Chapter 171 I Thought You Understood

“The reason I got engaged to Lysanne was because-”

“I don’t care about your reasons; they have nothing to do with me.”

Josiah gazed at her intently. “Am I really so unforgivable? Can’t we even have a proper conversation?”

“Is this how someone who wants to talk properly should be acting?”

Lysander glanced at the hand that was gripping her shoulder.

Due to his excessive force, his knuckles were turning pale, and her clothes had been crumpled into a mess.

Josiah’s eyes flickered as he slowly released his grip.

throbbing shoulder and sighed. “Josiah, I made it clear over the phone last time. If our relationship was merely about having a companion, then I’d step aside without a fuss when your beloved returns. After all, we didn’t marry out of love; we just wanted companionship. Since you’ve found someone else, there’s nothing more for me

out

same old line, you feel guilty and want to make

you deliberately

for overseas and married someone else, and you settled for me as your rebound. Now that you and Lysanne are having an argument, you want to come back to me again? Do you think I’m out of my mind? Or is it that Lysanne can’t have

growled, “No, no! Lysander, our time together over these past three years wasn’t a lie. I’m human too; I have feelings! I’m not

at him, a sarcastic laugh escaping her lips. “Oh, how could I forget? You, Mr. Guerra, are quite the charmer yourself. You don’t need to use those words to wound me. I haven’t been faring much better than you since we lost our child. During that time, I would have nightmares every night. I dreamt of you standing before me, covered in blood, crying and accusing me

term “child” was like a

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she turned her face away, unwilling

a shadow. “Lysander, no one could have foreseen how things have unfolded. I never imagined that the lively and adorable Lysanne from our childhood would turn out this way. Even more surprising is that you were pregnant at this crucial time. You can blame me, hit me, yell at me,

you the opportunity. Is there anything else you want to say? Try to get

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