# Chapter 246: A Hidden Request Wrapped in Anger
Hello everyone, it’s me again! How are you all doing today? I hope your hearts are ready for another emotional rollercoaster, because Chapter 246 of *The Untouchable Ex Wife* is filled with sharp words, buried pain, and a plea that almost gets strangled before it can even be spoken. In this chapter, Renee does something that seems utterly contradictory—she walks into the hospital room of the very man she claims to hate, carrying supplements in her hands and fire in her heart. And Stefan, even while lying helpless in a hospital bed, is as sharp-tongued and ruthless as ever. Let’s step together into this tense, emotionally charged room and see exactly what happens when two people who once tore each other apart try to hold a conversation without completely destroying each other again.
The moment Renee steps into Stefan’s hospital room, the atmosphere turns cold and heavy. She has brought him supplements, all neatly placed, but there’s no warmth in her gestures—only a strange sense of duty, or maybe just a last trace of humanity. Stefan, however, is not fooled for a single second. He lets out a scoff, the kind that instantly puts everyone on edge. His voice is full of bitter mockery as he sneers, “Why did you even come to see me if you hate me? You even pretentiously brought so many supplements. It’s hard for me to believe that you’re not here to kill me instead.”
Renee’s glare is venomous. She doesn’t shy away from his accusations. Instead, she fires back with cold precision: “I don’t bully the weak, and I already said that we’re even... but it doesn’t mean I’ve forgiven you.”
Those words strike Stefan’s chest harder than any physical wound. He looks genuinely baffled. He leans back against his pillow, lets his eyes close, and lets out a deep, tired breath. There is something strange in his expression—not anger, but exhaustion, maybe even resignation. He murmurs, “You baffle me... You can pick up where you left off. I won’t resist, and I promise that I’ll die for real this time.”
It’s as if he’s offering her the revenge she never took. Perhaps he thinks that is the easiest way to settle everything between them. But Renee refuses to fall into that dramatic trap. She snaps at him grumpily, “Don’t drag me into this! Just open the window—I’m sure you can kill yourself by jumping off this eighteen-storey building.”
And yet, even as she says it, Renee quietly despises herself. She knows deep down that she is far too softhearted. If it had been anyone else standing in her shoes, someone who had suffered all that she had been through, they would have slapped Stefan hard across the face. Instead, she’s standing there bantering with him like an old acquaintance who just refuses to let go of old grudges.
But Stefan isn’t fooled by her tough, grumpy exterior. He opens his eyes again and looks straight at her with that shrewd, calculating gaze she remembers all too well. He’s not going to waste time on small talk. He cuts straight to the heart of the matter: “So, you came to see me even though you hate me... What is it you really want?”
Renee’s expression shifts. She realizes that there is no point in pretending. Stefan has always been sharp, and he has already seen straight through her. So she decides to be blunt as well. With a slight, almost sarcastic smile, she says, “Well, you’ certainly smart, Mr. Hunt. I want to ask you about someone.”
“Who is it?” Stefan asks.
“Joanne.”
The name seems to hang in the air between them. Stefan’s brow furrows, and a sneer curls at the corner of his lips. He says coldly, “Joanne? You know which hospital she’s staying at, don’t you? You can go straight to her without asking me.”
Renee’s patience is running thin. She snaps crossly, “Don’t be a moron! Would I have come to you if I could find her myself?”
She lets out a frustrated sigh, then forces herself to calm down and explain. “I went to the hospital today, but her attending doctor told me that she had been discharged from the hospital a few days ago. I know that there’s no one else she can go to except you. You know where she is, don’t you?”
For a moment, Stefan’s expression is unreadable. Then he answers unexpectedly without any hesitation: “Yes, I do.”
Renee’s eyes light up immediately. For the first time since she stepped into the room, excitement replaces bitterness. She almost holds her breath, believing that she made the right choice in coming here after all. She feels a flicker of hope, certain that now she will finally get the answers she needs.
But then Stefan crushes that hope just as quickly as it appeared. He scoffs disdainfully and says, “Why should I tell you?”
Renee’s eyes widen, and a wave of embarrassment and frustration washes over her cheeks. She stands there, momentarily speechless, caught completely off guard.
Stefan, enjoying her helplessness, pushes the knife a little deeper. “You’ve said it yourself—you hate me, and I nearly died in your hands. We’re enemies, so why should I help you?”
Renee clenches her fists at her sides. Her knuckles turn white. But she has no sharp rebuttal this time. Because he’s right. She has never hidden her hatred for him. She has made it perfectly clear that they are not friends, not allies, not even former lovers who can exchange polite greetings. They are enemies. And enemies don’t help each other.
Still, she refuses to give up easily. She lifts her chin and asks, her voice carrying a challenge, “So, you’re not going to tell me?”
Stefan’s tone hardens. He repeats what he has clearly been authorized to say: “All you need to know is that she’s safe, and she just wants to recuperate peacefully. She also doesn’t want to meet certain people, and get back into that mess.”
There is finality in his voice, as if the matter is closed. But Renee doesn’t accept that. She understands deeper than he does what is really going on. Her voice softens, and for the first time in this entire conversation, the fire in her eyes dims into something more fragile. She says, almost desperately, “She doesn’t want to meet him because they still have unresolved issues. These things can only be fixed after she meets him.”
Then, the proud and angry Renee swallows her ego and lowers her head just a little. In a pleading tone, she asks the man she claims to hate, “Can you give them a chance and help?”
The question hangs in the sterile hospital air, heavy as a stone. Renee, a woman who would rather bite her tongue than beg, has just humbled herself in front of her greatest enemy. She has asked him to help not for herself, but for someone else—for Joanne, and for the person Joanne cannot bring herself to meet.
And now the choice is Stefan’s. Will he refuse out of spite and pride? Or will he, for perhaps the first time, set aside his coldness and grant Renee this one request? The silence that follows holds all the tension in the world, and readers will be left breathless, waiting for the answer.
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### Reader’s Impressions & Star Rating
What a brilliantly written, emotionally charged chapter! The entire scene is built on the razor-thin line between anger, grudges, and hidden vulnerability. I absolutely loved watching Renee wrestle with her own compassion even while she keeps throwing daggers with her words. And Stefan is just as infuriating as ever—sharp, unreadable, and somehow still magnetic. The way Renee swallows her pride at the end to plead for Joanne touched my heart deeply. It shows that beneath all that anger, Renee still carries a genuine, caring soul. This chapter hooked me completely, and I couldn’t help but hold my breath when Renee finally asks Stefan to help. If you love intense, dialogue-driven emotional scenes packed with subtext, this chapter is an absolute gem.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rating: 4.9 / 5 Stars
### Next Chapter Prediction
Will Stefan reveal Joanne’s whereabouts, or will he keep the secret and watch Renee walk away disappointed? Given Stefan’s unpredictable nature, he might use this opportunity to demand something from Renee in return—perhaps a chance to reconcile, or some kind of deal that leaves her even more conflicted. But one thing is certain: if Stefan does decide to help, it will open the door to Joanne’s long-awaited confrontation with the person she has been hiding from. The next chapter may bring tears, hidden truths, and perhaps even a new turning point in the complicated entanglement between Renee and Stefan.
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