The Unstoppable Comeback Of the Unrivaled Ex-Wife-Chapter 371 - 367

After a long pause, a strange atmosphere appeared in the room.

"So... You’re saying that Alice wasn’t pregnant with your child, and you guys were not in that kind of relationship?"

Joanna was flabbergasted. After a pause, she finally found her voice.

She had imagined all kinds of possibilities, trying to figure out why Ace was so loyal to such a pretentious b*tch like Alice. However, she never imagined that would be the reason.

Ace held his forehead as his handsome face turned aloof. He was rendered speechless and helpless at the same time.

"Do you think I would fall for a woman like Alice, given my taste?"

He returned the question.

"How would I know what time of woman you like?"

Joanna crossed her arms across her chest and said in a peculiar manner, "In short, don’t men like such feeble, beautiful, innocent, and pretentious b*tch? Can you control yourself the moment she starts flirting in front of you?"

"Stop it."

He then continued solemnly, "It’s unsuited to describe Alice as such."

His retort filled her with inexplicable joy, so she found it hard to suppress her laughter.

She tried her best to suppress her laughter and pretended to say expressionlessly, "Ahem, so tell me— how should we be describing Alice?"

Ace frowned and tried his best to ponder over it. After a good while, he answered seriously, "Well, she’s weak but too scheming."

Joanna’s face turned cold, and suddenly, a sense of pathetic and sarcastic feeling washed over her. She then snorted, "Well, it seems like you’re well aware of it. You have long learned about her character, don’t you?"

"She has her difficulties. My brother said that her early years were filled with a lot of unhappiness."

Ace’s gaze turned cold and indifferent.

However, he always felt that he had some kind of responsibility toward Alice because of Tristan.

She was just greedy, but it seemed logical when it came to the environment she grew up in.

It was human instinct to want to survive and lead a better life.

Alice always pretended to be weak while plotting against others. However, she really just wanted to lead a better life.

Besides, he had promised his brother to take good care of Alice. At least, he had to ensure that she was well provided for the rest of her life.

Unfortunately... he failed to do that.

"Ha! Ha! Ha! It’s hilarious!"

Joanna laughed in a slightly exaggerated manner, but her eyes turned slightly red in the meantime.

She stared at the tall and sturdy man in front of her as if she was looking at a clown and felt nothing but disgust.

"Ace, you’re so considerate. Everyone has their difficulties, and everyone is unlucky, but I’m the only one who is not pitiful. I deserved to be forced to get a divorce. It was right and reasonable for me to be misunderstood and humiliated. And even my kids deserve to suffer that kind of pain with me!"

"I didn’t mean that."

"Humph! I don’t know if you meant that or not, but you always condemned and hurt me just to protect that woman. I finally understand why Alice was so crazy...

"Of course, she dared to do any illegal things with such a great supporter like you. What’s more, it’s merely hurting my kids and me."

"Calm down."

"I can’t keep f*cking calm!"

Joanna vented out all the pain that she had suppressed for more than four years. She even challenged him. "You’d better protect your pretentious b*tch well. Don’t let me get her. If not, I’ll make her very miserable!"

Joanna was fuming with anger.

Sure, she hated Alice, but she hated Ace even more.

The sorry state she was in was the result of his tolerance and compassion toward Alice. That was also the reason her children were deprived of paternal love from the moment they were born, unlike the ones in other ordinary families.

"You mustn’t do anything to her."

Ace spoke in a low voice filled with cockiness. He said gradually, "She’s been punished, so you should stop."

"Should I stop just because you said so? What about the pain my kids and I had to suffer? Why should I be generous and tolerant?"

She was never a tolerant person, to begin with. If they bullied her, she would only teach them a harder lesson.

If she were not pregnant and eager to leave the city for Sun Island, she would’ve never let that pretentious b*tch off the hook.

"I can’t change the past, but from now... I’ll make it up to you and the kids."

He glued a firm gaze on her face. "We can make a fresh start. I believe that we’ll have a happy future."

"Who wants a future with you? There’s no future between us. It’ll only be a life-and-death struggle!"

Joanna refused Ace again.

Once there was a crack in a vase, it was destined to end up shattered—in tragedy. It was not something that could be fixed on the fly.

She could not convince herself to play along with a man she hated for the sake of the children. She did not want to relive the seemingly bright but cold life.

What she wanted was simple and ordinary family life, having a mutual love with her partner. It was just like... what she had with Mr. Q.

"Is that what you think?"

A tinge of unnoticeable pain crept up his handsome face. His gaze turned cold, and he became more perilous as he made an ultimatum.

"If that’s the case, I’ll give you two choices...

"One, marry me, and our family of four will lead a good life.

"Two, let me have custody of the kids, and you disappear from their lives."

Joanna noticed that he was being serious. It was not an empty threat.

She sneered and said, "I’m sorry. I’ll just pick the third choice."

"What do you mean?"

"The third choice is I’ll marry the man who is suitable for me. We’ll be the family of four that will make me happy."

Ace’s gaze turned gloomy. He felt like strangling her to death. "Well, Joanna, you’re really something. You sure know how to make me hate you!"

"Haven’t you always hated me? So, what if you hate me a little more?"

"Fine. Today, I’ll make you pay the price for your stupidity!"

After that, he opened the door to leave.

However, he saw the two children at the door, staring at him fiercely.

Especially Adie. He regarded Ace as a criminal. With his hands on his waist, he interrogated, "Bad guy, where are you going?"

Ace was already fuming with anger. At that moment, his fury grew.

He looked down at Adie and asked in answer, "Do you know who am I to you, kids?"

Adie snorted disdainfully and raised his chin high. His behavior was an uncanny copy of Ace’s— overbearing and condescending. "Of course. You’re our bad daddy who hurt our mommy. My sister and I share half your genes."

"You guys know?"

Ace was slightly stunned. There were a lot of things that he couldn’t figure out too.

"Since you know I’m your daddy, why did you trick me like this? Did your mommy teach you that?"