Since Joanna was able to keep a safe distance from him, she left the room nonchalantly.
They had to admit that Nancy’s recipe was almost miraculous. Despite rely having had one cup of the tea, he noticed that his wounds were much less painful the next morning. The effects were quite obvious, as he seed more energetic as well.
"Ace, have so water." Seraphina poured Ace so warm water carefully. As she stared at the steam coming from the glass, she looked for a reaction when she asked, "Do you rember you said the other day that we could get married once you are discharged? Is that offer still available?"
Feeling the warmth of the water around the glass, Ace raised an eyebrow at her question. "Of course. Why do you ask?"
"You’ve been so distracted for the past few days! I just feel kind of insecure!" Seraphina whined softly, then started picturing their future. "I’ve been thinking for a while, and I think it’s best we change our wedding venue."
"Why? I rember you said your dream wedding would be in Tahato, though?"
The reason why Ace had such fondness towards Tahato was that he rembered the woman ntioning multiple tis that she wanted a romantic beach wedding in that area, despite his fragnted mories.
In reality, his mories weren’t false at all. It really did happen, but the woman within this mory was actually Joanna and not Seraphina.
For the longest ti, Ace had kept this romantic idea within his heart and wished to make it into a reality for her.
"Oh, co on, people change. I used to like Tahato, but now I like Paris! I’d like to have a wedding in an old castle-like building. So why don’t we get married in the largest cathedral in Paris?"
Seraphina knew that she had never ntioned a beach wedding in the past. However, the man’s persistence in organizing one was more than enough evidence that his mories were starting to distort.
If that were the case, she had to ’right the wrongs’ and erase any mories that were related to a certain soone and replace them with herself instead.
"Hey, co on, say sothing? Don’t you think a castle wedding is more romantic? I’d like to be a princess marrying my prince charming, who I loved for so many years..." Seraphina bashfully confessed, only to find the man staring into space, paying no attention at all. She frowned in an instant. "Ace, what’s on your mind? Are you listening to ?"
Ace snapped back to reality and pressed his lips, then told the truth. "I was thinking if I should be taking my dicine now."
"M... dicine?"
"My afterlife buddy said I have to drink it twice per day. It should be ti to drink so, so why isn’t she here yet?"
"So... You... You were waiting for her?" Seraphina said, her face stiff as her lips twitched in annoyance.
She had never felt so humiliated before. Despite being right next to him, despite her excitent regarding their wedding plans, his heart and soul were longing for another instead.
"I’m not waiting for her. I was waiting for the dicine," Ace said as he moved his arms around, smiling with intrigue. "You have to admit that it works pretty well."
Seraphina clenched her fists, trying her best to suppress her rage. She then spoke softly, "I think so too. Let rush her for you."
She then angrily ran towards the end of the hallway, where Joanna’s ward was.
However, there was soone else in the ward this ti, and the nurse ntioned that the woman was discharged...
"What? She’s been discharged?" Seraphina felt a bit suspicious, torn between feeling happy and angry at her actions. "How can she just leave without saying anything?!"
She should’ve known that this woman couldn’t be trusted. They had promised to wait for Ace to get better before leaving, but now, he was still bedridden and she had already left. She just couldn’t keep her promises!
"Are you Miss Murphy?" The nurse asked cautiously.
"Yes, what’s wrong?" Seraphina snapped at the nurse in irritation. She didn’t know why, but Joanna’s abrupt departure made her feel uneasy. Joanna wasn’t the type who would give up easily, so she had to be hiding an ace up her sleeve!
"I was told by Miss Pierce to give this dicine to you. She said it works wonders, and hopes that you brew it carefully," the nurse explained, then handed over a cube of the dicine to Seraphina.
"For ?" Seraphina stared at the dicine in confusion, wondering what Joanna was up to. She opened up the dicine, and saw that there was tiny text on the packaging that was completely indiscernible to her eyes.
’Is Joanna giving this miraculous dicine so she can beco the heroine who saves Ace? No, there’s no way! This dicine could be poison ant to cause my downfall. I will never use it!’ Seraphina thought with a sneer. With a heavy heart, she returned to Ace’s room.
Ace’s gaze was dull, but his hearing was sharp. When he heard footsteps outside his door, his face lit up. "Is my dicine here?" He asked hopefully.
Seraphina felt even more agitated, and answered flatly, "No, she’s been discharged."
She wasn’t stupid. She knew that though Ace was asking about the dicine, he actually wanted to know about Joanna. It hurt her pride.
"She was discharged..." Ace’s expression visibly dimd.
It was like being seated at an exclusive restaurant, about to take a bite of your delicious food, but before you could, it was taken away without warning.
It was terribly disappointing.
"Since she’s recovered, of course she has to be discharged. She has no connection to you, so she can’t be like and take care of you throughout the day." Seraphina’s voice was filled with jealousy. She then crumpled up the dicine instructions into a ball before throwing it into the trash can. She thought, ’Hmph, regardless of whether this dicine is a miracle or not, I will never use sothing that woman gave !’
Ace’s face fell, and he raised an eyebrow at Seraphina’s tone, feeling like he had crossed a line. ’Soone who has no connection to doesn’t deserve my attention. I haven’t even seen her face! Only the person in front of is worthy of my love and devotion!’
"Seraphina, you’re being petty. I was only dismayed at the loss of an attendant... Co here and give a hug, don’t be mad," Ace cajoled her warmly, his arms wide open.
"That’s more like it!" Seraphina snuggled into his embrace, her heart flooding with happiness.
’Looks like Pierce had so sense of self-awareness. She knew it would be beneficial for our relationship if she disappeared!’
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