The Untouchable Ex Wife by Mizuki Sei

“Oh, to think you were just saying how I’m the only woman you’d marry! And now I’m not supposed to know about your family
matters?” Renee burst out, sobbing. “Have you ever wondered how I’d feel if Grandpa Timothy passed away all of a sudden?!”
Stefan flashed her a cold smile. “How would you feel? You think everyone in the Hunt family is evil anyway. You avoid all of us
like we’re the plague!”
“Stefan Hunt, you jerk!” Renee stormed over to him, and raised an arm to punch him. However, she remembered that he was
currently injured, and couldn’t bring herself to harm him.
Instead, she merely yelled at him in a fiercer tone, “Who do you take me for? I’m not a cold-blooded monster like you! You know
how much I love Grandpa Timothy, and you know I see him as my second grandfather! Why did you hide his illness from me?!
Do you want me to feel guilty for all eternity?!”
“And what can you do about it?” Stefan’s gaze was hostile, his voice disdainful. “It’s not like anything would change after you find
out about it. Or do you think Grandpa can be magically cured solely because you know about his condition?”
“At least, I won’t let him live in regret! I want him to spend the last of his days in happiness...” Renee clenched her fists,
seemingly determined.
Stefan wasn’t convinced. “How so?”
“How else, you idiot?!” Renee shot the man a dirty glare, suspecting that he was pretending to not understand.
“I really don’t know.” Stefan wasn’t lying at all. He finally realized that Renee had an extremely complicated mind, and he couldn’t
read her in the slightest.
“Grandpa Timothy had always wanted us to get back together. Now that we’re legally married again because of certain mistakes,
why don’t we just fulfill his wish? Besides, with Abby and Adie around, he might just be able to recover because of all the love
and joy he’ll receive,” Renee said hopefully.
She never knew about Timothy’s physical condition, so it never once crossed her mind to play pretend in front of him. Now, it
seemed to her that she needed to take immediate action, or else the old man might die with regrets.
“So you’re saying you’re willing to start over with me?” The iciness in Stefan’s gaze was instantly replaced with a spark of hope.

Renee didn’t care for his enthusiasm at all, quickly extinguishing any dreams he had for her. “Don’t misunderstand my intentions,
I just want to make Grandpa Timothy happy. Our relationship is just an act. The day he passes away is the day I cut ties with you
again,” Renee explained with a frosty expression.
Stefan huffed. “Again with the acting? If you like acting so much, why don’t you become an actress instead?”
Renee was dumbfounded. “What do you mean again? You’re being weird. When have I ever played pretend with you?”
She was a simple and direct woman, and she had never been anything other than genuine in every relationship she had. Hence,
she had never played pretend with anyone in the past, apart from... Mr. Q.