The Unstoppable Comeback Of the Unrivaled Ex-Wife-Chapter 353 - 349

"Yeah, maybe." Joanna didn’t deny it either. Thinking back, despite having been married to the man for so many years, despite expressing every ounce of love she had for him, she’d never really tried putting her ego aside to make him stay either.

She had been willing to give up everything for him, but she had let him go as soon as he brought it up. She didn’t bother to try to save the relationship and even left before he could leave her...

She couldn’t help but wonder if things would’ve been different for them if she had just done something back then.

As time passed, the clock soon struck 3 AM, which was usually when the human body felt most exhausted.

Joanna was starting to feel drowsy, and her movements were slowing down. However, she knew that she couldn’t sleep now, as she wanted to get the Rainbow Glaze. She simply had to finish this project before dawn arrived.

"I’m getting sleepy." Ace stretched as he looked at the Lego set that was only partially complete. He turned to the woman and said, "We’re not going to finish it anyway, so why don’t you get some shut eye?"

Joanna bit down on her tongue so that she could stay awake. "You can go ahead and sleep if you’re tired. I can finish this on my own. I just hope you can keep your promise and not play any tricks this time!"

"Are you sure you can do this on your own?" Ace smirked. "Normally it’d take at least half a month to finish building something like this."

"Well, I’m not the average person, so I don’t need that much time," Joanna said in a determined and arrogant tone.

Noticing the woman’s fatigued eyes, Ace sighed. "I’m being serious, you can go get some rest first. I’ll give you the Rainbow Glaze later."

"There’s no need for that!" Joanna’s movements quickened as she responded, "We made a deal, so I have to keep my word. I don’t need your pity."

"Fine then, I’m going to bed." This was the first time Ace had ever seen Joanna’s sheer stubbornness. Hence, he decided not to say anything else and headed to the bathroom within the master bedroom.

Once he was done with showering, he noticed Joanna curled up on the floor sleeping, still holding some blocks in her hands.

"Oh, Joanna Pierce, you sure do talk big." Ace chuckled as he stared at the woman, his gaze softening. Barefooted, he quietly approached the woman and picked her up bridal style.

Joanna was simply fatigued, as she had been pulling quite a few all-nighters. She clung to the man with both her arms wrapped around her neck, drifting in and out of sleep.

Ace lowered his head, looking at the woman fast asleep in his arms, and a wave of affection overwhelmed him. He was usually a hostile person, and disliked being too close to anyone. However, he couldn’t help but wish this moment would last a little longer, so that he didn’t have to break away from her soft embrace...

"What kind of spell is this, woman? How do you always make me look past my principles time and time again?" He murmured as he placed her on the bed, gently brushing the hair out of her face.

Suddenly, he realized what he was doing, and was about to get up to leave.

At that moment, Joanna hugged his waist tightly and refused to let go. She mumbled under her breath, "You can’t leave, I wanna hug."

It was already afternoon when Joanna woke up the next day. She was on a soft large bed that had a relaxing fragrance emanating from its sheets. She soon realized that it was Ace’s unique scent.

It was said that a person could identify the scent of someone they loved very much; it wasn’t the smell of their perfume, but the scent coming from within their very souls. It was likely that Ace was considered somewhat important in her heart, which was why Joanna could still recognize his unique scent.

"Damn it!" Joanna jumped up from the bed as soon as she realized where she was, the shock waking her up in an instant. She was the only one left in the room at the time, as Ace seemed to have gone off somewhere already.

"Ugh, how could I have fallen asleep?" Joanna slapped herself on the forehead, frustrated that she hadn’t finished building the Lego set. Furthermore, she just had to end up sleeping in Ace’s bed.

She could only imagine how Ace would humiliate her because of this. Not only would she not get the Rainbow Glaze, she had given the man another opportunity to humiliate her.

’I really messed up...’ Joanna thought miserably and shook her head.

Within just a few minutes, she tidied up and got out of bed. She then noticed the completed version of the X2 spaceship being displayed on the glass shelf, which made her gawk in disbelief.

"Oh my god, it’s finished! Did that guy use some sort of dark magic? This is insane!" Joanna remembered that she barely had one-third of it assembled, and the rest of the blocks had been scattered everywhere. It was simply unthinkable that he had done this alone.

She then thought to herself, ’Didn’t Moran go to bed right after he showered? Did he just randomly wake up in the middle of the night to continue building this thing? There’s no way he’d pull an all-nighter to finish this though. He’d be risking not getting enough sleep, and he’d be letting me win. What does he get out of this then?’

Joanna was perplexed, but didn’t want to think about it anymore. ’Ah, whatever, it’s done anyway, so Moran has to keep his end of the deal and hand over the Rainbow Glaze. He said he was a man of his word after all!’

As she continued pondering, Joanna took her phone out, so that she could ask the man to give her what he promised. However, before she could dial his number, Ace’s bedroom door swung open.

"Joanna, you’re up." The person who entered was Timothy, Ace’s grandfather.

"Uhm, G-Grandpa Timothy!" Joanna’s gaze darted to the ground, feeling so awkward that her entire body tensed up.

She hoped the old man wouldn’t misunderstand her relationship with Ace, but it would be quite hard not to, especially after seeing her getting out of his bed.

Timothy looked the woman up and down with a serene and knowing smile. "Was that punk rough on you last night, dear?"

"Nope!"