After all, this seemed to be the only thing still connecting them.
If this matter was handled cleanly, then there would no longer be anything between them. They would become complete strangers.
"Good. I have nothing else to say."
Ace's emotions were very complicated, and so were his feelings for Joanna.
He could not say that he hated her.
But there also seemed to be a lack of reason for him to embrace her again.
He had to admit that after four years, many things had changed.
Ace coldly turned around, preparing to leave.
"Wait."
Joanna suddenly stopped him.
"Anything else?"
"Thank you."
Joanna said sincerely.
"For what?"
Ace was confused.
"Thank you for visiting my parents' graves in the last four years. I once loved you deeply and I once hated you deeply, but everything's over now. I no longer love or hate you. I hope that, when we meet in the future, we can greet each other with a smile, and I hope that we can both live our lives well."
Joanna said from the bottom of her heart with a smile.
Before, she kept too many things in her heart, and it was very exhausting.
She only realized that she could live a carefree life after completely letting go!
Her words were grand, but Ace's face became increasingly cold as he listened to her.
This damn woman was so eager to cut ties with him?
"I think this amber pendant is yours. I found it four years ago. I can finally return it to you now."
Joanna took down the amber pendant that she had kept for four years from her neck and handed it to Ace.
"It's actually with you!"
Ace quickly took it from her. He could still feel Joanna's body heat on the amber.
After examining it carefully, he confirmed that it was indeed the pendant left by his brother. He was very emotional. "This is something very important to me. I've been looking for it for a long time."
"You dropped it in front of my parents' graves. I didn't expect you to go there, so I never thought it would be yours. I'm sorry if it caused any inconvenience."
Joanna spoke politely. Her tone was distant.
Ace hated this "politeness".
It was as if they were just acquaintances, but they were once an intimate couple!
However, no matter how unhappy he felt, an arrogant guy like Ace would never show it on his face.
"You'd better pray that this pendant isn't damaged, or it's not something that can be glossed over with just an apology!"
After saying that coldly, he left without looking back.
Joanna leaned against her car and watched Ace's impressive figure blend into the night. She could not help smiling.
'Tsktsk, this guy still has such a bad attitude. It's time for him to suffer a bit and have a taste of failure…
By the time Joanna returned to the apartment, it was already really late.
Clara was not back yet, which was quite unusual.
"Could the heartless girl have found true love this time?"
While Joanna was wondering that, she saw Clara stealthily opening the door and sneaking in. Her fair face was tinged with a faint blush, displaying a girlish shyness.
*Ahem*
Joanna cleared her throat and stopped Clara. She interrogated her like a dorm manager. "Where have you been? Why are you back so late? Don't lie to me!"
After hesitating for a while, Clara told her, 'Til be honest, I've fallen for this guy hard. Barring any accident, we'll probably get married at the end of the month. If the time is right, maybe we can even have a group wedding!"
"Already? Isn't it a bit too impulsive?"
Although Joanna was happy for Clara, she still felt a bit uneasy. "You've always said that you would never get married or have children. Why the sudden change of mind?"
"That's because I haven't met the right person! As long as the person is right, any rule can be broken, and there's no obstacle too hard to overcome!"
Clara used to be a fangirl. Her biggest hobby was fangirling over celebrity couples. She had no interest in starting a relationship.
Who would have known that a single taste of relationship would spiral out of control like this?!
Joanna did not ask any further. She told Clara, "If you're gonna get married soon, aren't you gonna show me this guy and let me check him out?"
"Of course!"
Clara smiled sweetly and said, "I already told him that we'll have dinner together tomorrow. You can help me take a look at him."
"Okay."
Joanna nodded.
"What did you do tonight? Did you go to dinner with the top donor?"
Clara eagerly asked Joanna.
"Yes, but not exactly."
Joanna answered truthfully.
Clara's eyes lit up. She asked, "How was it? Who's the top donor? It's Ace the Scumbag, isn't it?"
"Yup, it's him."
Joanna did not feel any need to conceal it.
"Did your flame rekindle?… Oh no, I can tell with a single look that it did. It's over for my poor brother. He's getting dumped."
Clara had already come up with a huge drama in her mind.
She had always felt that the relationship between Joanna and Ace would not end so soon. Her brother should not have stood between them like a fool. Him getting dumped was only a matter of time.
Joanna's expression immediately turned serious, "Don't joke about something like that. If the flame could rekindle, it would have rekindled a long time ago. It wouldn't have remained dead for four years. We only settled some issues between us."
"That's good. A dead love is like a tumor that has been removed from the body. If you keep the tumor, it'll only spread and cause you more pain.
Ending it cleanly is good…"
After Clara said that, she could not help but worry, "But there are two children between you. Can you really end it cleanly?"
The Moran Residence.
In the last four years while Joanna was gone, Old Mr. Moran's health had deteriorated because he was worried sick.
Ace chose to move back to the Moran Residence to live with Old Mr. Moran so that it would be more convenient to take care of the elderly man.
Today, Ace returned later than usual. He thought the old man must be asleep already so he did not go to greet him and instead headed straight to the study for an extra shift.