His Beloved Ex-Wife

Chapter 552 The Final Gamble

Carol spoke rather sentimentally. “Actually, you found her a long time ago.”

“Indeed,” Josiah admitted with a hint of melancholy. “I was too obsessed. I had noticed early on that Lysanne’s temperament had changed since childhood, yet I never doubted it.”

“Mr. Guerra, even though I’m your secretary, as a womarl, I can’t help but feel more sympathy for Mrs.. Guerra.”

“I understand.”

The two had been working together for many years. Without saying much, they both understood each other.

Josiah asked, “Please answer a question from a woman’s perspective for me.”

“Go ahead,” she said.

“Would you still accept me if you were Lysander?”

Carol hesitated for a moment, forcing a laugh. “Mr. Guerra, I’m not your wife. My choices don’t. necessarily align with hers.”

A chill ran through Josiah’s heart. “Okay, I understand.”

Carol heard his dejected tone and wanted to offer comfort. However, while she excelled at handling tasks, providing comfort was something she found quite challenging.

After a brief silence, she heard Josiah ask, “How are things at the hospital?”

Carol had initially planned to share the details with him, and upon hearing his request, truthfully relayed, “After you left with Mrs. Guerra, everything at Thorne Constructions and Energies was fine, except… Ms. Thorne had returned to the hospital.”

Josiah was instantly infuriated. “Is she bothering Mr. Thorne and his family again?”

“She’s here right now at Mr. Howard and Mdm. Molly’s.”

brief silence echoed from the other end of the line, a testament to Josiah’s effort to suppress his rising

emotion, and the undertone of his words hinted at a

replied, “It’s the same old story. You’ve blocked her path. Her only hope lies in Mr. Howard and Mdm. Molly’s continued pity for her, hoping they might grant her a bit

decided to bring me home and raise me. I didn’t even have my own name, and I had to use your biological daughter’s. You

a surge of anger welling up

persuade her to leave? Mdm. Molly’s condition has just slightly improved. If she continues to create such a fuss, I’m afraid it might worsen Mdm.

words been spoken than Howard’s furious roar was heard. “What are

abandon me without a care? I wanted to see just how cold

of me now-

urgent. “Mr. Guerra, something

Josiah in a chilling

“Okay!”

the phone. Instead, she immediately gathered a few bodyguards

room. The commotion was so loud that even the security

Lysanne resorted to her usual tactics. She dashed to the balcony. flung open the window, and then sat down at the edge, with more than half of her body

verge of passing out from anger, and seeing Lysanne make

nurse arrived just in time to administer oxygen to her, preventing

calm down. His temples were throbbing, and he spoke with a tone of utter disappointment. “If you have even the slightest regard for all we’ve done to raise you, then stop this nonsense. Isn’t it embarrassing enough as it is?”

in her sickbed, one hand clutching her chest, the other trembling incessantly. Despite being on oxygen, her complexion remained particularly ghastly.

actions, so much

Her hands tightly grasped the window ledge, fearing she might actually fall. Her

got the guts, then watch me die! Watch my body get

not a single tear fell from her eyes. She seemed full of life and energy as if she could keep going for

Howard in taking care of Molly for a while, had a fair understanding of their

so much together, and I’ve failed as a daughter, unable to fulfill my duties to you in

afraid others might not hear her, her eyes reddening to the point of almost bleeding due

all for naught. She had to at least secure a sum of money substantial enough to guarantee a lifetime