They continued to gossip and argue. The topic originated from a batch of photos posted by a famous entertainnt industry paparazzi on a certain forum.
The photos showed Joanna splashing coffee and wine on Ace Moran’s face.
The caption was: "Moran Group’s CEO rekindled his relationship with his ex-wife. The woman is three months pregnant, but he insists on breaking up!"
"If this is true, then Mr. Moran is such a scumbag. Poor Miss Pierce!"
They started to talk bad about Ace and sympathized with Joanna.
Shelley cleared her throat and told everyone, "The news is not entirely true, but it’s not entirely false either. First of all... Miss Pierce is definitely pregnant, but she’s proud and she likes to keep a low profile, so she doesn’t want to make it public. So from now on, we must take good care of Miss Pierce, but don’t ntion the matter in front of her. Understand?"
"As for Mr. Moran not wanting to take responsibility, I find this part questionable. At least based on my understanding, Mr. Moran still cares about Miss Pierce a great deal. I’m guessing this is also one of the reasons why the two groups will cooperate sooner or later."
Everyone imdiately understood what happened after listening to Shelley’s analysis.
"That’s great! Miss Pierce is pregnant with Mr. Moran’s baby! This little fella will beco a winner in life the mont they’re born. How lucky!"
The employees of Stellar Group could not help cheering.
The protagonist of the incident, Joanna Pierce, was currently dressed in all black. She sneaked into Ace’s bedroom, her steps as light as a swallow’s, completely unaware that she was "pregnant"!!!
She must get the Rainbow Glaze within a week. Since she could not get it through negotiations, she could only use underhanded thods.
Her plan was to infiltrate Ace’s residence and steal the Rainbow Glaze.
Doing this was a bit unethical, but considering that she took nothing from Ace when they divorced, surely taking the Rainbow Glaze was not too much.
Besides, she would return it sooner or later, so it should not be a big deal.
However, Ace had a lot of properties under his na, so she did not know where he kept the Rainbow Glaze.
She could only try her luck and search one place at a ti.
The first place she tried was the Moran Residence.
After all, it was where Ace regularly stayed in the past year or two. In addition, Grandpa Timothy also liked antiques and artifacts, so the possibility of the Rainbow Glaze being kept in the Moran Residence was the highest.
Joanna moved skillfully and cautiously. She easily slipped into the Moran Residence and successfully infiltrated Ace’s bedroom on the second floor.
Truth be told, considering her relationship with Grandpa Timothy, she could solve the problem by just talking to him. There was no need for her to steal.
But Joanna did not want him to misunderstand. She also did not want to have anything more to do with Ace. Therefore, stealing the treasure was the easiest way.
It was already late at night. Grandpa Timothy usually went to bed early. The entire Moran household seed to be asleep.
The house that was as big as a palace stood quietly in the middle of the night.
In Ace’s bedroom, Joanna did not dare to turn on the lights. She searched with the help of the flashlight that ca with her phone.
Ace’s bedroom in the old Moran Residence was completely different from his bedroom in the Moran Manor.
The color the of his bedroom in the Moran Manor was gray, black and white. It felt cold, serious and restrained, just like him.
But his bedroom in the Moran Residence completely shattered what Joanna knew of him...
With the help of the light from her phone, Joanna was surprised to find on Ace’s desk rows of rchandise from various popular anis.
There was Luffy from "One Piece", Conan from "Detective Conan", Naruto, and even Sora from "Gag Manga Biyori"!!!
"Hahaha, this is too funny! Does he have multiple personality disorder or sothing? He behaves like an iceberg all the ti, but he’s actually an otaku!"
Joanna could not stop staring at the palm-sized action figure of Luffy.
It was hard to imagine Ace sitting at this desk every day, playing with these rchandise with a straight face. She could not help but burst out in laughter.
She herself was half an otaku. When she was young, besides playing with the bottles and jars in the laboratory, she also liked to read so hot-blooded or funny manga.
And the anis she liked were actually very similar to the anis Ace liked.
Joanna suddenly sighed. She only found out that she shared a common interest with her ex-husband years after the divorce.
Besides ani rchandise, there was also a huge glass cabinet in Ace’s room. It did not contain any rare treasures. Instead, it was filled with all sorts of LEGO models, including the Eiffel Tower, heavy spaceships, motorcycles and Transforrs.
"I can’t believe he likes LEGO too. He even managed to construct such a difficult spaceship!"
Joanna once again discovered sothing they had in common, which was their passion for LEGO.
She stared at the LEGO spaceship in the glass cabinet in shock. It was over a ter wide and was made up of 9999 pieces of various sizes. Unless soone was really passionate about LEGO, they would not have the patience to complete it.
Joanna loved that spaceship model too. She had always wanted to attempt to construct it, but she could never find the ti. Moreover, the spaceship was a limited edition model, with only 99 sets available worldwide. She missed the timing and was still eagerly waiting for the second release so that she could buy a set!
Now that her "dream spaceship" had appeared before her, she wanted to touch it. She could not help herself.
She put down her phone and was about to open the glass cabinet when suddenly, her keen ears detected the sound of footsteps coming from the door, accompanied by the sound of people talking.
She instantly got nervous. Was Ace coming to the Moran Residence today? No way her luck would be that bad, right?
She did not have much ti to react. She looked around in panic and could only slip under the bed.
"You brat, you’re finally willing to co back. I heard you’ve been living the good life lately, getting very close to that lass from the Crawford family. Old man Crawford has co to several tis to drop hints. What are you planning to do?"
Grandpa Timothy asked Ace sternly. He walked slowly, supporting himself with his cane. Although he was limping, he exuded a powerful aura.
"What was he hinting at?"
Ace took off his suit jacket and hung it on a solid wooden coat rack. His voice was nonchalant.
After all, he got scolded by the old man every ti he ca here. Sotis, he would even get beaten. He had long grown immune to the old man’s scolding. It went in one ear and out the other.
"You damn brat, stop feigning ignorance! What do you think he was hinting at?"
Grandpa Timothy glared at his precious little grandson and cut straight to the chase. "He asked , what’s going on between you and his precious granddaughter? Why have you two grown so close? I heard Seraphina has even moved in with you. That manor belongs to you and Joanna. How could you let another woman stay there? What are you young people doing?"
"She ca to my house for a barbecue the other day and accidentally burned her foot. She had a hard ti walking, so I let her stay at the manor for a few days. You know very well what our relationship is. We’re sworn brothers."
Ace explained to Grandpa Timothy.
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