The Return of His Unrivaled Ex-Wife

Chapter 237

“No matter what, I will be here for you this time!” Bruce said with determination, but he looked as gentle as a lamb.

Joanna heard it and felt that her heart wrenched for no reason.

If he had ever been as gentle to her as this before, she would probably still love him badly.

However, things changed. She had walked in the cold blast and got caught in the pouring rain. She was once helpless. desperate, and deeply hurt by him. So she had shut herself off and wouldn’t trust him again.

It was difficult for her to open her heart to him again.

Seeing that Joanna was still in low spirits, Bruce’s eyes flickered as he looked at her with a smile. “I have good news for you!”

“What is it?” Joanna still looked depressed without the slightest expectation.

What good news could Bruce bring her? It should be nothing more than him acquiring a few more listed companies or closing more big deals.

“Forget it. I’ll tell you later when it’s the right time!”

Bruce swallowed his words when he saw Joanna was not looking forward to the good news!

He had made a call the day before and planned to bring the children back to the country!

They would arrive the next afternoon!

He had planned to tell Joanna the good news as soon as possible. But he gave it a second thought and decided to surprise

her.

She would be overjoyed to see the children when they arrived!

Joanna rolled her eyes and didn’t talk to him again!

He was always so full of himself. Only God knows what he was thinking in his mind again!

What he thought was good news might not necessarily be good news for her!

Bruce stayed for another while and could not help but rub his temples. “Ouch, I have a terrible headache!”

“You should go home and have a good sleep!”

“Can you massage my head for me? I’ve had nine meetings in a row today. Oh, I feel my head is about to explode!” Bruce leaned against the bed exhaustedly!

The Everett Group was a big company. It would keep him as busy as a bee by handling his daily work in the company.

And he also had to make time to visit Joanna these few days. He had barely slept at all.

Looking at his exhausted face, Joanna felt her heart broken for no reason. She could not help but reach out her hands to rub his temples!

As she did so, Bruce lay on the bed, looking like he was enjoying it.

Seeing this, Joanna didn’t have the heart to stop the massage immediately. She had no choice but to continue rubbing his temples.

She kept massaging his head for about ten minutes.

Surprisingly, Bruce was snoring lightly!

Joanna looked down and found that he had fallen asleep at the head of the bed!

It was clear that he was exhausted! Otherwise, he wouldn’t have fallen asleep so quickly.

Joanna was stunned and stopped doing the massage!

Indeed, he had a perfect side face.

He had thick eyebrows and a tall nose. His angular jawline gave him the charisma of toughness but not roughness. He was. like a perfect statue, a real piece of art!

She had no idea how to face this man!

“Bruce…” Joanna softly called his name!

Bruce did not react at all and slept like a log!

Joanna did not dare to wake him up again. She grabbed the suit jacket beside him and put it on his shoulders.

He slept for more than an hour!

Bruce turned over as if he had a nightmare. He suddenly grabbed in the air. “Joanna! Joanna…”

Joanna’s wrist was grabbed tightly, and she woke up with a start. “What’s wrong?”

Bruce shook his head and held Joanna’s wrist tightly. A moment later, he chilled out and said slowly, “Nothing. It was only a

dream!”

“What did you dream about?” Joanna asked subconsciously.

“I dreamt that…” Bruce stopped mid–sentence!

In his dream, he dreamed that Joanna had left him. He tried his best to catch up, but he failed no matter how hard he tried.

Looking at Joanna’s confused face, Bruce smiled bitterly again. “No biggie. I just had a dream hysteria.”

“What time is it?”

Joanna took a look at the clock. “It’s almost 11 p.m.!”

“I’ve been asleep for an hour and a half?”

“Yep!”

Bruce stood up and straightened his numb limbs. He refreshed himself and said, “I’ve been too tired recently!”

Joanna pursed her lips. “Go home and have a good rest! It’s getting late!”

“I want to stay here with you for a little longer!”

“You don’t have to do that. It’s eleven now! I’m supposed to go to bed, too!”

Hearing that, Bruce flicked his tongue and could not find a good reason to stay!

“Alright then! Off I go. I’ll come and see you tomorrow!”

“Okay!” Joanna replied gently.

Bruce leaned over and kissed her forehead. “Take good care of the baby. Everything will be fine!

Tm right here. You don’t need to worry about anything!”

Joanna said nothing in reply and just looked into his eyes weakly!

Bruce lowered his head and kissed her lips again. “Good night. I gotta go!”

After that, Bruce put on his suit jacket and casually tied his tie around his neck. Then, he opened the door and walked out!

Bruce left.

Joanna felt sad for no reason.

Somehow, the gentler he was, the worse she felt! He was doing everything he could and trying to win her heart and trust again.

However, she had shut herself off. Even if he won her heart and trust again, he would only hurt her one more time.

“Bruce, I hope you can stop doing this! No matter what you do, you can’t compensate for what you’ve done to hurt me!”

She had already been in hospital for more than one week. It would be Christmas Eve two days later! This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

It seemed she had to celebrate Christmas alone in the hospital this year!

Since her mother passed away. Joanna had been all alone for Christmas each year. After she became a mother, she celebrated Christmas with her children!

Unexpectedly, she was alone for Christmas again this year!

The next day!

Roxanne woke up early and couldn’t help but call Kensley.

Beep!

The call went through immediately.

Kensley quickly picked up the call. “Hello.”

“Doctor Leach, how was it going?”

Kensley sighed and said in frustration and fear, “Don’t mention it again. I almost got into trouble!”

“What happened?”

“I found an opportunity to do it the day before yesterday but got busted. Joanna has safely kept her baby again. I’m already under suspicion, so I can’t risk it anymore!”

Roxanne heard that and got even more exasperated. “Damn it! You took two million dollars from me. You can’t even do your job!”

Kensley was a little angry to hear that and retorted bluntly, “Ms. Haynes, you promised to give me 20 million dollars after 1 helped you with Mrs. Margaret Everett!

“But you gave me one million dollars only. And this two million dollars is still far from enough!”

Roxanne gritted her teeth and tried her best to suppress her anger. “I don’t care. You must come up with something else to get it done!”

“I’m

sorry, but I can’t promise you that! If I do it again, I’ll definitely be caught!

“Ive aroused suspicion last time. If anything happens again, I’ll surely be the first to be suspected. In that case, I won’t be

able to stay in Greyport anymore!”

Hearing that, Roxanne was pissed off. “What do you mean? You mean you want to quit?”

“Yeah! That’s what I meant. Joanna isn’t just nobody. Mr. Everett cares too much about her!

“I can’t ruin my future and honor for the money!

“That’s all for now. Gotta run!” Kensley said and hung up the phone.

He was a top student who had graduated from a medical university and had a promising future before him. He did not dare to go astray and mess it up!

After Kensley hung up the phone, Roxanne flew into a rage and slammed the phone on the bed.

“Joanna, you’re a jinx! God! It’s unfair! How come she has everything good? Based on what?”

The more Roxanne thought of it, the more desperate she got. She picked up the phone and called Ingrid.

“Hello, Roxy!”

“Hi. Mom!”

Ingrid’s concerned voice came from the other end of the phone. “You’re calling me early in the morning? What’s wrong?”

“Nothing much. I just wanted to talk to you!”

“Christmas is coming in two days. I’m busy shopping for Christmas decorations and presents these days! By the way, are you and Bruce coming over and celebrating Christmas with us?”

Roxanne heard it and felt even more terrible. “I haven’t seen him for the past few days!”

“Oh? What’s the matter again?”

“He’s been with the bitch Joanna these few days. He doesn’t have time for me!

“I’m sure he’ll stay with that little bitch for this year’s Christmas. In no way will he celebrate Christmas with me!”

Ingrid heard that, and she sneered. “What a slut! Joanna’s getting more smug!

“You are also to be blamed. You’ve never defeated her since you were young! Can’t you smart up and make your mother proud?

“You got her to kick your ass each time. Shame on you!”

Ingrid couldn’t help but be mean to her daughter.