With eyes darkened, he grabbed her by the chin and mocked her. "Now you’re pretending to love him unconditionally, huh? Why weren’t you considerate of his condition when you decided to make him go through brain surgery to wipe his mories about Joanna? Why didn’t you think of that when you substituted his mory of her saving him with yourself?"
"I..."
"Both you and I know that the surgery was just a facade. Your main goal was just to replace Joanna in Ace’s mories! Now that you’ve beco the person he loves and trusts most, what else do you want?! Why do you have to get her involved?!"
"I’m sorry, I was wrong. I... I wasn’t thinking," Seraphina admitted to her faults anxiously.
The woman used to be a prideful rich lady. She was so arrogant that she looked down on everyone but Ace, as she was in love with him.
However, now, when faced with Jovan, she couldn’t help but feel a natural fear arising within her heart.
The man knew too many of her secrets, and she was afraid that he would seek revenge on her soday. Moreover, he was truly an absolute madman.
After all, he was able to co up with such insanely absurd ideas, such as brain surgery and mory substitution. She knew that she would be dood if she ever offended him in any way.
Seraphina explained her stance. "You saw what happened just now, didn’t you? If I didn’t agree to it, she wouldn’t give it a rest. And she’s smart! If she found out about what we did, we’re done for! I was just thinking I could... pretend to befriend her, then make her back off."
"You’ve seen how much Ace loves now. Any person wouldn’t be able to handle seeing their lover in love with another. Isn’t it safer to break her heart completely so she’d leave us alone?"
This explanation made Jovan’s expression relax a little. He let go of the woman harshly, his eyes filled with sadistic excitent. "You’re smarter than I thought. Wait till she’s heartbroken, huh? I like this idea."
Seraphina sighed in relief, knowing that she finally escaped danger. She then mustered up the courage to ask, "You’re not just helping because you want to use as a ans to control Ace and take over Moran Group, right?"
"Of course!" Jovan raised a brow slyly. "Moran Group is just a bonus. My life goal is to have her for myself."
Seraphina gulped in fear, thinking to herself. ’This man’s love is so suffocating... and horribly dented!’
In the ward, Ace was still unconscious at the ti.
Joanna stood next to his bed. Her eyes fixated on his face. "I’m so sorry, Ace. I didn’t know you’ve been through so much pain. Maybe forgetting about is a good thing for you."
Tearing up, her vision blurred as her eyes reddened. She sobbed. "I swear I will find a way to cure your illness, co what may. Once you get better, I’ll leave you alone for good."
Silence soon returned to the room. However, Joanna had no idea that Ace had already woken up a while ago. Her words were confusing to him, but he didn’t speak up about it, nor did he open his eyes.
He just pretended as if he knew nothing about this.
***
For the next few days, Joanna and Seraphina sohow managed to keep the peace between the both of them.
Seraphina allowed Joanna to continue staying by Ace’s side as his ’attendant,’ as she took care of his basic necessities. However, she had also made sure to request that Joanna limit any verbal contact with him.
"Now that you know Ace has been through brain surgery and that he can’t be exposed to any triggers. Since you’re special to him, a single sentence, or even a single move, would be enough to drive him mad."
"For his safety, you should act like you’re invisible, don’t let him notice you much."
Seraphina thought Joanna would have exploded after receiving her cruel demands, especially knowing how hot-tempered she could be.
Despite this, the woman was quick to agree to her terms. "No problem, I’ll just pretend to be mute."
With this, Joanna would sotis encounter quite a few ’heart-wrenching’ scenes...
That day, Joanna had just finished brewing so dicinal tea. She pushed open the door to Ace’s ward.
Inside were Seraphina and Ace, cuddling each other lovingly. The two looked glued to the hip, unwilling to separate at all.
"Seraphina, I thought about it. Let’s get married once I get discharged!" Ace said, his arms wrapped around her and his chin placed on top of her head.
His expression seed longing. "I hope we can have our wedding in Tahato, I hear they have the bluest seas and the softest sand. Since you love the sea so much, that will be the most suitable place for our wedding."
Seraphina’s blissful expression was instantly replaced with fear. "Marrying right after you’ve recovered?! Isn’t that... too soon?"
’Besides, when have I ever said I liked the sea?’
’I hate it! It’s too sunny out, it’s boring as heck, and it’s the worst when it gets too windy!’
"How is that too soon?" Ace’s face turned serious. "I love you so much that I want to put a ring on you right away. I don’t want to waste any more ti."
"You love a lot, too, right? We jumped into the lake and experienced life and death together. Why wouldn’t we marry each other after all that? What are we waiting for?"
"You... You’re right." Seraphina nodded with guilt, her gaze slightly conflicted as she turned to look at Joanna.
Supposedly, she had won this war of love, but she couldn’t help but find her thods unworthy of this relationship. She was terrified that Ace might regain his mories one day, and everything she had now... would be nothing more than a shattered dream.
"Well, no matter what, you’re mine! So don’t you dare try to run away!" Ace said as he lifted her chin, kissing her lips passionately. The atmosphere within the room quickly turned bashful and steamy.
Joanna was speechless. She always thought that she had great resilience, but seeing the man she loved kiss another woman so deeply was unbearable.
Her heart was crushed, causing her fingers to tremble uncontrollably.
Crash!
The cup of dicinal tea fell to the ground once she lost her grip. It was soon shattered into pieces, with the tea splattering all over the floor.
"Who goes there?" Ace let go of Seraphina unwillingly, speaking in the direction of the noise in a cold voice. "Don’t you think it’s rude to pry?"
"I’m sorry, I’m here to give you your dicine. I didn’t an to disturb." Joanna had no choice but to explain herself.
Seraphina was furious, shooting her a dirty glare. "Didn’t I tell you to knock before entering?"
She was afraid that Ace would notice Joanna’s existence. Even just a single cough from Joanna made her feel as if she was threatened with grave danger.
"I’m sorry. I’ll be more careful next ti. Uhm... Please continue. I’ll brew a new cup of tea." Joanna knelt down, trying her best to keep the lump in her throat down.
She then cleaned the shards up, feeling quite bad after seeing the pool of tea around her.
Nancy had specifically co up with this recipe for them. Moreover, it took around five hours for her to brew such a small cup of tea too. Now that it was spilled, it was a sha that she had to take another few couple of hours to brew another.
"No need!" Seraphina scowled in disdain. What kind of dicine even is this? It stinks, and it’s not prescribed by the doctor. I can’t say for sure that it’s proper dication, so I wouldn’t dare to let Ace try it."
"This dicine was prescribed by a famous doctor who specializes in major injuries! Look, I got injured on the sa day he did, but mine are almost healed! All there’s left are scabs!" Joanna was worried that Seraphina might stop her from giving Ace the dicine and quickly lifted her sleeves, showing her the wounds.
"Is it that good?"
Although Seraphina didn’t like Joanna, she was still quite interested, hearing that the dicine was so effective that it could heal Ace rapidly.
"Mhm! Touch it if you must!" Joanna enthusiastically brought her injured arm to Seraphina, allowing her to inspect it thoroughly as if she were trying her best to sell a product.
"Okay, okay, I get it. If it’s so good, then go make another cup then."
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