His Beloved Ex-Wife

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?”

any trace of emotion, and the undertone of his

After a glance, she replied, “It’s the same old story. You’ve blocked her path. Her only hope lies in Mr. Howard and Mdm. Molly’s continued pity for her, hoping they might grant her a bit more of their wealth. She’s

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

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to use your biological daughter’s. You never loved me. You only saw me as a replacement for your real daughter. Wasn’t I innocent in

surge of anger welling

condition has just slightly improved. If she continues to create such a fuss, I’m

Howard’s furious roar was

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

of me

Guerra, something seems to be

there,” ordered Josiah in a

“Okay!”

she immediately gathered a few bodyguards and instructed

on the phone, chaos had already erupted in Molly’s hospital room. The commotion was so loud that even the security guards had been drawn over by the noise. However, none of them dared to approach Lysanne who was by the window.

usual tactics. She dashed to the balcony. flung open the window, and then sat down at

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

time to administer oxygen to her, preventing any

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

propped up in her sickbed, one hand clutching her chest, the other trembling incessantly. Despite being on oxygen, her complexion remained particularly ghastly. She managed to utter, “How

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

Lysanne became increasingly unwilling to back down. Her hands tightly grasped the window ledge, fearing she might actually fall. Her voice, however, became even more

die! Watch my body get

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and on, saying so much, yet not a single tear fell from her eyes. She seemed full of life and energy as if she could

Howard in taking care of Molly for a while, had a fair understanding of their household situation. Feeling indignant, she interrupted, “Ms. Thorne, please stop talking. Mdm. Molly’s

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

raised her voice as though she was afraid others might not hear her, her eyes

was all for naught. She had to at least secure

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

so why the favoritism? All is dear, and even if there’s a preference, it shouldn’t be this blatant! No wonder