CHAPTER 552: CHAPTER 540

He was indeed very talkative and hard to fool.

If she knew that he would pester her, she would never come out to chat with him, no matter what.

For a moment, awkwardness engulfed them.

"It’s late. I’m going to rest and leave you to your thoughts."

Joanna forcefully pushed his hand away and got up to leave.

"I won’t let you go if you don’t make it clear."

Ace held her wrist. His voice was full of pain. "To be honest, these doubts have been troubling me for half a year. I’m going to marry my fiancee soon. If I don’t make it clear, I’ll feel that I’ve wronged her."

"What do you want to know?"

"I want to know why I hold special feelings for you. What kind of... past did we share?"

Ace was such a smart person. Of course, his sensitivity and perception were exceptional.

After his brain surgery and having his first contact with her when he woke up, he could feel a magical connection between them.

Besides, a lot of people were hesitant and unwilling to talk about her. It showed simply how extraordinary she actually was.

If he did not get to the bottom of it and impulsively married Seraphina, it would be unfair to everyone.

"So, you must get to the bottom of it before you can marry Seraphina with peace of mind?"

Joanna stopped struggling and asked Ace very seriously.

"Yes, you can put it that way," Ace nodded and confessed.

As the date of the marriage was approaching, this feeling grew stronger.

However, he hid these feelings as best he could, hoping he wouldn’t sadden Seraphina.

"What if you find that... I’m the woman you love the most? Do you have to give Seraphina up by then?"

Joanna tried to sound him out carefully.

Ace was rendered speechless.

He lowered his eyes and fell silent.

He truly had no idea about that.

Undeniably, Seraphina was the woman he loved the most now. He never thought of giving her up.

If there was a person whom he loved deeply in the past but accidentally lost, he did not know how he should choose between his past and present lovers.

"Look! You don’t even know what your next step is. Why are you looking for trouble and complicating the situation?"

Joanna went straight to the point.

"Or, I naturally will know what my next step is after learning the truth. So... I still hope that you’ll tell me the truth."

Ace insisted on learning the truth.

He would rather suffer with a clear picture instead of enjoying happiness with ignorance.

When Joanna saw how persistent he was, she wavered slightly. "I can tell you the truth..."

Just when Joanna was about to speak, a soft but weak voice interrupted them.

"Ace, here you are. I’ve been looking for you for a very long time. I even thought that something had happened to you."

Seraphina was wearing a hospital gown. Her face appeared frail, and there was an IV tube injected into her body. She appeared at the entrance of the rooftop.

"Seraphina, why did you come here?"

Ace furrowed his brows deeply before he hurried forward to support her. His handsome face was full of worry. "You just recovered a little. Why are you so wilful?"

"No, I’m not. If you’re gone, it’ll no longer be important if my body is healthy or not."

Seraphina coughed twice before she leaned into his arms feebly. She even acted coquettishly. "I had a nightmare just now that you were snatched by someone else. I was startled before I woke up. As expected, I didn’t see you around. So, I acted instinctively and ran to the rooftop to look for you. I got so tired from walking, and I feel that my injury has worsened. It’s so painful.

"Stop fancying wild thoughts. It’s just a dream. I’ll always be by your side."

Ace hugged her and felt very sorry for her.

Seraphina had always been with him. When he was at his lowest, she never despised him. Besides, his enemy took revenge on her because of him. So, she was his responsibility that he could never shake off.

He would suffer if she was in pain. If she frowned ever so slightly, he would ruin the whole world for her.

"Is it just my wild thought?"

Seraphina looked at him with watery eyes before she pointed at Joanna and said, "If it is just my wild thought, why are you here in the rooftop cafe with her late at night? You guys are in such an ambiguous atmosphere. Of course, I fancy wild thoughts."

Ace glanced at Joanna before he explained lightly, "I just have a lot of doubts, so I asked her about it."

"You can ask me if you have any doubts. I can answer them for you. You don’t have to have a secret midnight chat with her without my knowledge."

Seraphina was always filled with insecurities. At that moment, she was full of sarcasm. She shot Joanna a cold glare and interrogated superiorly, "Miss Pierce, aren’t you traveling the world? Why did you come here out of all the places? Did you come here purposely to bump into us?"

"No, I didn’t."

Sitting there, Joanna felt like a homewrecker who was caught off guard. She was in extreme distress.

Her long fingers were unconsciously clasped together just like her mind, which was in a mess.

’D*mn it! I have a clear conscience. Why do I feel so ashamed? I’m such a coward!’

"Humph! No?"

Seraphina sounded unkind before she continued putting up an aggressive front. "But Miss Pierce, you have TV and phone, right? You can go online, can’t you? Don’t you know that I’m about to marry Ace? If it was a coincidence to bump into each other, you must have done it purposely since you came here for a tryst with a married man. Miss Pierce, I don’t know what your motives are."

Joanna took a deep breath. She could no longer take it, so she stood up and retorted rudely, "Seraphina, that’s enough. If I had any ulterior motives, he would long be mine. You wouldn’t have the chance to strut around here."

"You... How arrogant you are! You openly seduce my fiance, and you even prohibit me from interrogating you. You must have waited for this day for a long time, right?"

When Seraphina reached that point, she started to sob pitifully. She then said to Ace, "Did you see that? This is her true self. She has long come up with a scheme to snatch you away from me. If you care about me, you shouldn’t have met her alone. Or... you must have long wanted to give me up. You despise me and feel that I’m filthy. You think my body isn’t healthy, so I have no right to be your wife. Isn’t that true?"

"No, that’s not so. Calm down. Stop crying."

Ace became perplexed. He tried his best to calm her down since she had lost control of her emotions.

When he saw how upset she was, he was filled with a tinge of self-reproach.

He indeed should not have been engaged in such an ambiguous atmosphere with another woman alone since he was about to get married. He was indeed impudent.

"Okay, I promise you I won’t see her alone again."