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.”

other end of the line, a testament to Josiah’s effort to suppress his rising anger. When he finally spoke, his voice had turned considerably colder. “What is she planning to do

flat, devoid of any trace of emotion, and the undertone of his words hinted at a deep–seated

making a phone call not far from Molly’s hospital room. After a glance, she replied, “It’s the same old story. You’ve blocked her path. Her only hope lies in Mr. Howard and Mdm. Molly’s

The door to the patient’s room was wide open, and anyone with decent hearing could pick up on the commotion coming from inside. 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 never loved me.

felt a surge

asked again, “Do you think we should have someone persuade her to leave? Mdm. Molly’s condition has just

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

truly abandon me without a care? I wanted

Let go of

“Mr. Guerra, something

Josiah in a chilling tone.

“Okay!”

up the phone. Instead, she immediately gathered a few bodyguards and instructed

that even the security guards had been drawn over by the noise. However, none of them dared to approach Lysanne who was by the

flung open the window, and then sat down at the edge, with more than half of her body leaning

from anger, and seeing Lysanne make such a scene caused a wave of

in time to administer oxygen

trying to persuade Lysanne to calm down. His temples were throbbing, and he spoke with a tone of utter disappointment. “If you have even the slightest regard

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

much so

increasingly unwilling to back down. Her hands tightly grasped the window ledge, fearing she might actually fall. Her voice,

guts, then watch me die! Watch my body get torn to pieces, my brains splattered

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

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

her voice laced with regret. “We’ve been through so much together, and I’ve failed as a daughter, unable to fulfill my duties to you in life. So, let’s go together to what lies beyond. You won’t be alone on this

her voice as though she was afraid others might not hear her, her eyes reddening to

of the daughter of the Thorne family and lady of the Guerra family had always been hers, but now it was all for naught. She had to at least secure a