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 heart-”

“I love you.”

taken

to you either.”

the ground together. In the midst of the chaos, the

sight was no longer an option, the sense of touch became remarkably heightened. The heavy pressure on Lysander lifted, only to return in a matter of two or three seconds. What was once the feel of a shirt’s fabric had now

instantly enveloped her

a single chance to

idea how Josiah managed to find her 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 chest, all while seemingly blind to

first, it was just a gentle, fleeting taste, but later it turned into a

its last shred of freedom in the cage he provided,

paused

heavy

right. I don’t love

so definitively just yet.”

punishment for

event. Instead, he was exceedingly tender

he remained unhurried and calm, as if he was carrying out a

indeed the kind of man who

forced, it was actually more like him forcing her to accept

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the main

fingers, catching the teardrops that lingered at the corners of her eyes, before rubbing them away with the

hoarse in the darkness. “Actually, you’re not completely indifferent

“No!”

to admit it, turning her face

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

I’ll continue until you

At first, she couldn’t adapt at all. Josiah endured, breaking out in a sweat. The beads of perspiration dripped onto her chest, scattering in

day, they were a long–married couple. Josiah quickly regained his

had breached her defenses, he went

next hot, the sensations fluctuating unpredictably. At times, everything seemed crystal clear, only to

was set for

alarm sounded, Lysander

it dawn already?

the night before, she had drawn the curtains tight so not a shred of light. could penetrate, making it impossible to discern the current

time did you set your

in

sound like it was coming

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