ONE YEAR LATER"Bruce Andrew Ace, the son of late Astor Ace, just got a new mansion on DennVille worth 9.7billion USD. The mansion, named Ace mansion, is currently the most expensive home ever. The question is, would the most expensive house on Earth get occupied by just one person. Bruce Andrew Ace is an eligible bachelor. No one has seen his face since he wears a mask all the time just like his father used to, but one can tell that he is handsome, rich, powerful but no woman has gotten near him since his wife's disappearance because he would not let them too. He—"The T. V. was switched off.Mr. Archibald, who had switched it off, dropped the remote. He took a seat and crossed his legs. "You're everywhere. On phones, T. Vs, the radio. It is worse than I had imagined it to be."Bruce rolled his eyes. He was wearing a Cavalier Rockefeller Vanquish II suit. He had a frown on, an expression that remained since Jade's departure. "They would eventually get tired and stop talking about me.

Bruce frowned.He hated that voice. It came from a woman that contributed to the hatred he had for women."Bruce." The lady was closer to him. As she spoke, he could feel her breath on his neck. "You're the one, right? Can you please turn around so I can confirm if—""Get lost," Bruce chipped in."I know I have wronged you, but please forgive me. At least, I would feel less guilty if you do.""You deserve something worse than a guilty conscience." Bruce turned around and faced her. "Claire, you deserve every bit of the treatment you got from that animal in the form of a man."Bruce turned away from her and continued walking."I know that I do, but can you please forgive me?" Claire asked, tailing behind him."Go back to Cole. Stop disturbing my life," Bruce snarled."The Fulton?" Claire scoffed. "He turned out to be a really big jerk. He was however a big jerk at first anyways. I was just desperate and

"Take a look at who you're referring to as Bruce Ace. Whenever he comes to work here, he works like an elephant and eats like an ant. His allowance is small compared to how hard he works. Why would Astor Ace's son work that hard when he has more than enough money? I thought you all refer to him as a nobody. How can a nobody be Astor Ace's son?"Bruce turned to see who was talking— it was Claire. He frowned when he saw that like yesterday, she was carrying a food basket."The woman who is crazy enough to be obsessed with Jade Fulton's useless ex-husband is right," a co-worker of Bruce said, then she eyed Bruce Ace from head to toe. "Take a look at him. Nothing about him suggests that he is rich. He got a fairly good job despite how much he does not deserve it but he still looks like a houseboy. Some people are not just meant to have money and those people are people like Bruce.""Yes," another co-worker agreed. "The similarities must have been a coincidence.Bruce heaved a sigh of reli

"I'm B. A. Ace. Yes, Bruce Ace, Jade's ex-husband is B. A. Ace." "Just switch it off," Mr. Archibald cried out, frowning, referring to a video of Bruce confessing his true identity to the whole world. Despite how he, Mr. Archibald tried to stop him. Bruce acted out of impulse and confessed who he was to the whole world. "That's the cringeiest revelation ever."Bruce nodded in agreement. "I used to think that my reveal would be a really big event. I never thought it would be so casual.""The responses however are not casual," Mr. Archibald pointed out. "Journalists are everywhere around. Your workers can neither leave nor come in. The situation is critical.""Those workers of mine deserve it. I pray the reporters never leave so they can starve," Bruce said nonchalantly.Archibald frowned. "Fulton's mansion which you had gotten is filled with journalists. One of them jumped into the compound through the fence despite the heavy security. The property there is not safe.""Jade deserves

"Oh, I'm bad." Bruce smirked. "Just that you don't know how bad I've become.""I just want you to find a girl. Any girl. Just make sure she gives you a child that can inherit your property.""I can adopt a child," Bruce said as a matter of fact and Mr. Archibald frowned. "It's better you have yours.""You're not the one to tell me what or what not to do.""I mean the best for you. Get married. Don't make me force you to get married.""No lady in her right senses would be willing to marry me. She would go through hell," Bruce said"Well, Hugh Steele had indicated interest in becoming your father in law. I heard his daughter feels the same and you—""Just stop." Bruce frowned. "If I ever get married, Tricia would never be part of the list. She is pure evil.""Well that makes the both of you," Mr. Archibald said, rolling his eyes.Bruce turned to him abruptly. "Thought you said I was only pretending to be bad.""You just told me you aren't. That I don't even have an idea of how bad you ar