ACE



Gina still didn't say a word until he accompanied her to her boarding house. She let him inside the house and when he passed the door, he noticed that there was cracked.



"What happened here?" he asked Gina as he pointed to the cracked door.



"Brando's men do that."



He inspected the splintered wood and let himself calm down first. If only he could have reached out to Brando's men to sweep Gina away. He knows that only Brando has a plan for this, and based on his track record, he won't just give up if this man likes someone.



If he only knew that Gina needed him at that time.



"Mr. Nicolas probably won't be able to hurt you." he said to Gina. Because he can't show that he is worried for the girl. For now, he must first control his temper with that man, knowing that anger would defeat his purpose. "I don't think he will hurt you."



"Did you know that Mr. Nicolas forced 

GINA



She was dumbfounded by what Ace said. What? He will marry me? She felt the blood drain from her face, while she couldn't move her mouth to answer Ace.



"We're not going to be in the same room," Ace assured her. "We need to ensure your security because as long as you're married to me, I can protect you."



"Protect," she repeated the last thing Ace told her.



"As far as I know, Brando has his own code of ethics. He won't touch another man's wife and another man's leaving, because for him -'What's him is only for him' - even though he left his wife then."



"He's already married?" she was in shock.



"Before, but now he's a widower."



"What happened to his wife, Ace?"



"His wife was killed."



"How?" she suddenly asked Ace and thought of it before she could speak again. "How did you find out about them?"



"It's my job to find out about him. I mean, it's my job to find

GINA



She could almost see the whole Metro Manila when they reached the rooftop of the hotel. They were now at the elegant restaurant where Brando had brought her. She appreciates the place because of its romantic ambiance, but she would still prefer to escape that place.



"Gina?"



"Gina?"



Reluctantly, she faced Brando who seemed to be losing his appetite. When she sees Brando, it seems like he will soon lose his patience with her because of her lack of interest in the man in front of her.



"Gina, I'll give you everything you want, I'll put you in the mansion where you'll live like a princess, and I'll also give you unlimited access to my credit cards, if you'll just agree to be my wife."



She became uneasy by what Brando offered her, especially to be his wife. Yes, she wants to get married but not to the man she doesn't love. She looked at the waitresses who served because 

ACE



Gina still didn't say a word until he accompanied her to her boarding house. She let him inside the house and when he passed the door, he noticed that there was cracked.



"What happened here?" he asked Gina as he pointed to the cracked door.



"Brando's men do that."



He inspected the splintered wood and let himself calm down first. If only he could have reached out to Brando's men to sweep Gina away. He knows that only Brando has a plan for this, and based on his track record, he won't just give up if this man likes someone.



If he only knew that Gina needed him at that time.



"Mr. Nicolas probably won't be able to hurt you." he said to Gina. Because he can't show that he is worried for the girl. For now, he must first control his temper with that man, knowing that anger would defeat his purpose. "I don't think he will hurt you."



"Did you know that Mr. Nicolas forced me to go to that place, and now you're just going to tell me he can't hurt me."



"All right, let's

Chapter 7