# Chapter 577: The Price of a Broken Heart
Hello everyone, it’s me again! How are you all doing? Today I will continue to walk with you and review Chapter 577 of "The Untouchable Ex Wife". This is a chapter where love, sacrifice, and bitterness collide in the quiet corners of the heart. Get ready, because this one will make you question just how far someone should go to protect the one they love.
Seraphina stood at the edge of a terrifying decision. She knew if she hung up now, any chance of claiming her own happiness would slip through her fingers forever. So, right before Jovan could end the call, she blurted out a question soaked in sarcasm and desperation.
“Out of curiosity, where have you been hiding lately? Didn’t you promise to take Renee away from Beach City? Why is she still strutting around here? I’m afraid she’ll get involved with Stefan again if you don’t step in; then all those eyes and blood you gave up for Stefan would have been for nothing!”
Her voice dripped with false concern, but inside, Seraphina was seething. She simply could not understand Jovan’s madness — the absurd willingness to sacrifice his own eyes and blood to save the very man Renee loved. It was that sacrifice that had turned him into a shadow of his former self, a useless man in the eyes of the world. People would definitely call him a naive, lovestruck fool. Even Seraphina, who considered herself ruthless, had to begrudgingly admire his foolishness, because she could never make such a sacrifice for Stefan. Not ever.
Yet what truly burned her was the sheer futility of it all. Jovan’s sacrifice had only bought him half a year with Renee. After that, she returned to her own life, did whatever she pleased, and his grand gesture meant nothing. How pitiful, Seraphina thought with a shake of her head.
But Jovan’s response cut through her mockery like a blade.
“It’s none of your business. Plus, I’m not like you. I truly love her and wish her happiness. Even though you say you love Stefan, you put your happiness first instead of his.”
His blunt comment hit Seraphina like a slap across the face. For a moment, she was completely rendered speechless. Her cheeks burned with fury.
“Why are you telling me this? Yes, you’re very noble... But weren’t you the one who caused this mess? I was just your pawn, and I did everything under your orders. You even hired the man who did the surgery on Stefan!”
Her voice cracked with rage, but Jovan remained coldly composed. Then he asked the question that made her heart pound with dread.
“If you’re really my pawn, are you willing to stop if I ask you to?”
“Stop?” Seraphina clenched her fists so tightly her nails bit into her palms. “What do you mean?”
Jovan’s next words were slow and deliberate, as if he had already foreseen every possible path her desperation could take.
“Stop meddling in it and let him have his surgery. If he remembers anything, tell him that it was my idea, and that you were a victim too. But if you want to stop the surgery, you have to bear the consequences alone. Can you do that?”
Two options. That was all Jovan gave her. On one side, she could allow the surgery to continue and let Jovan take the blame — a shield that protected her from Stefan’s eventual wrath. On the other side, she could fight to stop the surgery, but then every consequence, every accusation, every ounce of blame would fall squarely on her shoulders.
Seraphina hesitated. The silence stretched between them as her mind raced through the possibilities. Finally, with a shaky voice, she muttered, “Um... I know what I should do. It’s none of your business.” And before her guilt could swallow her whole, she hurriedly hung up the call.
Perhaps she ran away because she knew, deep down, that Jovan had offered her a strange kind of mercy. He was willing to become the villain in someone else’s story just to save her skin. But could she really accept that?
Meanwhile, far away from Seraphina's twisted schemes, there stood an ancient, abandoned residence located far away from the hustle and bustle of Beach City. The surrounding neighbors had long moved away, leaving nothing but silence and shadows. At night, the place looked desolate and eerie, as if even the wind refused to pass through.
Inside this lonely house sat a man who had once been strong, vibrant, and full of purpose. Now, Jovan only existed — a hollow version of himself, haunted by the choices he had made.
“It’s getting late, Master Jovan. Don’t you want to go to bed?” A young woman named Eloise Pierce sighed softly as she tried again to persuade him. She was the one responsible for taking care of Jovan. When he moved back to Beach City, he chose this remote, crumbling residence over every comfort the city had to offer, and he was solely under Eloise’s care.
At first, Eloise had only been in it for the money. But as time passed, her feelings began to waver. Each day, she watched him wither away, barely eating, barely sleeping, living only in memories. And it broke her heart.
“You miss Miss Everheart so much that you can’t even eat or sleep properly, but what about her? It looks like she doesn’t think of you at all! I read tabloids recently and they’re saying that she’s been seen with both Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Hunt. Meanwhile, you’re here suffering. She’s a heartless witch!”
Tears streamed down Eloise’s face as she poured out her frustration. How could that woman be so blind? How could she simply move on while the man who had given her everything was fading away alone in the dark?
Jovan’s gaze turned ice-cold in an instant. His voice was a low, dangerous growl: “Be silent!”
But Eloise was not afraid. She had watched him suffer for too long to care about his anger.
“I won’t stop even if you want to drive me away or hit me, Master Jovan. Miss Everheart is really unworthy of your love and care. You have to pull yourself together, okay?” She threw herself toward him, desperately searching his handsome face for any spark of the man he used to be. “Let me take you to her and make her take care of you. It’s all because of her that you ended up like this!”
For a long moment, Jovan said nothing. Then, in a voice so quiet and sorrowful it made even Eloise’s heart ache, he whispered:
“No, it’s fine.”
His existence had become a question he no longer had the courage to answer. Was he still alive? Or was he just a ghost trapped in a body too broken to move on? The thought of meeting Renee again terrified him more than death itself.
He sighed softly, his empty eyes staring into the distance. “I decided to leave her to set her free, and I don’t regret it.”
And those words closed like a coffin over his heart. Because Jovan knew what Eloise didn’t — Renee was the type of woman who would never turn her back on someone who had sacrificed everything for her. If he wanted to use her guilt, he could have kept her by his side forever. Half a year ago, had he asked, Renee would have readily abandoned her brother whom she had just been reunited with, her children, and her career to lead a secluded life with him in Varangia.
But Jovan never asked.
Instead, he chose to carry his love in silence, to become the villain, to fade away into shadow, all so that Renee could be free. And no matter how much it destroyed him, he refused to regret it.
Even if that love meant he would be forgotten.
Even if it meant he would face the rest of his life alone.
### Reader’s Impressions & Star Rating
This chapter was absolutely heartbreaking. Jovan’s love for Renee is so pure, so selfless, and yet so painfully tragic. It made me feel a deep ache for his character, knowing that he had the power to bind Renee to him through guilt but chose to release her instead. On the other hand, Seraphina’s selfishness and cowardice were so clearly exposed here. Jovan’s words truly hit home — she says she loves Stefan, but she only loves herself. The contrast between these two characters could not be sharper. Jovan may be nearly useless in body, but his spirit is noble. Seraphina, though capable of scheming perfectly, is emotionally pathetic.
This chapter gets a solid **⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4.9 / 5 Stars**.
### Next Chapter Prediction
I think next chapter is going to ramp up the tension around Stefan’s surgery. Seraphina will likely make her choice — and if she chooses to interfere, consequences will rain down on her alone. At the same time, Renee’s growing proximity to both Stefan and Alexander Hunt may trigger sparks that cannot be contained. And if Jovan’s location is ever revealed, that quiet abandoned residence might become the center of a dramatic reunion none of them are ready for. I also suspect Eloise’s feelings for Jovan will become more complicated, pushing her to take matters into her own hands.
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