The Unstoppable Comeback Of the Unrivaled Ex-Wife-Chapter 513 - 501

Seraphina immediately tried chasing Joanna away.

Ace, who was silent the entire time, furrowed his brows as he spoke frostily. "You got injured the same day I did?"

"Uhm..." Joanna froze, her expression stiff.

’Sh*t, I misspoke.’

"How did you get hurt?" The man continued questioning.

"I... I tripped and fell by accident." Joanna came up with a simple excuse and rushed out of the room.

She actually didn’t intend for him to notice her. She wanted to do as promised. She acted like she was mute and only took care of him quietly. She only wanted to see him recover fully and leave with no regrets.

However, she knew that it would now be difficult for her to hide away, especially with her previous mess up...

"She left?" Ace seemed rather disappointed.

"What? Did you not want to leave? And you just said you love me so much you wanted to marry me right away!" Seraphina huffed out of jealousy, feeling quite anxious.

She then wrapped her arms around the man’s neck and voluntarily kissed him on the lips. "She’s gone anyway, so stop thinking about her. Focus on me instead."

Ace responded to her advances, seemingly unfocused, as he no longer returned her passion. His mind lingered on that ’attendant.’

Joanna proceeded to stand guard at the kettle for four whole hours, only to have made yet another small cup of tea.

While the tea was still steaming hot, she quickly dashed back to Ace’s ward. Once again, Seraphina seemed threatened and signaled her to leave after placing the cup of tea down.

Joanna shrugged and walked in without making a sound, placing the medicine gently, and intended to leave right away.

Ace noticed the smell of medicinal tea and knew someone had come in. He immediately asked, "What is your name?"

Joanna halted, not knowing if she should respond.

"Oh she’s just an attendant, why would you need to know her name?" Seraphina intertwined her fingers with him as if trying to assert dominance. She spoke in a sickeningly sweet tone as well. "I want you to only have eyes for me."

She soon came to regret saying that, as she noticed Ace’s expression turning extremely cold, as if someone had poured salt on his wounds.

"Hah, you’re overthinking things. I’m blind. How could I have eyes for anyone?"

"I... I don’t mean it like that. Please don’t misunderstand Ace, I..." Seraphina explained. "I just care about you too much. I don’t want anyone stealing you from me."

These days, Ace had shown her nothing but pure love and affection. He never yelled at her, let alone showed her such hostility. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

She couldn’t bear seeing all his attention shift towards Joanna when all she did was bring him medicine. It was as if the man was under her spell.

"Who in their right mind would want to steal a blind man? Unless this person has other intentions from the start..." Ace said, obviously trying to test Joanna’s reaction. He then ’looked’ in her direction as if he could sense her there.

Joanna stayed quiet, not uttering a word the whole time. However, this only piqued the man’s interest further.

"Is your identity classified? Why won’t you even tell me your name?" Ace continued questioning, persistent to get an answer.

Joanna bit down on her lips. After a few moments of hesitation, she replied clearly, "No, not classified. My name is Joanna Pierce, do you know me, Mr. Moran?"

"How could you go back on your word, Pierce!" Seraphina shoved Joanna aside, visibly agitated.

She felt as if Joanna was about to snatch her precious toy, which gave her the urge to fight the woman right there and then.

"Joanna Pierce..." Ace repeated the name over and over again, trying his best to look through his memory but to no avail. His expression was cold and solemn.

Joanna was disappointed, but let out a sigh of relief. She responded lightly, "Don’t waste your energy, Mr. Moran. You definitely won’t remember anything, we don’t know each other at all. I only know of you because I was also admitted to the hospital a few days ago."

"We really don’t know each other?" Ace’s cold face was filled with doubt.

Although he had received surgery, his brain was still completely intact.

In fact, he was more sharp and intelligent than before, he refused to believe that they did not know each other.

"Yeah, I was sent to the emergency room the same time you did. And I heard from my nurse that your condition was super bad, and you might die! I nearly died too, so I was thinking if we could meet up in

the afterlife, it’d be less boring to have a companion after death..." Joanna spouted a bunch of nonsense with a serious expression.

Seraphina folded her arms, clearly annoyed. She thought to herself, ’This woman sure knows how to come up with nonsensical sh*t. How did she even manage to think of that?!’

On the other hand, Ace was absolutely focused. His eyebrows pulled together as he asked, "Then what happened? Continue on."

"So my surgery was successful, and I heard that yours was too. Seeing how we were almost afterlife buddies, I wanted to go see you. Well, you know the rest already. I’m just a good person who wishes you a speedy recovery. That’s why I brew this medicinal tea for you, it helps a lot."

After saying that, Joanna handed the man the cup. "Have some while it’s still warm. I can even guarantee you’ll start walking after three days!"

Ace took the cup, his mind still thinking about the woman’s words. He then flashed her a smile. "Afterlife buddies... I like that."

He no longer felt defensive against Joanna, and downed the entire cup in one go.

Seraphina was silent as she observed the two’s interactions, a sense of uneasiness creeping up her spine.

She took the cup from the man and gave him a considerate massage. "Now you got your answer. You have no relation to her, and she’s just a stranger to you. You don’t have to mind her that much."

"Yeah, I was indeed overthinking. I thought we had some kind of special relationship." Ace held Seraphina’s hand as he chuckled at himself, finding himself quite ridiculous for thinking otherwise.

Seeing that the man drank the medicine, Joanna’s mood improved as well, so much so that she made a joke. "Awh, is being afterlife buddies not special enough? I’m going to be sad if that’s the case, Mr. Moran."

"You’re right, friends and lovers can be found easily during our mortal lifetimes, but it’s hard to meet an afterlife buddy. So I guess, it is fate, in a way."

"Then get some rest now, buddy. I’ll serve you some more medicine tomorrow."