His Beloved Ex-Wife

Chapter 227 A Growing Sense Of Unease

“That’s precisely why I’m scared to go through with a divorce! If I do, it would mean surrendering all of my father’s lifetime savings! I’d be the most unfilial daughter imaginable!” Priscilla revealed.

“But compared to the suffering you endure now, your father would surely prefer to make that exchange.” Lysander countered.

father

“Because I’m certain my father would agree, that’s why I’m afraid to leave. Lysander, I can’t let my pay for my naivety and foolishness; I owe him an apology! That’s why I’m here, to ask if you’d let ΠΕ die alongside my child, so Harry can’t use anything to extort my father…”

“Don’t talk nonsense,” Lysander said softly, “I’ll definitely help you, but the baby needs to be aborted. Are you willing?”

Priscilla shivered. Her hand tenderly stroked her enlarged belly, her expression pained. “Lately, my mother–in–law has been administering various folk remedies, things like baby gender–changing pills and boy–birthing clixirs, which are harmful. The baby in my womb has grown so much in just four months; I’m afraid it might already be malformed.”

Lysander eyed her stomach, biting her lip in hesitation.

Priscilla continued, “Lysander, you were right, I should have listened to you…”

“It’s still not too late,” Lysander reassured her, “You need to stay here for now. Ignore any calls from the and concentrate on your health. We can’t proceed with an abortion if you’re not strong enough.”

Priscilla’s eyes. “Lysander, do you

but it will take some time. In the meantime, you need to get some rest and wait

ensuring Priscilla was comfortably settled in, Lysander headed to the supermarket adjacent to the hotel to pick up some essentials

any contact with the Molseys before

her phone rang; it was Zachary. “Lysander, I’m at the hospital entrance now, sorry for being late today,

had a few errands myself, I’m not at the hospital. I’ll just catch a taxi

happened to you?”

major, just catching up with a friend’s daughter; we had a meal

are you now? I’ll come and pick you up.”

need, it’s not far

that I would pick you up after work, I can’t break

Mon, 3

A Growing

between Zachary and Harry, where the two men looked to be enjoying the interaction, she quickly withdrew the location and instead sent one to another crossroads a

a taxi to that next intersection. The two points were roughly a kilometer apart; it wouldn’t take long

out of the taxi, she waited at the roadside until Zachary

“Zachary, you’re here.”

we shouldn’t

and settled into

a commercial area, right? It’s all office buildings here, not many shops or restaurants. Why did