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?”

and the undertone

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

in the corridor behind her, drawn in by the spectacle. The door to the patient’s room was wide open, and anyone with decent hearing could pick up on

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my own name, and I had to use your biological daughter’s. You never loved

to this, Josiah felt a surge of anger

has just slightly

was heard. “What are

to ask my mother personally: could she truly abandon me without a

of me now-

Guerra, something seems to be

of there,” ordered Josiah

“Okay!”

up the phone. Instead, she immediately gathered a few bodyguards and instructed them

erupted in Molly’s hospital room. The commotion was so loud that even the security guards had been drawn over by the noise. However, none of them dared to approach Lysanne

balcony. flung open the window, and then

verge of passing out from anger, and seeing Lysanne make such a scene

arrived just in time to administer oxygen to her, preventing any severe consequences.

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

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 end up raising you like

couple deeply regretted their past actions, so much so that they couldn’t even shed a tear.

the

you’ve got the guts, then watch me die! Watch my body get torn to pieces, my brains splattered

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

care of Molly for a while, had a fair understanding

been through 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

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

for naught. She had to at least secure a sum of money substantial enough to guarantee a

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

is dear, and even if there’s a preference, it shouldn’t be this blatant! No wonder they don’t get