Susan snorted and sized Joanna from head to toe before mockingly saying, "Ace won't even touch her, so how can she be pregnant? She's just a waste of our money."
Susan's words were so cruel that Joanna instantly clenched her fist when she heard them. Just as she was about to say something, Clara stepped forward and insulted Susan.
"Hahaha! You're not that capable, either. One of your sons died, and the other had an affair. If I were you, I would reflect on why my sons are useless. Aren't you afraid your grandchildren will get karma because of your nasty remarks?"
Before Joanna had a divorce, Clara kept quiet and didn't interfere in their family matters. But now that Joanna was getting a divorce, she wouldn't stay silent anymore.
Susan was furious when she heard that, and she turned pale with anger as she pointed a finger at Clara. "You…"
When Alice saw this, she felt that this was an opportunity for her to get on Susan's good side. She instantly stood. between Susan and Clara, then acted like a pitiful victim as she said, "Miss Blackwood, you can't say that to your elder. Even if you're not satisfied, you can't be unreasonable."
Clara felt rage course through her at Alice's words.
She didn't want to be aggressive before this but couldn't hold it anymore. She grabbed Alice and hit her across the face.
Slap!
A crisp noise rang out clearly, causing Alice and Susan to be stunned instantly. Susan hadn't thought that a softie like Joanna would have such a fierce friend that was not one to mess with.
She looked at Joanna and demanded, "Why are you standing there? Tell your friend to apologize now, or else I won't drop this matter so easily!"
Joanna stood where she was and calmly said, "You should apologize instead. I am afraid her face might be too thick from how shameless she is that it hurt my friend's hand."
"What?!"
When Susan realized that Joanna didn't care, she decided to take matters into her own hands.
She raised her hand, intending to slap Clara, but Joanna grabbed her wrist instantly and coldly said, "Miss Susan, it's bad to sneak up on someone else."
Susan was stunned to see the sharp look in Joanna's eyes, as it was the complete opposite of how Joanna used to be.
Suddenly, Alice sat on the floor with a thud and screamed, "Oh, my stomach!"
"What are you doing?" Ace appeared, and his handsome face was dark as he asked solemnly.
When Susan saw Ace, she became even more arrogant.
"Ace, you're finally here. If you didn't come in time, Joanna and her violent friend were about to beat us up! You have to teach these two lessons today!"
Ace didn't care about Susan but rushed to help Alice and asked, "Are you okay? Do you need to see the doctor?"
Alice had pretended to be hurt, so naturally, she didn't need or want to go to the hospital. She said weakly, "I'm fine. It's just that I got slapped, but it didn't hurt my stomach. I'll be fine after some rest."
When Ace saw the mark on her face, his cold face grew even more frigid.
He stared coldly at Joanna and asked with a hint of steel in his voice. "Shouldn't you explain what's going on?"
Thinking that an explanation was unnecessary, Joanna returned the man's cold stare with a calm one and said, "She was slapped. There's more to say about it."
It didn't matter if he considered her unreasonable or disgraceful. There was nothing to explain, and it wasn't necessary.
Everything about the Morans was nothing important to her from the moment she decided to divorce Ace.
What's more, it was just a mistress and a shrew.
Susan, with a shaking voice and an arrogant look, said, "Look, she admitted it. What are you still standing here for, son? Make her get down on her knees and beg for forgiveness!"
Having stood by the side watching, Clara started to get irritated again and shouted, "Fuck your forgiveness! I wouldn't have slapped her if your mother and this bitch didn't call Joan a parasite and a barren!"
Ace furrowed his brows deeply when he heard her and turned to look at his mother and Alice.
"Is that true?"
Alice, feeling guilty, choked on her words.
As for Susan, rather than feel guilty, she was harrumphed and said righteously, "It's just a fact! She's indeed barren. She's the one who couldn't conceive, so what's the fuss about fearing what the people say?"
Clara was speechless, almost reaching the brink of exploding as she exclaimed, "Why do you think Joan is infertile?" Clara pulled Joanna impulsively and announced proudly, "Let me just tell you straight. Joan has been pregnant for almost a month. And one more thing, she is having fraternal twins!"
Her words were like the most powerful nuclear weapon in the world.
Everyone was stunned.
And Joanna was the most confused one.
'What's happening here? I remembered clearly that I had not spoken a word to Clara about my pregnancy. How did she come to know about it?'
Susan stared at Joanna's belly with mixed feelings, and said doubtfully, "Son, didn't you have no feelings for her? Why is she pregnant?"
Ace pursed his thin lips, and his cold eyes landed on Joanna's belly. The expression on his face was rather unpleasant.
He and Joanna hadn't been intimate, so how could she be pregnant?
Clara was delighted with their reactions and continued bluffing with a serious face, "Hmph! Stop dreaming. Who said that Joan's pregnant with your son's children? Since your son shamelessly cheated on my friend, of course she could give him a payback. It's only fair this way!"
Joanna was always in sync with Clara, so she immediately got her point. Her best friend was clearly trying to stand up for her and making things up on purpose!
Ace's handsome face turned extremely gloomy, and he questioned bitterly, "Whose baby is it?"
"I told you already that Joan is having fraternal twins. Isn't this obvious enough? They are Liam's, of course!" said
Clara proudly, "We, the Blackwoods, inherit a strong genetic trait of getting twins, you know?"
Joanna struggled to hold back her laughter and nearly failed, and a snort almost left her lips.
'Oh my God, how could Clara be so full of shit? When I really give birth to twins, it'll be impossible for me to explain this!'
Ace stared at Joanna with eyes that could almost tear her into pieces. "Is she telling the truth?"
"Um…" Joanna didn't know how to answer that for a moment.
"Of course, it's true!" Clara chimed in as she cast a sympathetic look at Ace. "What a pity! My best friend is one hundred percent sure who the father of her children is, but I won't be sure if Master Moran is the father of this bitch's child!"
"Ahem!" Joanna cleared her throat, signaling Clara to stop and not to go too overboard.
Ace was a difficult man to deal with. If he were really pissed, the Blackwoods would be in trouble.
"Let's go, Clara. Mr. Moran is still busy picking out clothes for his baby!"
After dropping this sinister remark, Joanna held Clara and walked away, her head held high and ignoring Ace's cold gaze. If looks could kill, she would certainly have dropped dead with how hard the man was staring at her!
Ace watched her retreating back indifferently, hesitating to withdraw his gaze.
Susan said indignantly, "Hmph! I knew that bitch was no good. It's not a surprise that she would cheat on you. You are getting divorced soon anyway, so let her fool around if she wants!"
Ace slowly turned and said slowly, "Impossible."
"What's impossible?"
"It's impossible that she would cheat on me, moreover, get pregnant." His gaze turned sharp as he said, "She doesn't have the guts to do that!"
Alice did not expect Ace to defend Joanna even though he was about to divorce her, which alarmed her.
To get rid of Joanna, a prickly thorn in her heart, an evil plan started to form in her mind secretly…