The Unstoppable Comeback Of the Unrivaled Ex-Wife-Chapter 541 - 529

Ace pondered deeply as he watched the slender woman run off. ’Why does this stranger... feel so familiar to me?’

"Do you know each other?" The vendor wrapped the mug up nicely and handed it to Ace, seemingly curious.

"No." Ace shook his head with absolute certainty.

"Why do I feel like you two have known each other for quite a long time? It’s like you’ve had an interesting past with each other." The vendor smiled mysteriously.

"Why do you say this? Do you know her?" Ace turned around and stared at the vendor curiously.

"Everyone in this town knows Joan. She’s a very strong woman..." The vendor looked heartbroken as he was reminded of the first time he met Joanna.

That day, Banrea was struck by a heavy downpour. On the bumpy roads of the town, she was pushing a man in a wheelchair, desperately asking for help as she was drenched in the rain. It seemed that their car had broken down, and she desperately needed someone to give them a ride.

It was simply unforgettable to see a woman like her taking care of a crippled, blind man.

"What then?" Ace was intrigued, hoping that the vendor could continue explaining.

Just then, Seraphina ran over to him from the other side of the marketplace.

"Oh darling, where did you run off to? I’ve been looking all over for you?" She leaped into the man’s embrace like a spoiled little princess, interlocking her arms with his. "There’s this famous cafe up ahead. Let’s go! Come try it out with me!"

"I bought you a mug." Ace handed the black and white mug to her. "Didn’t you say you were a clean freak? You can use this mug for coffee."

"Oh my god! It’s so pretty! I love it so much. You’re the best!" Seraphina hugged and kissed him repeatedly. She appeared as though she was about to melt from all this sweetness.

The past six months were pure bliss, so much so that it almost seemed unreal. The man no longer mentioned Joanna, not even once, and focused his attention entirely on her. It was as if that woman never existed to him.

Seraphina prayed day and night that that was it, that their story ended there. At the very least, she really hoped that the woman had vanished from the face of Earth.

"Let’s go then!" Ace caressed her hair with a loving smile, heading towards the cafe she previously mentioned.

He was no longer interested in listening to the vendor’s story. After all... that woman was just a stranger to him, and there was little need to put that much focus on her.

In a hidden corner of the marketplace, Joanna hid herself behind a wall, watching the man leave with a longing gaze, her eyes filled with tears as she sobbed quietly.

’This is great, Ace. You finally returned as that great man again. It’s like you rose up as the perfect phoenix after experiencing hell...’

’I really hope you’re happy, Ace Moran! Always!’

Joanna took the bus back to her little wooden house at the foot of the mountain.

Her neighbor, Mr. Jones, came running out with a panicked expression. "Joan, you’re finally back! Please check on Van right now. Something’s happened to him!"

"What?!" Joanna narrowed her eyes and quickly got out of the bus, rushing into her home.

As she hastily picked up her pace, she accidentally tripped and fell, scraping her knee and throwing the groceries in the bag all over the ground.

"I was just going to get some juice, but Van just climbed up a cherry tree for some reason! He ended up falling, and now he’s unconscious!" Jones explained the situation as he ran with Joanna.

Apart from the rows and rows of sunflowers, there was a tall cherry tree in their garden as well. Since it was summer and cherries were in season, the tree was brimming with large, juicy fruits.

Joanna had been eyeing the cherries for quite a while, but the tree was just far too tall to climb, which made harvesting quite a difficult task. Hence, she had prepared to borrow a ladder from Jones. However... Jovan seemed to have overheard her and tried to fulfill her wish on his own.

"Jovan!" The woman noticed the man right under the tree, his hands still clutching onto a few large, bright red cherries.

"I don’t know if he’s broken any bones, so I didn’t dare to move him. Don’t worry, Joan, I’ve already called an ambulance." Jones patted Joanna on her shoulder and comforted her.

The townspeople had paid extra attention to the couple ever since they moved in six months ago. That was simply unimaginable for the fragile-looking woman to take care of the disabled man all on her own.

Thus, everyone was more than happy to lend them a hand whenever they needed it.

"Jovan..." Joanna’s eyes widened as she held his hand, blaming herself. "It’s all my fault. I should’ve brought you to the market with me. I was too careless."

The ambulance arrived a short while later. After treating Jovan’s wounds, they immediately placed him on a stretcher and drove towards the town hospital. Naturally, Joanna followed along as well.

As the check-up concluded, the doctor diagnosed Jovan with a lower back injury, and he was required to stay in bed for two weeks. Moreover, he had fainted due to anemia, which made his body exceedingly weak.

Joanna stared at the thick report on Jovan’s condition, only to find her legs going weak from regret. The weight of this guilt was slowly consuming her soul.

She had never expected the price for Ace’s complete recovery to be this high, as it had basically ravaged Jovan’s life.

’If I knew the consequences would be so severe, I wouldn’t have agreed to that surgery at all!’

Just then, a loud commotion could be heard from the main hall.

"Doctors, please! Someone save my fiance!"

Joanna found the voice rather familiar and turned around. As expected, it was Ace, and in his arms was Seraphina, who was drenched in blood.

She felt her heart sink to the bottom of the ocean. ’What happened?! They were just happily having coffee in that cafe a while ago! How did things take such a horrible turn?!’

"Make way! Make way!" The medics looked panicked as well, yelling loudly as they pushed Seraphina into the emergency room.

With that, the entire group of people disappeared from Joanna’s field of vision as if they had never shown up before.

’This is such a coincidence...’ Joanna took a long while to snap back to reality, wondering if she was hallucinating earlier.

She didn’t intend to get to the bottom of this either, so she headed to a nearby store to buy some stuff for Jovan during his hospitalization. This included two new sets of fresh clothes, some cutlery, a mug, a small cake, and a bouquet of flowers.

As Jovan had received a full bag of fluid, he had regained consciousness as well. He seemed to be rather anxious, begging to be let go. However, his entire body was constricted to the bed, and he could only lie still.

"Where is this?! Who are you people?! Let me go! Let me out of here!" Jovan screamed as he punched the edge of the bed, his voice filled with despair as veins popped on his forehead.