The Untouchable Ex-Wife

As she continued grinding the coffee bit by bit, Renee felt satisfied, but also frowned deeply due to the pain in her wrist.
Just then, footsteps could be heard behind her. It was Yulia, and she screamed as soon as she noticed the wounds on Renee’s
wrist. “Ren, what are you doing? Just look at your hands! Let the staff do this for you!”
“I’m alright, Mrs. Walker, I’m not that fragile.” Renee smiled weakly and proceeded.
“No, you’re not. You’re already bleeding through the gauze! Do you not cherish your own life?” Despite her usual gentleness,
Yulia couldn’t help but feel angered by Renee’s recklessness.
She then snatched the grinder out of her hands and sighed. “Oh child, you’re just so foolish. How could you use your own blood
for his medicine? If your mother knew that you hurt yourself over a man, she would be devastated!”
“She won’t,” Renee replied softly. “I believe Mom would use her own blood if she knew Dad needed it to survive. And you would
too, if Mr. Walker needed it, right?”
“Well...” Yulia couldn’t retort, but still flashed her a concerned frown. “If you really need human blood as an ingredient, our
sanatorium’s blood bank has more than enough. You could have told me sooner! Why did you have to use your own? Now that
you risked your own health, how could we possibly face your parents in the afterlife?”
“Mrs. Walker, I understand your concerns. But the medicine requires blood from a person who genuinely loves the patient to take
effect, not just anyone’s blood. And as you can see, it does work very well, so I don’t regret my decision at all. In fact, I’m very
happy about this.”
Renee had always felt like she wronged Stefan in many ways. Hence, being able to use her blood in his cure, was quite an
achievement for her. In a way, it had also proved that she still loved him deeply within her soul, or else the medicine wouldn’t
have been so effective.
Yuia, however, scoffed. “Don’t try to trick me, Ren, I graduated from the world’s most prestigious medical school as well. And I
have never heard of such an odd cure. If you ask me, this is nothing but superstition that specifically targets innocent girls like
you.”
“Well, whatever it is, it works.” Renee didn’t want to argue, so she tried to take the grinder back from Yulia so that she could
continue.

For the medicine, they had to collect blood from her wrist. Every single time they needed more, they had to cut the wounds back
open, then bandage them back up.
Having done this many times, she felt like she was about to lose the motor skills in her hands soon enough. Making coffee
usually wasn’t so difficult, as she was in a lot of pain.
“You’re still going at it? Can’t you see your wounds have torn open!?” Yulia was adamant in stopping her. “I’ll help you do it.
Grinding coffee beans isn’t a task required from someone who genuinely loves him now, is it?”
Renee gently rubbed her aching wrists and nodded. “Thanks, Mrs. Walker.”
Even though she was the vice dean of the sanatorium, Yulia was patient enough to grind up these rough beans, so much so that
she was starting to sweat.
The two women soon engaged in idle chit chat.
Renee abruptly remembered something and asked, “Mrs. Walker, you were my mother’s best friend, so... you should know
about my brother, right?”
Yulia froze upon hearing this, and visibly panicked. “Oh child, why are you asking this all of a sudden? You... You did have a
brother, but he was a stillborn. That’s why your parents hid it from the public, including you as well. How did you find out about
this?”
“So that means you knew about my mother having twins, and that I have a brother, right?” Renee seemed excited and continued
questioning her. “Then do you know what happened back then? Who was the damned culprit who wouldn’t even show mercy to
a newborn?”