Of course, Joanna herself was not looking that much better.
This was no time to be willful. Joanna tried her best to calm herself down.
"Okay, let's tidy up and go to the hospital together."
The two went to different bathrooms and quickly washed themselves.
But the awkward thing was, because neither of them lived there, they naturally did not have any spare clothes there. They had to come out of the bathrooms wrapped in towels.
Joanna walked out of the bathroom, wanting to find some casual clothes to wear.
Ace also had the same idea.
So, the two ran into each other in this awkward manner.
Ace looked at Joanna unabashedly, from her wet hair down to her toes.
As for Joanna… she was even more unabashed. Besides ogling Ace, she even felt the urge to run her hands over him.
"Ace, have you been going to the gym again recently? Look at those abs. They're like the abs of a fitness coach."
She could not help but recall the days when she took care of the " quadriplegic" Ace who was paralyzed in bed. She could touch him all she wanted.
Ace raised his eyebrows and said coldly, "Your figure is also much nicer than I expected, except your tummy is a bit big. Maybe it's time to lose some weight."
Joanna: "…"
She knew this guy would not have anything nice to say.
She was pregnant with twins! Of course her tummy would be big!
But what did he mean by "her figure was much nicer than he expected"? As if he had not seen her body before!
They were looking for clothes to put on when Ace's mother, Susan, arrived.
She was already angry to begin with. When she saw Ace and Joanna half naked, looking like they were about to have some " happy time" together, she got even angrier. She almost coughed up blood on the spot.
"So it's true! You two are getting back together!"
As if she was protecting something, she stepped in front of Ace, pointed at Joanna, and said, "You harbinger of tragedy! Do you have no shame? My son already threw you out of the house! Why do you still try to seduce him?"
Joanna rubbed her sore temples.
This former mother- in-law of hers was a strong character indeed. Her voice was as loud as a bell. Joanna felt like her eardrums were gonna burst.
"Miss Susan, first of all, you need to be clear who's seducing whom here. I'm at least completely covered. Look at him… Look at how low he's wearing his towel. He has no decency!"
"Wh-What did you say?"
"I said, your son is exposing himself indecently. He has no shame and is seducing people in the middle of the night. He should be punished for being a whore!"
After saying that, Joanna glared at Ace and said seriously, "I'm talking about you. Hurry up and pull the towel up. It's about to fall off. Who are you trying to seduce?"
At this point, Susan was so angry that she could not say a single word.
What made her even angrier was that Ace actually listened to Joanna and pulled the towel up. He said, "I'm trying to seduce you. What's the problem?"
Susan could never have imagined that her son, who was always cold and serious, would flirt with Joanna, the harbinger of tragedy, in her presence. This was even more surprising to her than seeing aliens on Earth.
"Ace, what's the matter with you? You wouldn't even look at her twice in the past. Why are you being so intimate with her now?
Don't tell me you're actually trying to seduce her?"
Ace shrugged, neither admitting nor denying it.
This made Susan even more aware of how serious the matter was.
If it was Joanna who was making advances on her son, it would make sense to her, but now, it appeared that it was her son who was making advances on Joanna. This made her, the mother, feel ashamed and lose her moral high ground.
"Son, did you get brain damage or did she put a spell on you? Do you even know what you're doing? Why are you seducing this harbinger of tragedy?"
Susan had a short fuse. Angered by Ace, she started hitting him.
While pounding at him, she yelled, "Grow some eyes! Please, for the love of god, grow some eyes! Why are you seducing the woman you've already divorced? A good horse will never turn round to graze on an old pasture! You're an embarrassment to me and to our family!"
Joanna saw Susan beating Ace "ferociously", so she quickly stepped back a meter or so to distance herself and keep herself safe. She also said, "Miss Susan, please be mindful of your wording. Technically speaking, I'm not the woman your son divorced, I'm the woman who dumped your son. And, technically speaking, he didn't "turn round to graze on an old pasture", because I haven't let him "graze" on anything at all".
As for that time when they got drunk, something did happen between them, but in Joanna's mind, that wasn't her being " grazed", they were mutually "grazing" each other, so it didn't count.
Susan felt even more humiliated. She started hitting Ace even harder, yelling, "Did you hear that? This woman has never loved you. Stop making a fool of yourself! Hurry up and put on some clothes!"
Ace's handsome face showed no expression as he flatly said, " There aren't any clothes."
"You…!"
Susan rubbed her temples. She felt that if she kept going, she would die from anger.
While all that was happening, Joanna found a tracksuit someone left behind and quickly put it on.
After rummaging around in the wardrobe, Ace also found some casual clothes he left behind a long time ago and put them on too.
Now, the scene finally did not look so weird anymore…
When Susan saw Joanna's tracksuit, it instantly reignited her hatred.
That was because the clothes Joanna was wearing happened to be left behind by Alice.
"You vicious woman! Tell me honestly, did you kill Alice and my unborn grandchild?"
Susan clenched her fists and demanded to know in a harsh voice.
Although Joanna was accused of something she did not do, she was very calm. She looked at Ace and said, "Didn't Alice commit suicide? No one knows better than your son what happened to her."
The mention of Alice's death instantly angered Joanna.
Alice was obviously the one in the wrong, but not only did Ace take her side unconditionally, he even went as far as to fake her death in order to save her… It was an insult to Joanna's IQ.
"Ace, what did she mean by that?"
Susan turned around and asked Ace.
Ace did not reply, which was as good as confirming Joanna's accusation.
"See, your son has given you the answer. You don't have to worry about Alice. How could a person like her commit suicide?"
Joanna sneered and spoke sharply.
Although she could already guess that Ace had secretly hid Alice away, when Ace confirmed it, she still could not help feeling disappointed.