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?”

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

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.

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

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to bring me home and raise me. I didn’t even have my own name, and I had to use your biological daughter’s.

felt a surge of anger

we should have someone persuade her to leave? Mdm. Molly’s condition has just slightly improved. If

sooner had the words been spoken than Howard’s furious roar was heard. “What are you

a

of me now-

Guerra, something seems to be amiss.”

Josiah in a chilling tone.

“Okay!”

up the phone. Instead, she immediately gathered a few bodyguards and instructed them to escort

the security guards had been drawn over by

tactics. She dashed to the balcony. flung open the

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

administer oxygen to her, preventing

anxiously 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

was 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 did we end up raising you

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

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 torn to pieces, my brains

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She seemed full of life and energy as if

been assisting Howard in taking care of Molly for a while, had a fair understanding of their household situation. Feeling indignant, she interrupted, “Ms. Thorne,

daughter, unable to fulfill my duties to you in life. So, let’s go together to what lies beyond. You won’t be alone on this journey to the underworld. I will be

she was afraid others might not hear her, her eyes

position of the daughter of the Thorne family and lady of the Guerra family had always been hers, but now it was all for naught. She had to at least secure a sum of money substantial enough to guarantee a lifetime of wealth

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

folks, so why the favoritism? All is dear, and even if there’s a preference, it shouldn’t