The Charming Ex-Wife

Chapter 440

Chapter 440 We Are All Clever Individuals

His voice wasn’t loud. In fact, it wasn’t enough for Adrian on the other end of the phone to hear.

Caught between the two of them, Lysander couldn’t help but feel a wave of annoyance. She had already encountered enough trouble recently and neither had the time nor the inclination to waste energy on such trivial matters.

While on the phone, Adrian sensed her silence and took the initiative to ask, “Did you go to see Josiah again?”

“No, it was a chance encounter.”

“It seemed like he harbors quite a grudge against me.”

“Dr. Sutton, what are your plans for the future? Are you going back to Stounia, or do you plan on working here?”

“Why are you suddenly asking this?”

Lysander said, “Anesthesiologists are in high demand, both domestically and internationally. I just think that if you could continue your medical career, no matter where you are, you would be able to help a lot more patients.”

Adrian’s laugh had a touch of melancholy. “I understand what you mean. I’ll try to call you less in the future.”

Lysander opened her mouth, wanting to deny it, yet she found herself unable to utter words that would contradict her heart.

What she had just said, indeed, conveyed that meaning.

“All right, Lysander. I understand. I’ll give serious thought to what you just told me.”

“Okay.”

Lysander put away her phone, ignoring the disgruntled look on Josiah’s face. She turned around and headed toward the hall door, never once looking back.

in the restroom for so long. Instead, she simply reported, “Not long after you left, they moved to a different

new flame, so it is quite normal,” Lysander responded absentmindedly, appearing rather uninterested. She didn’t seem to want to discuss

shift in her mood and asked with

her fork and resumed eating. “It’s nothing really. It’s just that the corridors

didn’t want Daphne to worry alongside her, so she quickly made up an excuse to brush the matter

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to be true, Daphne pushed the dessert that the waiter had just brought toward her. “Have some sweets to calm your nerves. The

“Okay.”

spoon and tasted the

too late. Daphne suggested, “Let me take

thought about the potential visitor at home and shook her head. “That won’t be necessary. You’ve been incredibly busy these past few days, so you should head home and rest.

Corporation was

back to her

he was carrying bags of various sizes filled with–shopping items. The only difference was that this time, he had also brought

quite some time now. When the voice–activated light flickered on, his initial reaction was

you come

discuss everything else later. Your bedroom light is broken. It could

didn’t have to come all this way to fix the light at such a late hour.

risk if something were to happen, and there’s no one around. Even if you: call

reached her doorstep. To forcibly drive him away at this point

him, the lights in the living room had just come on. White Coat, which had been lying excitedly on the couch,

Woof! Woof!

bend and stroke it.

Adrian finally had a free hand to scratch his head, speaking in a warm voice, “Good. Play by yourself for a bit. I’ll come back later to take

a beeline for the kitchen with an ease that spoke of familiarity. Tying on an apron, he said to Lysander. “This time, I didn’t buy any semi–finished products. I’ve chosen all fresh ingredients. That piece of beef brisket is particularly good. I

the refrigerator opening echoed from the kitchen quickly, indicating he was

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