Chapter 552 The Final Gamble

Carol spoke rather sentimentally. “Actually, you found her a long time ago.”

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“Indeed,” Josiah admitted with a hint of melancholy. “I was too obsessed. I had noticed early on that Lysanne’s temperament had changed since childhood, yet I never doubted it.”

“Mr. Guerra, even though I’m your secretary, as a womarl, I can’t help but feel more sympathy for Mrs.. Guerra.”

“I understand.”

The two had been working together for many years. Without saying much, they both understood each other.

Josiah asked, “Please answer a question from a woman’s perspective for me.”

“Go ahead,” she said.

“Would you

still accept me if you were Lysander?”

Carol hesitated for a moment, forcing a laugh. “Mr. Guerra, I’m not your wife. My choices don’t. necessarily align with hers.”

A chill ran through Josiah’s heart. “Okay, I understand.”

Carol heard his dejected tone and wanted to offer comfort. However, while she excelled at handling tasks, providing comfort was something she found quite challenging.

After a brief silence, she heard Josiah ask, “How are things at the hospital?”

Carol had initially planned to share the details with him, and upon hearing his request, truthfully relayed, “After you left with Mrs. Guerra, everything at Thorne Constructions and Energies was fine, except… Ms. Thorne had returned to the hospital.”

Josiah was instantly infuriated. “Is she bothering Mr. Thorne and his family again?”

“She’s here right now at Mr. Howard and Mdm. Molly’s.”

A brief silence echoed from the other end of the line, a testament to Josiah’s effort to suppress his rising anger. When he finally spoke, his voice had turned considerably colder. “What is she planning to do this

time?”

devoid of any trace of emotion, and the undertone of his words hinted at a deep–seated

a phone call not far from Molly’s hospital room. After a glance, she replied, “It’s the same old story. You’ve blocked her path. Her only hope lies

corridor behind her, drawn in by the spectacle. The door to the patient’s room was wide open, and anyone with decent hearing

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even have my own name, and I had to use your biological daughter’s. You never loved me. You only saw me as a replacement for your real daughter.

to this, Josiah felt a surge of anger welling

leave? Mdm. Molly’s condition has just slightly improved. If she continues to create such a fuss, I’m afraid it might

was

ask my mother personally: could she truly abandon me without a care? I wanted to see just how

Let go of me

“Mr. Guerra,

her out of there,” ordered Josiah in a

“Okay!”

phone. Instead, she immediately gathered a few bodyguards and instructed

even the security guards had been drawn over by the noise. However, none of them dared to approach Lysanne who was by

resorted to her usual tactics. She dashed to the balcony. flung open the window,

anger, and seeing Lysanne make such a scene caused a wave of pain

to administer oxygen

tending to his wife by the sickbed, while also trying to persuade Lysanne to calm down. His temples were throbbing, and he spoke with a tone of utter disappointment. “If you have even the slightest regard for all we’ve done to raise you, then stop this nonsense. Isn’t it embarrassing enough as it

on oxygen, her complexion remained particularly ghastly. She managed to utter, “How did

deeply regretted their past actions, so much so that they couldn’t even shed a tear.

situation, Lysanne became increasingly unwilling to back down. Her hands tightly grasped the window ledge, fearing she might

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She seemed full of life and energy as if she could keep going for half a

had been assisting Howard in taking care of Molly for a while, had a fair understanding of their household situation.

daughter, unable to fulfill my duties to you in life. So, let’s go together to what

raised her voice as though she was afraid others might not hear her, her eyes reddening to the point of almost bleeding due to intense

for naught.

as they gradually understood the family drama unfolding inside, they couldn’t help but start pointing and whispering about

even if there’s

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