before anyone gets suspicious, okay?"

"O-keii..." Fawn turned her steps willingly unwillingly. He still wants to talk to Vera, but judging the situation, he doesn't want Vera to accept Ace's rampage at home. Oh, speaking of Ace...

Fawn glanced at the passage where she disappeared earlier. Ace appeared from there with a cold expression that made people pull a step back away from him. Fawn stared at the figure with a smile.

Arcelio Hunter, what should I do to you? Fawn wondered like that with a wry smile engraved on her stiff face.

He misses Ace, to be honest.

But he couldn't find the happy ending of this bad relationship? Not after what happened.

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