CHAPTER 566: CHAPTER 554

That was why Ace urgently needed to find the one who could ’unlock’ him, so that he

could be normal again!

"Your silence only proves me right. See? You agree with me that you don’t love Seraphina at all, and you’d be hurting her and yourself if you kept bumbling on and marrying her, y’know?" Ethan naturally saw everything clearly because he was close to Ace, and Ace saw Ethan clearly too.

Ace did not love Seraphina, just like Ethan did not love Clara... therefore, as a scumbag with a conscience, he would never allow himself to hurt Clara, or his good friend to hurt Seraphina.

"I really don’t love Seraphina, do I?" Ace narrowed his eyes, working hard to ponder on the fact before asking a soul-searching question. "But who is the one I love if not her?"

After all, he was constantly aware that he loved a certain person with every fiber of his being, and it was a love ingrained to his very bones. Judging from his memories, it had to be Seraphina, who braved hell and high water to stay with him, never abandoning him even in

his darkest moment...

But if that was true, why did he feel like something wasn’t right?

"Why are you asking me? You should be asking yourself-whoever’s face comes to mind the instant you mention ’love’ is most likely the person you love," Ethan suggested, being a veteran in relationships. In Ethan’s case, nothing came to mind when he thought of the word... he probably didn’t love anyone other than himself!

"Love..." Ace’s face turned troubled as he racked his brain-after all, the person that first came to mind was his sworn enemy!

Meanwhile, said enemy had appeared, striding upstairs towards him and stomping angrily with each step.

Ethan noticed that Clara was with Joanna, who was walking as loudly as she could. As if feeling guilty, he slid close to Ace while rubbing his eyes and asking nervously, "A-Ace,am I seeing things or do you see it too?"

"I do," Ace growled, his handsome face scowling as he watched Joanna and Clara stride past their bodyguards and walk up to them.

He could clearly feel his heart racing.

It was an unfamiliar feeling-his adrenaline was kicking in, spiking his senses for danger and excitement!

"You’re more competent than I thought," Ace said haughtily as he stared at her. After all, he was the hunter here, setting a trap and waiting for Joanna to bite. He just didn’t expect that she was bold enough to leap into that trap! Anyone

could fall in love with that!

"Shut up and give him back to me, and I’ll let bygones be bygones,* Joanna demanded viciously-she was dazed at first, but sobered up when she saw him.

"What if I refuse?" Ace rested his chin on his hand, his gaze cool and imposing.

Everyone around them gave them a wide berth out of fear.

After all, Ace Moran was basically the king of the City-his every step could quake it, and the further they were from him, the better.

Joanna stood before Ace, angrily glaring at him as the atmosphere grew tense. Even Ace’s bodyguards were holding their breaths, ready to jump into action at any moment.

However, the standoff lasted little over ten seconds as Joanna’s eyes suddenly turned watery.

"If you don’t... I-I’ll cry!" She stammered, and started bawling. "Boo-hoo... Please, Ace Moran... CEO of Moran group and the god of the City... Please, give him back to me..." She was crying so loudly that the whole bar seemed to quake, causing everyone in the bar to turn towards the VIP area curiously.Ace was utterly mystified—this woman never seemed to behave like a normal person, and he was completely caught off guard!

To make things worse, Joanna had become so experienced in crying that her tears and snot were flowing freely while her eyes and nose had turned red. She looked so miserable that she could give professional actresses a run for their money!

"No... Please... If you’re upset with someone, go mess with them... Please don’t involve innocents... Boo-hoo... If you hate me, you can hit me, you can curse me or even kill me if it satisfies you... It doesn’t matter how you torment me or punish me... I won’t complain at all as long as you’re satisfied..." The woman sobbed, wiping her tears away.

"Here," she gasped, picking Ace’s hand up and aiming it at her face. "You can hit me!

Just do whatever you want, don’t hold back... or you’ll get stressed!"

That was not all—Clara, spurred on by liquid courage, was spouting all sorts of nonsense to back up her friend!

"Oh, you’re such a scumbag! Where’s your conscience?! Just because you have money, you resort to vile crimes like abduction and blackmail?

Joanna’s just a student, but she’s already had children with you, and you refuse to acknowledge her because of your post-nut clarity?! Aren’t you afraid of karma?!" Immediately, everyone was in an uproar, and all of them were condemning Ace.

"He’s such a piece of crap... Bullying women, really?!"

"Poor girl... She’s crying so miserably... Who’s going to help her?!"

"To think I used to worship Ace... But that’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing for you. Let’s call the cops, or there’ll definitely be trouble!"

Ace was silent, clenching his fists and feeling extremely uncomfortable. Joanna was crying to pressure Ace, while Clara had her hands on her hips as she rambled on with ridiculous slander to incite public outrage.

"Boo-hoo... Please, Mr. Moran, please spare us... Please give him back to us... We won’t ever upset you anymore... We will hide our faces forever..."

"Yeah, you better give him back or we’re calling the cops! Threatening a student to have sexual liaisons with you and even making her pregnant?! Let’s see how you’d explain that to the po-po!"

"You must want to die, both of you!" Ace bellowed at the two crazed women suddenly.

"Argh! Help! He’s threatening to kill us!" Clara screamed at the top of her lungs. "Everyone, look-the CEO of Moran group was exposed for blackmailing and is now threatening us with violence!"

Though Joanna was not that brave, Clara had no such misgivings-she would not rest until she destroyed every ounce of dignity Ace had!

Nearby, Ethan was a little drunk, but became sober the instant he saw that it was none other than Clara Blackwood who was causing a fuss!