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 any trace of emotion, and the undertone

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

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

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use your biological daughter’s. You never loved me. You only saw me as a

felt a surge

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

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

me without a care? I wanted to see just how cold

Let go of me

became urgent. “Mr. Guerra, something

out of there,” ordered Josiah in a chilling

“Okay!”

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

loud that even the security

usual tactics. She dashed to the balcony. flung open the window, and then sat down at the edge, with more

out from anger, and seeing Lysanne make such a scene caused

just in time to administer oxygen to her, preventing any

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,

Despite being on oxygen, her complexion remained particularly ghastly. She managed to utter, “How did we end

past actions, so much so that

back down. Her hands tightly grasped the window ledge, fearing she might actually fall.

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

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not a single tear fell from her eyes. She seemed full of life and energy as if she could keep going for half a

taking care of Molly for a while, had a fair understanding of their household situation. Feeling indignant, she interrupted, “Ms. Thorne, please stop talking. Mdm. Molly’s condition

daughter, unable to fulfill my duties to you in life. So, let’s go together to what lies beyond. You won’t be alone

was afraid others might not hear her, her eyes reddening

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

they gradually understood the family drama unfolding inside, they

favoritism? All is dear, and even if there’s a