The Unstoppable Comeback Of the Unrivaled Ex-Wife-Chapter 544 - 532

"Mr. Moran, here are your dumplings. Have some while they’re still warm!" The nurse then placed the bowl down on the table.

"Thanks." Ace nodded, feeling as if he was about to drool at any moment. Habits were indeed quite an odd tendency, as the man soon got used to eating them, despite only having them for four days.

Sensing a threat, Seraphina shot the nurse a dirty glare. She asked coldly, "Where did these dumplings come from? Isn’t it Aeos cuisine? Can I have some too?"

"Uhm... No!" The nurse refused without any hesitation. After all, Joan had specially bought these dumplings for Ace. She couldn’t possibly make another bowl.

"Why not? Could it be that you’ve been personally making these for my fiance? Aren’t you being a little too considerate then?"

"No... I..." The nurse felt awkward and failed to explain herself.

Ace quickly came to the nurse’s defense. "You’re still recovering, and seafood is prohibited."

"Yes, yes! Eating seafood may affect wound recovery, which might leave scars on your skin." The nurse let out a sigh of relief, amazed by Ace’s quick thinking.

"Sure, I won’t eat it, but can you tell me where these dumplings came from?" Seraphina insisted, adamant about getting to the bottom of this.

Nowadays, any woman in Ace’s life could potentially pose a threat to their relationship, so she had to be careful to not let them get their way with him.

"Our food court provides these for our Aeos patients." The nurse said stiffly, not accustomed to lying.

"Really?"

"Y... Yeah!"

"Then I’d like a portion of these seafood dumplings now. I can at least smell it if I can’t eat it, right?"

"Ah, well... uhm..."

Seeing how Seraphina was clearly giving the nurse a hard time, Ace spoke up with his deep voice. "Alright, alright, stop messing with the girl. She’s been putting a lot of effort into caring for you too."

He then turned to the nurse and said, "You are dismissed. I can handle her."

After the nurse left, Seraphina was so furious that she turned her head away from him.

"What’s wrong?" Ace comforted her patiently. "You’re not mad at me over some dumplings, are you? I can always stop if you don’t like me eating them."

"Not that! I just think... that nurse is trying to seduce you!" Seraphina pouted and huffed.

Ace found this rather ridiculous. "How is she trying to seduce me?"

"These dumplings smell traditional, so there’s no way it came from a hospital food court, let alone one in a foreign country! There are barely any Aeos people here; how could they possibly make something like this for you?"

"So?"

"So it’s very possible that she’s trying to seduce you and made this for you personally. As many people have said, the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach! Just look at how much you’re enjoying them!"

"Haha, Seraphina, you’re overthinking. They’re just dumplings. How could they possibly replace you?"

Despite comforting her, Ace couldn’t help but think. ’Are these dumplings really from unknown sources?’

Still doubtful, Ace intentionally headed to the hospital food court during dinner.

"I’d like some seafood dumplings," he said to the staff through the window.

The staff was immediately confused upon hearing his order.

"Do you guys not have seafood dumplings?" Ace asked again, emphasizing his words this time.

"No." The staff glared at him as if he were a fool, pointing to the menu. "Everything’s on the menu. Order anything you want."

Scanning through the piece of laminated paper, Ace realized that it was, in fact, filled with foreign cuisine. There wasn’t a single dish originating from Aeos, let alone seafood dumplings.

’So that nurse was lying?’

Ace returned to the main hospital building and found the nurse who delivered those dumplings to him every day.

"I think we need to talk."

The nurse’s expression stiffened anxiously. "Mr. Hunt, what... what would you like to talk about?"

"You know why I’m here."

"I don’t know. I don’t know anything at all." The nurse shook her head, pretending to not understand. She knew exactly what Ace wanted to talk about; he clearly wanted to know who had been giving him those dumplings.

However, she had promised Joan that she would take this secret to the grave. She took a divine vow, and ... she couldn’t possibly tell him the truth.

"C’mon, be straight with me. Where did those dumplings come from? I’ll give you a handsome reward." Ace placed his hands in his pockets, speaking nonchalantly as if negotiating a deal.

"No way!" The nurse shook her head. "I swore to God that I won’t tell you."

"It’s fine! Just donate some money to Him. I’m sure He’ll forgive you."

"Oh! What blasphemy! Please stop asking! I can’t tell you." The nurse quickly ran off after saying a prayer.

She then found Joanna, who was smoking underneath the stairwell. The nurse panicked as she said, "Hey, I finally found you! I’m so sorry, but I can’t help you anymore!"

"What’s wrong?" Joanna calmly breathes out a beautiful swirl of smoke.

"Mr. Hunt and Miss Murphy are starting to feel suspicious about your dumplings, especially Miss Murphy! She thinks I made them for Mr. Hunt to seduce him! So you have to either tell them the truth or stop sending him those dumplings," the nurse sincerely advised.

"Alright then, let’s stop." Joanna accepted this nonchalantly. Since Seraphina was out of danger, the man shouldn’t be so anxious that he wouldn’t eat or sleep. Hence, the dumplings weren’t required in his current situation anymore.

"By the way, Joan... Do you know them? What’s your relationship with them? Don’t tell me you have a crush on Mr. Hunt?" The nurse couldn’t help but pry.

"No way!" Joanna quickly denied. "I just thought he looked very pitiful when he couldn’t eat or sleep because his fiance got into an accident. Since we’re from Aeos, I intended to give him a taste of home, to increase his appetite, you know?"

"Is that so..." The nurse nodded gently. "Right, what would Van do if you had a crush on him? Mr. Hunt has everything, but Van only has you. He’d be devastated if you leave."

"That’s why I won’t be leaving him." Joanna smiled softly as if trying to convince both the nurse and herself. "I have to go see Van now, or he might throw another tantrum."