His Beloved Ex-Wife

Chapter 478 Not Completely Indifferent.

He leaned in once more, planting a fierce kiss on the side of Lysander’s neck.

She struggled as if she had been burned, attempting to kick him away with her leg. However, her strength was insufficient, and instead, allowed him the chance to lift half of the blanket off her.

He used his own body to replace the blanket, covering her.

“Guerra Group just received the final payment for a project. It isn’t much, around fifty to sixty million. I don’t plan on investing in any new projects in the near future, so this money can be allocated flexibly,” he

“Why are you telling me this?”

“Investment companies in Harborbrook probably won’t be investing in Daphne’s family business anytime soon as they nearly defaulted on their bank loans. From an investment company’s perspective, that’s a major red flag.”

Josiah looked down at Lysander, his eyes aflame with an unspoken passion. Even his breath carried a scorching heat.

Only a bedside lamp was lit in the entire room, casting orange light on them and subtly enhancing an air of ambiguity between them.

or your

Lysander’s struggling ceased, disbelief lacing her voice as she asked, “So, this is the condition for help:

With a self–deprecating laugh, Josiah said, “It’s not a condition; it’s my sincerity.”

After a considerable pause, Lysander finally asked, “Can I accept just half of your sincerity?”

She wanted the money, but not the person.

Upon understanding what she meant, Josiah raised an eyebrow at her.

Lysander quickly said, “You just mentioned earlier that I could come to you if I’m short on money.”

“All right,” said Josiah. “But my sincerity goes beyond this. You can refuse me as a person for now, but you have to accept everything else.”

Lysander asked skeptically, “What else is there?”

“My heart.”

When Lysander didn’t respond, Josiah added, “Money and my body, or money and my heart, choose one.”

“First, send the money to Daphne. As for your heart… wait until I return this time. I’ll have Lynn get me at surgical scalpel.”

“Don’t play dumb; you know exactly what I’m talking about.”

His gaze was as scorching and sharp as a blade, so much so that she averted her eyes.

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“All right.”

your

“I love you.”

taken

not lying to you

the chaos,

to return in a matter of

instantly

her a single chance to

her feeble resistance. Somehow, he had managed to grasp her hand in advance, pressing it against his own chest, all while seemingly blind to his surroundings.

it was just a gentle, fleeting taste, but later

a trapped animal fighting for its last

paused

heavy sigh.

I don’t love you.”

not speak so definitively just

that single sentence, her punishment for the

immediately dive into the main event.

brink of madness by his hands and lips. Yet, he remained unhurried and calm, as if he was

the kind of man who

more like

and anlĝen

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main

he gently brushed her trembling eyelashes with his fingers, catching the teardrops that lingered

in the darkness. “Actually, you’re not completely indifferent

“No!”

refused to admit it, turning her face

had seized her chin, forcibly turning her toward him before he firmly covered her mouth with

me? Then I’ll continue

been a long time since Lysander had done something like this. At first, she couldn’t adapt at all. Josiah endured, breaking out in a sweat.

were a long–married couple. Josiah quickly regained

had breached her defenses, he went wild

her mind. Her thoughts were a chaotic mess, akin to a whirlpool of confusion. One moment she felt cold, the next hot, the sensations fluctuating unpredictably. At times, everything seemed crystal clear, only to be swallowed by boundless chaos the next. She felt like a drowning woman clinging to a single piece of driftwood, unable to die but also unable to reach the shore,

set for six in the

the standard ringtone of her phone alarm sounded,

dawn

sound sleep the night before, she had drawn the curtains tight so not a shred of light. could penetrate, making it impossible to discern the

did you set your alarm for?”

in