The Charming Ex-Wife

Chapter 720 I Will Never Forgive You

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He rambled on for quite a while, even bringing up the legal advisor. “You should meet with Mr. Peter Hudson along with Olivia. He will help you sort everything out…“.

Suppressing her anxiety, Lysander interrupted, “Don’t talk about this now. I don’t know what’s in your safe deposit box, and I don’t know Mr. Peter Hudson. The fire is so intense, so someone is bound to call the police. Once we are out, you can handle these matters yourself.”

Lysander gazed into the distance, feeling uncertain.

The commotion here should have attracted nearby people, but none of Josiah’s men had shown up. They were probably unable to at the moment.

The bodyguards Tiffany brought were not numerous but highly skilled, making them difficult to take down individually.

Josiah seemed to realize this too. He looked at Lysander as if trying to memorize her features and said hoarsely, “I have an idea. The fire started from below. We can go to the roof to buy time and wait for

rescue.”

Lysander followed his gaze upward.

The overhanging caves were still some distance away.

Josiah grabbed her hand and crouched down. “We can’t waste any more time. You go up first.”

He let Lysander step onto his shoulders and then lifted her up.

Knowing she couldn’t lift Josiah, Lysander did not argue. Once she was up, she immediately clung to the edge of the caves and stretched out her hand to him. “Quick! Give me your hand, I will pull you up!”

Josiah did not reach out. Instead, he stood up and looked at her with a complex expression.

“Lysander Thorne,” he called her by her full name for the first time, his voice catching slightly. “Keep climbing. The higher you go, the safer you will be.”

Lysander froze, waving her hand in the air. She then realized that Josiah had known all along that he wouldn’t be able to get up.

The idea of pulling him up was just a ruse to get her to escape alone.

A buzzing sound filled Lysander’s head. She heard herself speak in a panicked voice, “I can reach your hand. Don’t give up, let’s try.”

He only spoke when he saw her tears start to fall. “My hands are injured, and it is too late. The fire is too

in this dire moment, he did not want Lysander to

once promised I would never leave you, that I would die after you. Now it seems those words were premature. I

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at the top of the stairs where Josiah stood creaked under the heat, ready to collapse at any moment, but he

but don’t forget what I told you. I made a will a long time ago. The things I left are for you and my mom. If you can, please take care of her for the rest of her life. I

clung to the eaves, shaking her head and reaching out to him desperately, but her vision blurred as

voice faded completely, replaced by the

was awakened by Josiah’s voice.

she was lying on the roof, but it

appeared. He was impeccably dressed, his suit crisp and hair neat, but his

say that. I’ve heard enough of it. You did nothing wrong this time as

felt her body and soul separating. Her body was heavy and immobile, while her

expected such words to come

if he would

only the two of them.

taking her hand. She did not shake him off this

trembled. “I am not blaming you. Say what you need to.”

in her mind, that people tend to speak kindly

needed to. I have no regrets. Take care of

farewell was so soft it was almost inaudible. But it was this word that

smelled of

stark

opening her eyes was,

and Susan, who had been keeping watch by her bed,

Laura wiped her tears.

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