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 heart-”

“I love you.”

was taken

not lying to you either.”

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

pressure on Lysander lifted, only to return in a

man’s presence instantly

her a single chance

let alone perceive her feeble resistance. Somehow, he had managed to grasp

just a gentle, fleeting taste, but

managed to break free from his burning kiss, then, like a trapped animal fighting for its last shred of freedom in the cage he provided, she

paused momentarily.

out a heavy sigh. “You

right. I don’t love you.”

speak so definitively just

punishment for

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

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

Lysander had to concede that Josiah was indeed the kind of man who was quite attentive in

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

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fingers, catching the teardrops that lingered at the corners of

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

“No!”

refused to admit it, turning her

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

Then I’ll continue until you do.”

first, she couldn’t adapt at all. Josiah endured, breaking out in a sweat. The beads of perspiration dripped onto her chest, scattering

Josiah quickly regained his past memories, skillfully

had breached her defenses, he went wild and let

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, left to the mercy of the ebb and flow of her

for six in the

her phone alarm sounded, Lysander had a

it dawn already?

tight so not a

time did you set

in her ears.