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?”

of emotion, and the undertone of his words hinted at a deep–seated

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

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

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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 this-”

this, Josiah felt a surge of anger

leave? Mdm. Molly’s condition has just slightly improved. If she continues to create such a fuss, I’m afraid it might worsen

than Howard’s furious roar was heard. “What are you trying to do? Leave her alone!”

to ask my mother personally: could she truly abandon me without a care? I wanted to see

of me now-

urgent. “Mr. Guerra,

her out of there,” ordered Josiah in a chilling

“Okay!”

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

loud that even the security guards had been drawn over by the noise. However, none of them dared to approach Lysanne who was by

She dashed to the balcony. flung open the window,

already on the verge of passing out from anger, and seeing Lysanne make such a scene caused

nurse arrived just in time to administer oxygen to her,

while also trying to persuade Lysanne to calm down. His temples were throbbing, and he spoke with a tone

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

actions, so much so

Lysanne became increasingly unwilling to back down. Her hands tightly grasped the window ledge, fearing she might actually fall. Her voice, however, became

guts, then watch me die! Watch my body get torn to pieces, my brains splattered all over the ground!”

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single tear fell from her eyes. She seemed full of life and energy as if she could

a while, had a fair understanding of their household situation. Feeling indignant, she interrupted,

so much together, and I’ve failed as a 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 by your side!”

voice as though she was afraid others might not hear her, her eyes reddening to the point

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

However, as they gradually understood the

like decent folks, so why the favoritism? All is dear, and even if there’s a preference, it