Chapter 134
Bella
I kept the news of going to England to myself, even when Ilya called for our usual check-in. It wasn’t easy to keep things from him, but I knew the moment I mentioned anything about this trip, Maya would find out, and if Maya knew, she would immediately know what I was up to. It wasn’t just about the job, after all. No, it was about Ace. Since agreeing to be part of the team for the UK deal, my mind had been stuck on one thing—him.
It was a long shot, maybe the longest one I’ve ever taken. I had no clue where Ace could be, no real leads, and no reason to believe he would even want to see me if I did find him. But if life was handing me a tiny sliver of opportunity, I was going to take it. For two years after he left, I clung to the hope that he would come back, that I
