Chapter 736


    When Bruce heard this, aplicated emotion appeared in his eyes.


    “Honey, I want a hug…”


    He didn’t want to be separated from Joanna and the children.


    “What’s wrong?” Joanna asked, looking puzzled.


    “I don’t want to be apart from you!” Bruce said while hugging Joanna.


    “Silly! You’re just going on a business trip. It’s not like you’ll nevere back.” Joanna looked at him,


    slightly irritated.


    Bruce remained silent. He simplyy his head in her arms as if he were a kid seeking sce in his


    mother’s love.


    If he went to Antlen this time, he might be unable to return.


    However, since he had promised Aria, he had no choice but to go.


    “Well, when are you going?”


    Bruce took a deep breath and said sadly, “It might take a few days. After I’ve arranged thepany’s


    matters and you’re feeling better, I’ll go over.”


    Joanna listened and did not ask further.


    After all, Bruce went on frequent business trips. The trips varied in length,sting from three to five


    days to one to two


    months.


    It was normal for someone as busy as him to go on a business trip.


    Joanna thought he was going on an ordinary business trip, so she did not pay much attention.


    Bruce sank deep into her embrace. His heart felt especially warm as he smelt her faint fragrance.


    “Honey, my head hurts,” Bruce said, sounding mncholic.


    When Joanna heard this, she assumed he was genuinely suffering from a headache and offered, “Let


    me massage it for you.”


    “…Okay.” Bruce adjusted his posture obediently, his arms still hugging her tightly.


    Joanna knew he had a habit of getting a headache and gently reached out to massage his temples.


    Despite the fact that the Everett family had a professional physiotherapist who could give him a full-


    body massage, he preferred to let Joanna massage his head since it made him feel happy and loved.


    Ten minutes passed.


    Bruce was sofortable that he was about to fall asleep. However, afraid that Joanna would be tired,


    he said, “Honey, that’s enough!”


    Bruce theny beside her on the pillow, and his hawk-like eyes fixated on her without blinking.


    Joanna felt goosebumps all over from his stare. “Why are you looking at me like that?”


    Bruce smiled dotingly. “Nothing much. You’re so adorable, which makes me want to keep looking at


    you like this. I want to engrave your appearance in my mind so I can recognize you immediately, even


    in my next life.


    “This life isn’t over yet! Let’s focus on living this life to the fullest first!”


    “Honey, will you still love me in your next life?”


    Joanna was most afraid of the corny words of love that Bruce would say. “Annoying- Can you not be so


    mushy in the future?”


    She honestly couldn’t stand his cheesy words and preferred his cold and distant demeanor in the past.


    Being mushy all the time only made him seem greasy.


    “Tell me, will you love me in the next life?”


    “Stop being silly, my stomach hurts…”


    The two were bantering yfully.


    Ring…


    Joanna’s phone rang.


    “Whose phone is ringing?”


    “Oh, I think it’s mine.”


    Bruce was stunned for a moment and immediately let go of Joanna.


    Miranda quickly handed the phone to Joanna.


    After ncing at the screen, she realized that it was a call from Jaydon.


    Joanna’s expression changed slightly, and she dared not answer the call.


    “Why aren’t you picking up?”


    “Oh…” Joanna silently muted the phone.


    Presumably, Jaydon already found out about her giving birth. He probably called to congratte her


    and ask her how she was doing.


    However, since Bruce and Jaydon were sworn enemies, it was better not to answer Jaydon’s call in


    front of him.


    After a while, Bruce looked up in confusion, wondering why Joanna was not picking up the phone.


    “Who’s calling? Why aren’t you picking up?”


    “Oh, it’s nothing!” Joanna pretended to be nonchnt.


    Seeing this, Bruce frowned.


    Looking at Joanna’s uneasy expression, he suddenly came to a realization.


    “Was it that annoying bastard who called?”


    When Joanna heard this, her face darkened. “Bruce, can you not make it sound so unpleasant?”


    “Don’t you know that the way you speak is very malicious, which makes people dislike you? Can you


    stop swearing at people?”


    “Hmph!” Bruce rolled his eyes in disdain.


    He had always been sharp-tongued and good at criticizing people.


    He did not want to pretend to be sanctimonious.


    It had always been others pretending in front of him.


    He did not need to put on a hypocritical mask in front of anyone, pretend to be serious, and preach


    about ethics and morals.


    The more refined some people pretended to be, the more it proved they needed such a mask. They


    might have done many unsightly things in secret.


    “Give me the phone!”


    “Aiya, stop being annoying! So what if Jay called?” Joanna choked in anger.


    “Hmph, so what? What do you think?” Bruce’s expression instantly changed.


    He hated Jaydon to the core.


    Even the mention of Jaydon’s name was enough to make him breathless with anger.


    “Give me the phone. I’ll give him a good scolding!


    “If he dares to call you again, I’ll break all the bones in his body.


    When Joanna heard this, she was even more speechless. “Bruce, can you not be so bossy?


    “Did I say anything when you were flirting with your first love? Why can’t I have a friend?”


    Bruce widened his eyes and frowned.


    He thought, “How could this be the same? Content protected by N?v/el(D)rama.Org.


    Aria and I were ssmates; so…


    “But what was Jaydon?


    He had ulterior motives and had been eyeing Joanna Haynes covetously. Moreover, he was very


    principled. He could control himself and could maintain an appropriate distance from Aria.


    “However, Joanna was different. She might be stolen away from me by that bastard Jaydon.


    “Pass the phone to me. Come on!”


    “Nol


    “Hurry up and give it to me!” Bruce was so angry that his heart ached. He tried to snatch Joanna’s


    phone from her.


    This caused anger to sweep over Joanna. She hugged the phone tightly to her chest. “Bruce, you


    bastard!


    “If you dare to call and scold Jay, I’ll ignore you forever.”


    When Bruce heard this, he went red with fury. “Joanna, do you have feelings for him?”


    “Bruce, can you stop being unreasonable? You are friends with your first love, so why can’t I have


    friends of the opposite gender?”


    “That won’t do. I can, but you


    can’t.”


    “You mean anything you do is eptable? But I can’t do anything? Is that what you mean?”


    “…” Bruce hesitated!


    “Bruce, you promised me you wouldn’t be overbearing anymore.


    “Are you trying to go back on your word?”


    Bruce exhaled and forced himself to calm down. “Joanna, I have no other requests for you. I only want


    you to cut ties with Jaydon andpletely cut off all contact.”


    “Breaking ties is out of the question! Jay was the children and I’s savior. Without him, we would have


    died.”


    “Are you asking me to be an ungrateful person by asking me to cut ties with him?


    “Besides, Jay and I were only friends in the past. If I wanted to be with him, I would have been together


    with him long ago. There was no need to wait until now.”


    Seeing that Joanna refused to cut ties with Jaydon, Bruce was enraged. “Ha! Sure! Great!”