"Try it... if you’re not afraid of becoming impotent!" Joanna gritted her teeth and prepared to strike him where he was weak.
"Do you think I’m afraid of that?" Ace, on the other hand, wasn’t scared of her threats at all. He was calm, his eyes fixed on her crimson lips as he prepared to kiss her.
"Don’t!" She closed her eyes, and rejection was written all over her face.
The kiss she was expecting never ca, and she slowly opened her eyes to find Ace looking at her in disgust.
"Do you honestly believe I’m that perverted? You should know that I hate forcing others. You may leave now!" He stood up abruptly after speaking and didn’t look at her again.
Even though she had gained her freedom, Joanna was suddenly hit with disappointnt.
She stood up and fixed her hair. She gazed at his icy back and wanted to say sothing before leaving, but she didn’t.
"Joanna, have you finished passing him the gift?"
As she walked down the stairs, she noticed Timothy returning from the garden, held by Seraphina.
"What brings you here? You’ve already split up with Ace. Do you not understand the concept of a boundary?" Seraphina watched Joanna erge from Ace’s room and acted like a woman who had found her husband cheating.
Joanna didn’t back down; instead, she remained in the center of the stairwell, staring down at the lady below. "Who made the rule that an ex-wife can’t leave her ex-husband’s room? Shouldn’t you, as a single woman, keep your distance from a divorced man?"
"You!" Seraphina was at a loss for words and grabbed Timothy’s arm, coquettishly saying, "Grandpa Moran, look at her! She is completely lacking in manners. Are these appropriate things for a divorced lady to say? I feel like she still wants to depend on Ace!"
Timothy grinned and shook his head, remaining impartial and refusing to take sides. "I’m not sure about that, but it’s clear that Ace is still reliant on Joanna. I am the most familiar with his personality!"
"Impossible!" Seraphina gritted her teeth and muttered angrily, "Ace is quite proud, so how can he rely on her? They would not have divorced if he still had affection for her. She must be the shaless one who can’t stop harassing Ace!"
"Oh, it seems like you don’t know your ’bro’ well enough, hmm?" Joanna smirked, trying to anger Seraphina even more by testing her patience.
"Your closest buddy may seem arrogant on the surface, but he’s a lover and a simp at heart. He almost always begs not to abandon him and to give him another chance! It seems like just yesterday when he proclaid his love to in front of many coworkers. He stated he couldn’t forget and wanted to rekindle our relationship, but I turned him down!"
Seraphina was so enraged that she strode over to Joanna angrily. "Be quiet. You can say anything you want, but you can’t fra him like that. He’s my best friend."
She abruptly stopped speaking and turned to look behind Joanna. "Ace! Did you hear what she had to say about you?"
He was a few steps away from Joanna. "She’s speaking the truth," he remarked quietly, his back straight and his hands inside his pockets.
"What? You really told her that you want to reconcile?" Seraphina’s expression imdiately darkened.
Ace’s confirmation stung the most. "Yes."
"However, it’s in the past," he said honestly. "I’m not that dumb anymore."
He then strolled down the steps with no emotion on his face. He didn’t even glance her way as he went by.
Joanna remained locked in place, her cheeks flushed.
She hadn’t expected Ace to hear her pompous statents earlier – she just wanted to annoy Seraphina. She herself thought it was immature to flaunt the attention she got from a guy in order to feel good about herself.
She realized she had grown into the kind of person she despised.
Seraphina was overjoyed, and she grinned widely. She embraced Ace as if they were the closest of friends, and stood really close to him. "That sounds more like it. If you turn into a simp, I’ll be the first to judge you. You are Ace Moran, the most wealthy guy in the City. Do you realize how important that title is to you?"
Ace didn’t say anything, and his face revealed no feelings.
"All right, let’s not waste ti. Can you tell why I’m here?" Seraphina inquired mysteriously.
"I think I can figure it out." He sat peacefully on the sofa in the living room and responded.
"You’re really clever! It’s no surprise you’re my best buddy."
"Well, what’s your answer?" Her grip on him beca harder. "Should we get married and beco husband and wife to explain ourselves to our family?"
Timothy scowled as soon as he heard this. "Aren’t you a touch impatient, Seraphina? Why do I get the impression that you’re more impatient than I am? Your grandpa just suggested this proposal to you last week, and now you want to discuss it with Ace?"
"Grandpa, marriage should be done on impulse," Seraphina said. "If you take everything into account, you will never get married. If Ace and I are destined to marry, it makes no difference when we do it. The elders won’t have to worry about anything if we get it done sooner."
Timothy groaned and nodded his head. "You’re correct, but marriage is a serious thing. You must not do it hastily, or else..."
"I don’t agree with you. You forced Ace to marry Miss Joanna back then, and they got married in three days. I waited a week though, but you’re accusing of rushing into things? You’re being prejudiced, Grandpa Moran. Do you dislike ?"
"Your circumstances are different. Joanna needed the Moran family’s protection at the ti. Moreover, she loved Ace, and they were ant to be together. That is why-" Timothy was reminiscing about the first ti Joanna and Ace t, but Ace quickly cut him off.
"You don’t have to bring up the past, Grandfather. That was a failed attempt."
Joanna found it difficult to swallow when she heard this, and it sounded mocking coming from Ace.
"So, in my ex-husband’s opinion, our four years of marriage was a ’failure’?" Joanna moved down the stairs carefully, her attention fixed on Ace as she said, "I’m interested in your marriage to Seraphina."
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