The Charming 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?”

flat, devoid of any trace of emotion, and the undertone of his words

phone call not far from Molly’s hospital room. 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 causing quite a fuss.”

The door to the patient’s room was wide open, and anyone with decent hearing

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bring me home and raise me. I didn’t even have my own name, and I had 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 all

to this, Josiah felt a surge of anger welling up

“Do you think we should have someone persuade her to leave? Mdm. Molly’s condition has just slightly improved.

spoken than Howard’s furious roar was heard. “What are you

a care? I wanted to

of me

became urgent. “Mr. Guerra, something seems to be

out of there,” ordered Josiah in a chilling tone.

“Okay!”

didn’t hang up the phone. Instead, she immediately gathered a few bodyguards

so loud that even the security guards had been drawn over by the noise. However, none of

cries went unanswered, Lysanne resorted to her usual tactics. She dashed to the balcony. flung open the window, and then sat down at the edge, with more than half of her body leaning

passing out from anger, and seeing Lysanne make such a scene caused a wave of pain 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 the slightest regard for all we’ve done to raise you, then stop this nonsense. Isn’t it embarrassing enough as it is?”

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

actions, so much so

situation, 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 shrill.

the guts, then watch me die! Watch my body get torn

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

understanding of their household situation. Feeling indignant, she

together, and I’ve failed as a daughter, unable to fulfill my duties to

though she was afraid others might not hear her, her eyes reddening to the point of almost bleeding due to intense

the Guerra family had always been hers, but now it was all for naught. She had to

hospital room door was initially lost in confusion. However, as they gradually understood the family drama unfolding inside, they

dear, and even if there’s a preference, it shouldn’t be this blatant! No