The Charming Ex-Wife

The Charming Ex–Wife

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Every word from Lysander was like a small but incredibly sharp blade.

The blades, soaked in saltwater and laced with poison, directly cut into his heart.

Josiah would never dare to bring up that matter ordinarily. Every time he remembered her, aided by Daphne, standing frail and alone in the biting cold at the entrance of Central Hospital, clutching a bundle of bright red wrapped in tissues, he would feel as though a massive stone was pressing against his heart.

He could barely catch his breath.

In the past, every time he awoke from a nightmare, it was Lysander’s resolute and indifferent gaze greeted him. She would hand him that object, declaring it to be his birthday gift.

that

Nowadays, whenever he closed his eyes, all that echoed in his mind was the image of her standing alone in the cramped bathroom stall. On the one hand, she was determined to cut ties with the past, while on the other, she held onto a sliver of hope, constantly glancing at the bathroom door, anticipating it to burst

open at any moment.

She was very rational, but be that as it may, she was ultimately human, and humans were bound to have emotions.

Obviously, she’d wonder what Josiah was doing during those four hours when she was torn between her rationality and emotion, questioning why he didn’t arrive sooner.

Lysander was right in that she had given Josiah more than just one opportunity.

Yet, time and again, she was met with disappointment that left her heart cold. Finally, in the confines of that cramped restroom, she swallowed a pill, and with it, her heart seemed to die, too.

Lysander suddenly chuckled. “Do you know, Josiah, seeing you in such pain eases some of the agony own heart.”

hoarse it was almost inaudible. “I don’t know what to say right now. It seems like no words

concept is, in itself, a false proposition. No matter how much you try to make up for it, the pain experienced in the past is undeniable. Every minute, every second of it was real and existed. It won’t

“I understand.”

one that would last a lifetime. Therefore, I was hesitant to hold Ms. Lionhart’s child too much. Whenever she mumbled ‘Mommy, I felt

my

aside. He haphazardly wiped the moisture from his face with his hand, then took

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learned to reconcile with it. Life is a constant process of letting go. Different people come into your life, accompany you for a while,

you

Lysander didn’t reply.

to be with you for the rest of our lives. Whether we remarry or not doesn’t matter anymore. If you’re

if I were to marry someone

“You won’t.”

said coldly, “How do you

but you ran into the pitfall that is Zachary. As such, you’ll never step into marriage again. As for Adrian… From the first time you saw him,

Lysander remained silent.

told me before to leave things as they are. I wasn’t willing to accept it then. I wanted to marry you again and have children with you. However, now, I don’t ask for anything anymore. If you say

head to look out the

hospital, there was never

was pushing her handsome young son, who was paralyzed. An ordinary daughter was kneeling incessantly at the hospital entrance, pleading with the doctors to save their father, who was already covered with a

relief from pain, and Lysander was

Lysander said, “Next month, come with me to the Dawnbreak

“All right. Is there anything I need to

lighting a candle for her will

“All right.”

the air for quite a while as both

amount of time had

are we

deep breaths in succession. His

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