His Beloved Ex-Wife

Chapter 384 Deceived By Others

Josiah looked toward Lysander.

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At first, his eyes revealed shock, which quickly gave way to confusion, only to finally settle on a sense of

urgency.

At that moment, Josiah desperately wanted to confirm something.

“Lysanne was adopted? At what age?” Josiah questioned.

Howard sighed and answered, “When Lysa went missing, she was just over four years old. Molly blamed herself, believing she had failed to look after her daughter properly. She was filled with guilt every day as we waited for news after reporting to the police. We waited for more than half a year, but in the end, the police told us that the chances of such a young child surviving alone outside for so many days were very slim. They asked us to face the reality…”

With that. Howard cast a glance at Lysander.

Her lips were tightly pursed, and no one knew what she had

sat idle, waiting for news every day. Every time the phone rang, she would shout out, believing it was news about you. I was no different. But every time we picked up the phone, it was either a relative or

and unclenched repeatedly. “You never told us about your daughter going missing…”

all along,” Howard said. “After we adopted Lyss, we were concerned that she might feel she didn’t belong. Hence, we made it clear to all our relatives and friends that they had to treat Lyss like our own biological daughter

toward Susan. “Mom, you’ve

gave a

you tell me?”

then, you were just a kid. What good would it have done to tell you? Besides, children are notorious for not keeping secrets. Imagine if you had accidentally let it slip and Lysanue heard it.

her, too.

said, “If I had known it wasn’t her, I wouldn’t have-”

out

filled with pleading, and she cautiously wanted to grasp

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old?” Josiah