After one night, Joanna gradually regained her strength and woke up.
"You’re awake. How are you feeling now?"
Jovan sat beside the bed with his head low, peeling an apple.
He sliced the skin into a thin and long stripe. It did not even break until the end.
It was just like what he always did, ticulous to the last detail, leaving no space to turn around.
A painful headache pounded Joanna’s head as she looked at the white ward. For a mont, she was stunned. "Where am I? Am I still alive?"
"Of course you are. You’re so tough. How could such a puny river defeat you? What’s more, you have a great will. You hurt your leg from the fall, but you held on until downstream. I admire that very much!"
Jovan appeared like a warm younger man as he smiled tenderly and handed Joanna the apple he had just peeled.
Of course, she was not in the mood for apples. She frowned and asked, "Where’s Ace? How is he?"
"Don’t worry. He has stronger willpower than yours. He lost so much blood, yet he survived the experience. I’ve got to hand it to him too."
Jovan sounded indifferent, but it was a fatal blow for Joanna.
"What? He... Did he lose too much blood... Ah!"
She tried to stand up because of the deep shock. But she felt so much pain that her face scrunched up as the wound on her leg tore open.
"Why are you so anxious? You’re in pain now, aren’t you?"
Jovan quickly supported her wavering body and gently helped her to lie in bed. "The doctor stated that you need to rest. You can’t get out of bed before half a month, or ten days at least."
"I’m fine. The key is Ace. How is he now? Why did he lose too much blood? Is he seriously injured? He..."
"Calm down. He’s out of danger now, and Seraphina is taking close care of him. He’s pretty good."
"Well... that’s good."
Joanna heaved a sigh of relief. At the sa ti, her eyes turned gloomy.
Although she had long prepared herself to give Ace up to Seraphina... When the ti ca, she still could not help feeling excruciating pain.
"His body is fine, but it looks like there’s so problem with his mind. It’s pretty troubleso."
Jovan cut a large piece of apple and ate it casually. He then stated absent-mindedly.
"What’s wrong with his mind?"
"Hmm, he seems to have forgotten about a lot of things, and he relies so much on Seraphina until it’s pathologically sick. He doesn’t let anyone get close to him except Seraphina. I could only stand at the door when I visited him. How pitiful!"
"Why... why did that happen?"
"No one knows. He might have hit his head hard, or it might be the severe blood loss that deprived his brain of oxygen. Suffice it to say; he’s lost so parts of his mories. In short, the doctor said a lot,
but I didn’t really understand much."
When Jovan reached that point, he smiled and looked at Joanna. "But you don’t care, do you? After all, you broke up with him. He’s long betrayed you. You were too silly to risk your life for that kind of person."
"That’s not true. He didn’t betray . He did everything to protect . I was too stupid to keep hurting him in so many ways."
Joanna’s eyes turned watery as she sobbed and confessed.
"So, do you want to get back together with him?"
Complicated feelings washed over his eyes as he asked.
"No, I don’t."
Joanna shook her head and sounded firm.
She made up her mind never to get back together with him again after learning about his deep and passionate love for her.
She once vowed to God that she would leave him as long as he was safe and sound.
It was a vow. After she made it, it would bring greater danger if she broke it.
The great disaster that happened this ti around was like a warning given by God to her. If she stubbornly wanted to break that vow out of her selfishness, Ace might not be so lucky this ti. He might even get killed.
"Well, what do you plan to do next?"
Jovan heaved a sigh of relief and continued sounding her out.
"I don’t know either. I’ll take one step at a ti."
Joanna shrugged. All she had now was exhaustion, and she did not want to think too far ahead.
After all, a plan was always at the rcy of fate, no matter how perfectly things were arranged.
It was just like what happened a few months ago: She was deeply in love with Ace. They were even planning to spend the rest of their lives together as a family of four, with Adie and Abie happily.
In the end, it changed just like that. Everyone was helplessly at the rcy of God and their fates.
Hence, she no longer wanted to make plans now. She would take one step at a ti and see where it led her to.
"Be with ..."
Suddenly, his countenance beca passionate. He held her hand and clearly confessed his love for her for the first ti. "Now I realize how deep my love for you is. Ace is useless now. The future of Moran Group is in my hands. I’m inviting you to manage Moran Group with as well as its fate."
Joanna’s beautiful eyes were calm as she mocked him coldly. "As expected, you gain the most out of this battle. If my guess is right, you’ve been setting up a grand sche, and it’s ti for you to get what you want."
"No, you gain the most in this battle. I’ll only humbly give you whatever I gain to please you. If I fail to defeat Ace one day, I don’t have any right to give you the things I gain. So, I might be despicable while doing so, but I don’t regret it."
"Ha! Ha! You’re pretty calm."
Joanna was so angry that she trembled angrily. She never t such a shaless person who made his cunning and sinister ans sound so righteous.
She recalled the series of incidents that happened recently and sought confirmation from Jovan. "Seraphina told that a mysterious person sent her a special video, and Ace was forced to break up with because of that video and promised to date her for three months. I’m sure you’re that mysterious man, aren’t you?"
"Yes, I did give her that video."
Jovan smiled lightly and began to explain it calmly. "I hid Briar during the period she went missing. Well, she was not to be trifled with. At first, I planned to use her to deal with Ace, so I told her that he would be hers as long as she obeyed . But she was too impatient and contacted you. Then... you know what happened afterward."
"So, does it an that you saw the whole thing?"
"Of course. Besides, I even recorded it."
Joanna was at a loss for words.
She then pressed her lips tightly and inevitably held her breath. She could not bring herself to say anything.
She thought she secretly got rid of Briar, but so many onlookers turned out to be at the scene. It was fine if William saw it, but now even Jovan saw what she did.
As expected, others would inevitably learn about it if one committed a cri. One could never be left in peace if a cri had been committed.
"Don’t be scared. As long as we are reticent, so secrets will be forever hidden. It’ll hardly affect you."
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