His Beloved Ex-Wife

Chapter 478 Not Completely Indifferent.

He leaned in once more, planting a fierce kiss on the side of Lysander’s neck.

She struggled as if she had been burned, attempting to kick him away with her leg. However, her strength was insufficient, and instead, allowed him the chance to lift half of the blanket off her.

He used his own body to replace the blanket, covering her.

“Guerra Group just received the final payment for a project. It isn’t much, around fifty to sixty million. I don’t plan on investing in any new projects in the near future, so this money can be allocated flexibly,” he

“Why are you telling me this?”

“Investment companies in Harborbrook probably won’t be investing in Daphne’s family business anytime soon as they nearly defaulted on their bank loans. From an investment company’s perspective, that’s a major red flag.”

Josiah looked down at Lysander, his eyes aflame with an unspoken passion. Even his breath carried a scorching heat.

Only a bedside lamp was lit in the entire room, casting orange light on them and subtly enhancing an air of ambiguity between them.

or your

Lysander’s struggling ceased, disbelief lacing her voice as she asked, “So, this is the condition for help:

With a self–deprecating laugh, Josiah said, “It’s not a condition; it’s my sincerity.”

After a considerable pause, Lysander finally asked, “Can I accept just half of your sincerity?”

She wanted the money, but not the person.

Upon understanding what she meant, Josiah raised an eyebrow at her.

Lysander quickly said, “You just mentioned earlier that I could come to you if I’m short on money.”

“All right,” said Josiah. “But my sincerity goes beyond this. You can refuse me as a person for now, but you have to accept everything else.”

Lysander asked skeptically, “What else is there?”

“My heart.”

When Lysander didn’t respond, Josiah added, “Money and my body, or money and my heart, choose one.”

“First, send the money to Daphne. As for your heart… wait until I return this time. I’ll have Lynn get me at surgical scalpel.”

“Don’t play dumb; you know exactly what I’m talking about.”

His gaze was as scorching and sharp as a blade, so much so that she averted her eyes.

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“All right.”

your

“I love you.”

was taken aback.

lying to you either.”

the ground together. In the midst of the chaos, the bedside lamp was turned off

pressure on Lysander lifted, only to return in a matter of two or three seconds. What

presence instantly enveloped her

not giving her a single chance to

lips so accurately in the darkness, let alone perceive her feeble resistance. Somehow, he had managed to grasp her hand in advance, pressing it against his own

taste, but later it turned into a

animal fighting for its last shred

actions paused

heavy sigh. “You don’t love me.”

don’t

speak so definitively

sentence, her punishment for the

event. Instead, he was exceedingly tender and affectionate.

Yet, he remained unhurried and calm, as if he

that Josiah was indeed the

actually more like him forcing

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main issue.

eyelashes with his fingers, catching the teardrops that lingered at the corners of her eyes, before

darkness. “Actually, you’re not completely indifferent

“No!”

to admit it,

moment, he had seized her chin, forcibly turning her toward him before he firmly

I’ll continue until you do.”

At first, she couldn’t adapt at all. Josiah

long–married couple. Josiah quickly regained his

had breached her defenses, he

fluctuating unpredictably. At times, everything seemed crystal clear, only to be swallowed by boundless chaos the next. She felt like a drowning woman clinging to a single piece of driftwood, unable to die but also unable to reach the shore, left to the mercy of the

for six in the morning.

alarm sounded,

dawn already?

curtains tight

did you set

voice echoed in her ears.

was coming from

was