"Ace! What do you an? I’m Seraphina. Don’t you recognize ?" Seraphina tried to tidy her torn clothes, her eyes filled with tears. She looked at Ace, feeling ashad. "Are you disgusted? Those monsters hurt and made dirty. Is that why you don’t want to talk to anymore?"
"Oh, it’s you!" Ace exhaled, feeling relieved. Ace had thought it was Joanna who called for help, and images of her being tortured had flooded his mind and made his head ache.
Fortunately, it was not Joanna.
"W-What do you an?" The desperation in Seraphina’s eyes grew. Ace’s attitude towards her was a million tis more painful than the abuse she had just suffered.
"Did you think I was Joanna? Did you think those monsters tortured Joanna as she tried to save you? Are you relieved to find out that it was just ? Because if it’s , you wouldn’t have cared as much, would you?" Seraphina cried out bitterly.
Ace did not reply, and instead asked her, "Seraphina, what are you doing here? What happened?"
Seraphina stumbled back, tears streaming down her face. Ace’s indifferent attitude devastated her.
"Ace, what do you think happened? Didn’t you see what happened to just now? Are you blind? Do you even have a heart? I ca here to save you! Do I really deserve this?!"
"Seraphina, just calm down and tell what happened."
Ace made his way towards Seraphina and tried to pull her. He fumbled for a long ti but still could not reach her.
"W-What’s wrong with you? Are you looking for sothing? What’s wrong with your eyes..."
Although she was heartbroken, Seraphina eventually noticed sothing strange about Ace. She waved her hand in front of Ace’s face, but to her surprise, his deep eyes showed no response at all!
"I can’t see anything. My eyes are indeed blind..." Ace spoke calmly. Now, he had beco indifferent to his fate.
"You shouldn’t have co. It’s dangerous here. Co here..." Ace said reassuringly and reached out to the woman, "I’ll take you away."
Seraphina was no longer in the mood to care about safety. She had gotten into such a state, and safety did not matter anymore. What was the point anyway?
"Y-Your eyes... How can you be blind? What have you been through?" Seraphina asked hesitantly. The once powerful and successful man was now... blind? For her, the realization was more painful and heartbreaking than anything else!
"It doesn’t matter anymore. The man in charge is a cold-blooded and heartless freak. He’ll do anything to hurt you. You have to leave now. Co here!" Ace waved in the direction of Seraphina’s voice.
Ace had spent four years at Carmine Pawnshop. Even though he was blind, he could rely on his mory and find the exit through his sense of touch.
"It was the freak who made you like this, right? It must be the freak! He said he was Joanna’s brother. They must have joined forces to harm you!" Seraphina’s eyes were red and watery. She hugged Ace and gently rested her fingers on Ace’s beautiful eyes.
"Ace, I won’t leave. I’m not afraid of anything now, so let avenge you!"
"That freak! I’m going to dig out his eyes and make him pay!"
"Don’t be impulsive. This is his territory. He’s unrestrained here. You won’t be able to imagine how crazy he could be."
"Ace, why have you beco such a coward? That man made your eyes blind. He even sent those monsters to humiliate . Are we going to let this slide? Aren’t you the powerful Ace? You..."
"No, I’m not!" Ace said without any emotions in his eyes, "Ace is dead."
"Don’t say that. Even though you’re blind now, it’s not impossible to heal with advanced dical technology now and the right eyes."
Seraphina hugged Ace and wept. "Stay strong. The Moran family and the Murphy family are so rich and powerful. I’m sure your eyes will heal!"
"All the more reason to stay calm and find a way out of here. Things will get better," Ace said emotionlessly. He wanted Seraphina to leave safely. Otherwise, this guilt would weigh him down for life like a mountain.
"You’re right. Things will eventually get better!"
Seraphina finally cald down. She wiped away her tears and held Ace up. "Let’s escape together. Tell where we should go. I’ll help you!"
The two supported each other. At this mont, Ace and Seraphina were each other’s only support.
"Clap, clap, clap!"
Suddenly, there was a burst of applause. Quinton erged from the dark and laughed.
"Wonderful, how wonderful! Is this what the legendary desperate lovebirds are like?"
"Ah! Stay away!"
Seraphina instinctively scread upon seeing Quinton as if seeing a ghost. She hid behind the tall Ace in fear. Honestly, she had never been so afraid of a person in all her years of Arrogance.
Ace shielded Seraphina behind him and frowned. He uttered coldly, "If you want to take revenge, take revenge on alone. Don’t involve others."
"I don’t want to involve her either. She’s the one who ca threatening with a group of rookies. She threatens to burn down my pawn shop unless I hand you over. I tolerated her... but how dare she insult my sister! You should thank for being kind enough and not removing her tongue!"
Quinton was very biased toward his sister at heart. When he thought of Seraphina’s insult to
Joanna, his eyes beca ruthless again. He wished he could get another group of people to violate her again!
"That’s just her personality. Besides, you’ve punished her enough. Let her go," Ace said with a cold look in his eyes.
"Oh? Are you heartbroken?" Quinton was inexplicably angry. "Who is she to you? Why are you so protective of her? Have you considered my sister’s feelings? What about my sister? What do you consider of her?"
"My relationship with Joanna is none of your business."
"First, you’re clamoring to see my sister, and next, you’re having an affair with another woman. You’re just an unloyal sc*m. You got yourself in such a situation and deserved it. No wonder my sister
disowned you. She doesn’t care about your life anymore. That girl is quite sober on this..."
Ace quietly clenched his fist as he listened to these painful words. "I’ll say it again. Let Seraphina go."
Quinton looked at the two, amused by their strong relationship. He suggested in a aningful way, "Okay. You want to let her go? It’s not entirely impossible. If you do as I say, I’ll let her go."
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