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.”

why, your

“I love you.”

was taken

to

the belt fell to the ground together. In the midst of the chaos, the bedside lamp was turned off by a

longer an option, the sense of touch became remarkably heightened. The heavy pressure on Lysander lifted, only to return in a matter of two or three seconds. What was once the feel of a shirt’s fabric had now turned into

presence instantly enveloped her

her a

in the darkness, let alone perceive her feeble resistance. Somehow, he had managed to grasp her hand in advance,

was just a gentle, fleeting taste, but later it

to break free from his burning kiss, then, like a trapped animal fighting for its last

actions paused

out a heavy sigh. “You don’t

right. I don’t love you.”

so definitively just yet.”

that single sentence, her punishment

dive into the main event. Instead, he was exceedingly tender and affectionate.

driven to the brink of madness by his hands and lips. Yet, he remained unhurried and calm, as if he was carrying out

the kind of man who was quite attentive in

it was forced, it was actually more like him forcing her to accept his services.

wander’s evec and anlĝen did

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main issue.

his advance, he gently brushed her trembling eyelashes with his fingers, catching the teardrops that lingered at the corners of her eyes, before rubbing them away with the

voice was hoarse in the darkness. “Actually, you’re not completely indifferent to me in certain

“No!”

refused to admit it,

forcibly turning her toward him before he firmly covered her mouth with

Then I’ll continue until you

long time since Lysander had done something like this. At first, she couldn’t adapt at all. Josiah endured, breaking out in a sweat. The beads of perspiration dripped onto her chest, scattering in different directions.

of the day, they were a long–married couple. Josiah

had breached her defenses, he

fluctuating unpredictably. At times, everything seemed crystal clear, only to be swallowed by boundless

for six in

alarm sounded, Lysander had a moment of lucidity.

dawn

tight so not a shred of light. could penetrate,

did you set

in her ears.