Touching the Heart of Ace

??You don??t tell me anything!?? I shouted.

??Angel, it is not your...??

??I get it; I don??t get to say anything to you. What do you want from me anyways!??

Sex! That was what I was good for. Robbie did not think I was good for anything else. He bugged me again to hire a nanny. I was working too hard by changing her diapers; God! He drove me crazy. I wanted to cry so bad.

Damn it, Ace! Stop meddling into things that do not concern you.

Stupid heart for loving this stupid idiot jackass of a man!

He did not want me to know; why did it hurt so much?

??I am not in any financial crisis.??

??K!??

?? You have nothing to worry.??

??Fine.??

I stomped to my class room, locked the door and dialled Liam.

??Yo, Man! Uhh what did I do???

??What? Now I cannot call you, just because I had free time! Jeez!??

?? You do know that I??mma not the guy who peed on you, right? It was yo baby, not dis nigga.??

I snorted, accidently chuckling. ??I am not angry at you, Liam. Just...??

??Family???

I wished it was true. ??Yeah.??

I taught Liam, basic computer science and physics. His English improved considerably, and I tried very hard not to laugh at how his teacher made him sit on his knees for saying ??shit??.?? ??Stop saying shit you little shit if you still want to shit through your shithole?? was the exact words. He asked if I could afford a therapy session for him and we had a good laugh.

I thought I would be okay after that, but I hated how much it affected me. I did my whole assignment on economics, that was how disturbed I was.

Robbie picked me up the moment I was out of the classroom.

??I am not in the mood, Robbie.??

??I can change that.??

??No.??

??I love challenges.??

I did not give any emotions when he tried his best to get a reaction out of me. He sighed finally letting my feet touch the floor.

??Babe, I am not in any kind of financial crisis.??

??Do I look like I care anymore? I don??t want to know, I asked you and you asked me to mind my own business.??

??What! I never tell you to mind your own business!??

??Well, you told me it was not something for me to worry about.??

??Yeah, and you heard it as ??mind your own business????? He groaned. ??I tell that to Jason and he hears ??ooh, I need you to butt in my life every day and make me miserable, please??. You guys are real brothers.??

I opened the fridge and put my head in because I did not want to smile. But Robbie was right, the amount of ??none of your business?? Robbie threw at him was countless. It was even more funny when Jason said ??Oh, I love you too, Dipstick.?? Not joking! It really happened.

I schooled my face when I turned around to him. ??Come here, love.??

I did not bother to acknowledge that and I went to my bedroom with a lot more force to my feet than necessary.

??Love.?? He followed me trying to hug me from behind. He pulled me to the bed and tucked me under his body.

??Robbie...??

??Look at me.??

??What??? I was not amused.

He had a beautiful smile. And I had never seen his eyes sparkle like this before moving here. He loved this house so much I guessed.

??I have money.??

I turned around; staring at the wall. He did not have to lie, I heard it when he talked to someone about how he had invested in a bad business and he lost a huge chunk of money. Why was he lying to me? I had money too, I told him that. My money from the codes, the savings account I barely touched except for Liam, several matured bonds from both of my parents... I... wanted to help. Was I a stranger? I fucking lived here with him, I watched over his baby like a guard dog.

I loved her, I loved him!

Robbie fucking smiled when I told him that I could help if he was stranded. Did he not think that it would hurt me, if he pretended to be okay without telling me his problems?

He groaned and let me go. When he left the room I had this immense pain in my chest. But I was thankful I did not cry, because he came back holding his laptop. He gave it to me and asked me to enter the 14 digit password he recited.

??What is it???

??One of my accounts. That is the balance at the top. Now, do I have money???

I nodded.

??I can??t hear you, Kitten.??

Bastard! ??You have money. You are freaking rich. Happy? You could have just told me.??

??I did! You did not listen.??

I huffed and closed the laptop. He rolled me back under him when I placed it on the night stand.

??What??? I asked when he continued to stare at with googly eyes.

He leaned down and kissed me with so much emotion. That emotion had no name. I refused to believe it was closely related to love.

What was the word that described us? Fuck buddies. Yeah.

??Thank you, my precious love.?? He whispered to my ears.

??For what???

?? You were ready to give me your assets because you were worried.??

I felt something cold on my chin. The angel clasp of the chain I had gifted him.

??I don??t give you anything.??

??You give me plenty. And that is enough. I am capable of looking after you and our Princess. This is only one of accounts, Angel.??

??I heard you talking.??

??I figured. I have changed some of my accounts and I transferred almost all of it to somewhere safe. I want it to keep a secret. The rest I am linking it to you and Amelia. I cannot take risks.?? ??Robbie are you scared???

He froze, completely stilled without even breathing. His eyes drilled into mine. ??Sometimes, then I see you two together and I feel invincible.??

??Will you tell me if you cannot bear it alone???

??Angel... it is...??

??Please.?? I blinked at him, I really did not want him to suffer alone.

??I will. Only if I cannot manage without you. So, are you happy, now???

I could not reply because a pain was pushing on my throat, and Robbie was so lost in my eyes.

He leaned down slowly closing his eyes.

My heart fluttered when his thin lips brushed on my slightly plump ones. I could still not believe a man like him was this much addicted to me. But not as much as I was addicted to him.

He dragged his teeth on my lower lip and I moaned fisting on his hair. I was yearning for more and I knew it was not just my body. I wanted him as my everything, as mine only. Robbie stopped kissing, looking dazed and out of breath.

??Ace, you are so mine baby, I cannot think of not being with you, I go crazy, Angel. Do you think I am crazy? I feel so...?? His eyes were frantically skipping all over my face and finally rested on my lips again. ??Fuck.??

This kiss was so different, it was filled with hunger, lust and fear? Was was he afraid of? He bit my tongue and I was thankful, for a second I was going to scream my undying unhealthy love for him. ??Robbie... Big Baby I am here.?? I did not know what made me say that. He was behaving a bit restless ever since the visit from Janice. It was like he was afraid I would disappear from his hands if he did not remind me that I was his.

It was like the time when he touched me for the first time. Drunk out of his mind, claiming I was his. I was so scared; I had never seen Robbie like that before or after. He asked me repeatedly if I remembered about the times we spent together. Of course I did. I was hoping he would ask me to be his boyfriend, back then. He was not himself when he just rutted all over me, demanding to ??get in my head that I had no life except him.??

Just like now.

?? You are here.?? He could not believe I was here. What was he thinking, whatever it was, I did not like it.

I nodded. ??I am. Princess is sleeping in her cradle. She is here too.?? He jumped away from me, running to her room. He came back holding her to his chest, like the treasure she truly was.

He lowered her to my chest and started pacing, occasionally staring at us with wild look in his eyes.

??Robbie... sit next to us.?? I patted the bed. My heart broke when he came running with so much hope in his eyes. ??We are here.??

??Promise you will never leave me.??

??Robbie...??

??PR...?? I shut his mouth with my palm, pointing to the sleeping baby with my eyes. I leaned to his shoulder and he clutched me tight.

??So... Will you take us out???

??Yes, I will take you to wherever you want to go.??

??How about to shop for plants? I want a greenhouse.??

He nodded still staring at me with wide eyes. I rubbed his cheeks. ??Robbie... I am not going anywhere. So is she. She needs her daddy, where would she go???

??With you. If you leave, she will go with you.??

I laughed at how adorably petulant he was. ??Is it because of what mom said???

He hugged me tight enough to leave his handprint on my waist. Mom had visited a few days before. Robbie was so happy and smiled a lot until mom casually added about my dating. She said taking care of Princess was a good thing because when I started my own family it would come in handy.

Thankfully it was just before he departure or she would have heard me scream his name from the stairs. Yeah! Did not have the patience to take me to the bedroom.

My caveman.

He hugged me from behind when I got of the bed. He had to be physically attached to me or I would just poof out like smoke. Robbie was a silly baby.

I lowered my baby to the swing set I had in my bedroom.

??Help me shower??? I asked him, holding his hand.

I could not get over the way Robbie literally drooled over my body. It was not like he was not seeing it every day.

??Do you think we should buy bonsai trees? I love how adorable they are. What do you

think???

I leaned to his hard chest, enjoying our rainfall shower, frequently checking on the monitor to watch baby girl sleeping.

??Whatever you want sweetheart. We need to buy Chrysanthemums though.??

They were my favourite flowers. I loved sunflowers too but I had to ask the florists if they would thrive here.

??I did not know you loved Chrysanthemums.??

??I don??t. But you do. That is the first flower I ever got you. You were so happy and kissed it before hugging me. You said if you could carry a flower pot everywhere you went, you would have Chrysanthemums. Then you said you were happy sunflowers were not there to hear you saying that because you loved them too.??

So he got me sunflowers the next time. It was long before I figured out my crush for him; long before I noticed how devilishly handsome he was. How did he remember all this? I remembered him bringing me the flower but what I said was lost on me.

??You made me the happiest man on earth when you took it to your bedroom.?? I turned around in his arms, my heart melting when I saw how fondly he was remembering what I said.

He leaned down to kiss me on my forehead. ??When I build a home for you, I will make you a Chrysanthemum garden, so you can look at it when you wake up in the morning.??

My heart jumped at his words with hope. This was the second time he was talking about building me a home. And this time I could not stop myself from dreaming. Of having a home just for ourselves. My Princess, My Robbie, My home, My chrysanthemums.

I poured myself in the kiss that followed his statement. Sealing a deal with a kiss. Was it real?

I heard Princess crying and then watched her flailing her arms in the monitor.

We both chuckled at how angry she sounded. ??Take us shopping, daddy, it is getting late.?? I left his arms and went to calm down an angry Princess.

She was such a diva.

Jason brought her a Jumping Frog toy. Well thousands of toys but there was a Jumping Frog in it. She loved all the animals, from a Waddling Penguin to a Crouching Tiger but when it came to Jumping Frog, she screamed murder.

I thought it was warranted to be scared when a sitting thing jumped a foot up in the air. Robbie came home right on cue and she cried harder making grabby hands.

Robbie was worried and confused but he was not getting what the fuss was about.

??Well, it is a frog, it is supposed to jump. You should cry if your frog does not jump, baby, that means it is dead, at least its battery is, if it is a toy. Either way it makes sense if you cry then. So, why are you crying now???

Princess stopped crying at his explanation, as Jason and I blinked at Robbie. Was he for real? At least Jason agreed to my decision of staying here to take care of her.

But the funniest thing was how exasperated baby girl was because of her daddy.

She threw her head back in utter defeat and ??fell?? on Robbie??s chest with a deep sigh.

Yup! 100% Diva Style.

I giggled at the spoiled little princess who glared at me for not being there when she woke up. ??Daddy is taking us out to buy us plants.?? She cooed, all her anger forgotten.

She was a happy baby; it did not take much to make her smile.

And it was a happy day, with us buying all my favourite plants and bonsai trees. They said they would send people to set up the greenhouse and deliver our new members of our family. Poko would be happy too. He was all alone on top of the fridge, afraid of baby girl because she tried to chew on his leaves.

Robbie even bought some plants just because Lia pointed her tiny arms to some colourful flowers on the plants.

He had to leave us for a couple of hours after taking us back home because of some urgent meeting at office. I hated it when happened. I almost felt bad for attending that call on his phone. Should have left it ringing. Sigh.

Amelia did fight me to go to sleep without her daddy. I was ??dancing?? with her on my hip but she was missing him, I could tell. It was almost dinner time and she knew it was time to stop us from eating anything. She was annoyed because she could not yank on our noodles or drool on or soups.

I ran to Robbie when he came through the door. ??Oh thank God you are here. Sing us a lullaby daddy.??

He picked her up from me after throwing all his clothes in general direction right in the living room.

??Robbie!??

I almost rolled my eyes when he walked around just in his boxers making me pick his clothes from the floor.

Lia was drowsily sucking on her fist when I got back. I leaned on Robbie??s shoulder exhausted. ??I should have taken music lessons. Why did I think of dance then???

??She loves your dance most. She watches you when you dance around while cooking, almost jiggling herself to your movements.??

??She does??? I did not know that! I kissed her chubby cheek.

??She stops when you look. It is funny to watch. I have some videos of that, wanna see???

I did not reply as I ran to bring him, his phone. He muted his phone before playing the video. It was true!!!

She stopped right when I turned around and started when I went back to cooking.

I was going to say, how adorable it was when the doorbell went off. Robbie frowned; handed me the sleepy baby and slipped on the sweatpants I left for him on the couch.

Who might that be?

Jason had key to this place. Who else, at this time of the night?

I froze when Janice came in holding a suitcase.

??What are you doing here??? Robbie asked in surprise. I did not think it was a happy surprise from his voice.

??Why do you think? Is that the baby? Oh she is so cute.?? Janice poked Lia on her cheek.

Baby started crying the moment she felt the touch.