The Unstoppable Comeback Of the Unrivaled Ex-Wife-Chapter 522 - 510

The man’s expression stiffened. His gorgeous eyes still remained unfocused as he replied, "I wish."

"You..." Joanna felt rather helpless after noticing his pitiful appearance. She waved her hand slowly in front of his face. "Can you really not see?"

"I have no reason nor interest in pretending to be a blind man," Ace responded coldly, his elegant face plastered with visible pain.

"I’m so sorry, you’re just way too smart. I couldn’t help but doubt you. I... I’m such an idiot!" Joanna gave herself a couple of light slaps out of guilt.

Ace was quite a prideful man. He was already feeling quite depressed because of his disability, and yet he was being doubted for it regardless...

’This was no different than trampling all over his insecurities. I’m such a disgusting person!’

Ace maintained an expressionless face, still facing forward as he spoke dismissively, "So are we continuing the bet?"

Joanna bit on her lip, feeling rather uneasy. "Only if you want to."

"Then please step aside." Ace signaled, as if he had his heart set on leaving the gorge all on his own.

Joanna was silent as she lowered her head helplessly, walking behind him once again.

Since the two were unbelievably headstrong, neither of them wanted to call it quits.

In the end, Ace was able to safely exit Dragonmount relying on only his senses and strength.

At the same time, they bumped into a large rescue team, who all wore disbelief all over their faces.

"Mr. Moran, Miss Pierce, you’re... you’re okay?"

"Oh my god, how is this possible? Even professional forest rangers like us need to work in pairs, and we’re always armed on every trip down the gorge too! How did you two do it?"

"Umm, well... It’s a little complicated." Joanna felt quite awkward when faced with the barrage of questions. She had no idea how Ace did it either, and she was waiting for him to explain himself too.

"You lost." However, Ace ignored everyone else and halted, turning around to face Joanna.

"Yeah, I did." Joanna smiled sadly. "I admit defeat, and I’ll keep my end of the deal." She knew that if he was determined to return to Seraphina’s side, this wouldn’t be the last time he tried to run away. He might have been lucky enough to have come out alive this time, but there was no guarantee that it’d be the same on his next attempt.

She didn’t wish to put his life at risk anymore. She only ever wanted to help him after all.

"Sir, please have someone take him back to Seraphina Murphy." Joanna made a simple request to the head of security after thinking things through.

"Huh... Wasn’t Mr. Moran admitted here just yesterday? Why is he leaving now? Greenwood Sanatorium is one of the best sanatoriums in the world! There’s no better place for him to rejuvenate." The guard expressed confusion.

"Maybe to him, being with his beloved is much more helpful than any sanatorium out there. So... I’ll fulfill his wish," Joanna replied, her words stinging her heart with a deep pain only she knew.

"Alright, we’ll arrange the vehicle then." The guard noticed her sadness, looking at her with a sympathetic gaze. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

At that moment, Ace scowled after having been silent the whole time. "Who told you I was leaving?"

Joanna turned to the man, clearly confused. "Weren’t you risking your life just to leave? Why the sudden change of heart?"

"I just wanted to show you that none of you could stop me if I tried to leave. So, if I do stay, it would be of my own volition," Ace replied arrogantly.

"But... why?" Joanna still couldn’t understand. However, she now believed that Ace was telling the truth, he did in fact have the ability to escape this place.

’But wasn’t he missing Seraphina? Why is he so willing to stay now? This makes no sense!’

"You mentioned that I risked my life to leave, but you risked your life to save me as well. That shows that we aren’t just hospital buddies as you said..." Ace paused, then continued. "I want to know what kind of past relationship we had to have warranted your desperate efforts."

He wasn’t sure if he had lost parts of memories, but he could tell that this ’Joanna Pierce’ had played an important role in his life. Otherwise, her existence alone wouldn’t have been such an uncomfortable topic to Seraphina, and even his mother.

Since everyone else wasn’t willing to tell him the truth, he had no choice but to look for answers himself.

Joanna froze. After a moment of silence, she spoke up softly. "If you’d really like to know, then cooperate with us on your recovery. Once you regain your sight, you’ll be able to see my face. Maybe then you’d remember who I am."

"That sounds good," Ace said, displaying a genuine smile he hadn’t shown since losing his sight. "I look forward to that day."

Joanna didn’t reply, mixed emotions stirred with her chest as she thought, ’Maybe... when you do see me, you’ll realize how unworthy I am of being in your life!’

When Ace returned to the sanatorium, he no longer disobeyed orders. Hence, Margaret conducted a full body check up on him, only to leave her shaking her head and sighing repeatedly.

Joanna felt rather anxious as she stood nearby. She was worried that this might give Ace unnecessary pressure, and requested Margaret to step outside for a moment. "Margaret, how is he now? Is it possible for him to ever see again?"

Margaret seemed troubled. She wanted to say something, but stopped herself. After some struggling, she finally explained, "Miss Joan, I’ll be honest with you. His sight isn’t the biggest issue here. His pulse indicates that his condition is worsening, especially his brain. He might have suffered severe trauma, which led to the blood clot in his brain. We should first think of ways to nurse him back to health, or else he..."

Margaret couldn’t bring herself to explain further. Her diagnosis was similar to Layla’s, in that Ace was in quite a bad condition. She even made sure to spare Joanna the horrific details.

"Severe trauma? Blood clot? Then... Can we still save him?" Joanna turned pale, panicking since she merely thought Ace sustained external wounds. She had always believed that his constitution was fine, and didn’t think it’d be so severe.

"Calm down, it’s a good thing you brought him here in time. We’re not too late yet. My father, who I severed ties with, was an expert in curing blood stasis. I learned some skills from him back then, so we should let him try some medicinal tea for now."

"Once his brain has healed, his eyes might even recover along with it." Margaret patted her on the shoulder, consoling the woman gently.

"That’d be great!" Joanna sighed in relief. She was secretly happy that she was shameless enough to have kidnapped him in time. Otherwise, healing him would have become mere wishful thinking.

"But... There is still a small issue..." Margaret seemed reluctant to speak again.