Chapter 512 Our Care

Daphne grew increasingly annoyed as she dwelled on the matter, shooting daggers at Josiah.

Tension filled the air.

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Josiah heard everything, yet showed no intention of retorting. In fact, he didn’t even seem fazed, simply gazing in Lysander’s direction.

Lysander secretly tugged at Daphne’s arm. “It’s not what you think. I’ll explain it all to you in a bit.”

“Is there more to the story?”

“Yeah, it’s somewhat complicated”

“I didn’t touch a single penny of that fifty million, ready to return it to him at any moment. I would never give him the opportunity to blackmail you into doing something you’re unwilling to do.”

“It’s not about the money.” Lysander glanced at Josiah, her tone softening. “Daphne doesn’t know about Ms. Lionhart’s situation. I’ll talk to her later.”

He nodded. “She’s standing up for you. I understand.”

Lysander chuckled drily and nodded as Daphne pulled her aside, whispering in her car, “What’s going on between you and Josiah? Did he do anything to you when you went to Apex City?”

Lysander averted her gaze sheepishly. “No.”

“Figures. I heard his fiancée went with him. He wouldn’t dare do anything to you in her presence.”

Lysander hummed in response, frowning. “Things are already pretty chaotic. Why’d you bring Dr. Sutton here, too?”

friends. It’s fine if you don’t accept him, but

thought Daphne’s words made sense. Adrian did help Daphne today, and I have no evidence to prove that he came here for

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Lysander on the arm reassuringly, “Don’t worry, Adrian’s not the relentless type. You’re still single, so of course he’s hopeful. I’m sure he’ll give up once you find

Lysander reluctantly nodded.

Aurora instead. “By the way, whose child is this?

people present looked like they

Aurora up, Lysander smiled gently. “She’s the daughter of Mr. Guerra’s friend. Her mother went hiking and won’t be back for a couple of days, placing her in our

mind, and he arched his brow, his initially indifferent expression giving way to a warm smile much like the thawing of

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her mother not worried? I can’t believe she entrusted her adorable baby to someone else. It’s one thing to leave the baby with you, but to Josiah… Does he even know how to take

matter. “Let’s put the baby’s matter

here

looking for? Is she

know about the Lionhart family from Hofcaster? I bet you don’t. They’re quite influential over there, especially in the venture capital circle. I heard that the Lionhart family’s young

in surprise. What are the odds? I just got to know Nieva, and Daphne

is not that close to them. Ms. Lionhart might not even know about the older generation’s affairs. I suppose I’m just clutching at

was clear that the Lionhart family Daphne referred to was Nieva’s

help

was excited. “You’ve

worse. If only you had come

mother of the baby,” Lysander said, offering advice. “She’ll probably come back from her hiking trip a few days later. Everhart Corporation’s

all, since Daphne was reliant on Nieva’s help, she had no other choice but to wait for

was quite impatient, growing anxious when she learned that Nieva had gone hiking. “How can I not be worried? Opportunities

it? Ms. Lionhart rarely visits Hofcaster, and it’s odd that she suddenly came here and chose to

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