His Beloved Ex-Wife

Chapter 623

Chapter 623 Can We Talk Inside.

At that time, Josiah was entirely committed to Lysander’s well–being, treating her with such careful attention as though she were something precious and fragile. He wouldn’t dream of causing her any upset.

Michelle’s features softened slightly as she responded, “All right, then I’ll go back and check on her.”

“No need, I’ll go. You should head back to sleep. If your sister sees you up this late, she’ll surely worry. I’ll go check on her.” Josiah’s offer came from a place of deep consideration for both sisters‘ well–being.

He was indeed aware of the unusual behavior exhibited by Lysander lately, yet found himself unable to tell Michelle the truth.

Michelle, placing a significant amount of trust in him, nodded and began to retreat. However, she couldn’t help but glance back every few steps, her movements betraying her lingering unease.

Lysander’s tent was directly across from Josiah’s. He approached quietly, crouching at first, hesitating as he listened intently by the side of her tent. Confirming that the soft sounds of crying were still audible, he tentatively tapped on the fabric of the tent

The noise inside stopped abruptly.

A moment later. Lysander queried tentatively, “Who’s there?”

Josiah replied with a gentle exhale, “It’s me.”

“Is there something you need?”

Josiah explained his presence, “Your sister heard you crying and got a bit worried about you, so she sent me to check on you.”

Lysander seemed surprised. “Michelle heard me?”

“Yeah.

“Then did she…”

unzip the tent. It’s difficult to talk through the tent, and others

separated by only the thin fabric of the tent, Lysander struggled to hear Josiah’s

silence, she finally relented and unzipped the tent from the inside, poking her head out to ask, “You’ve

piece of white paper on the ground next to a small plastic bag that was filled to the brim.

lowered her gaze and responded, “I’m perfectly fine,

already suspecting that she was merely putting on a brave front. His voice was low as he responded, “We’re now people who share

Lysander took a deep breath and resignedly

the nearby cozy tent and suggested in a subdued tone, “Michelle hasn’t gone to sleep yet. I’m afraid she might overhear

proximity was unavoidable, yet the campsite offered no other cover, and even a moderately raised voice might

stooped to enter but

nowadays are made too small, aren’t they? They’re certainly not built with taller people

time we’ll do this. We won’t have many more opportunities to sleep in a tent in

worked hard today,” Lysander acknowledged.

no need for formalities at this hour,” Josiah replied.

her sister, “Where

younger sister might have gone to seek

reassured her, “She probably hasn’t noticed anything unusual. She only heard you crying and

responsibility Josiah felt was becoming

doesn’t seem like she’s slept at all,” he observed.

visible outside, suspecting Michelle was likely still awake and possibly distracted by her phone.

softly. “That’s not a bad idea. With a light on, at least we’d know where your sister

attention still fixed on the flickering light

“I remember when you saw the Milky Way, you seemed to have calmed down, but then you suddenly

reason. The drastic change in her demeanor suggested she had experienced something

momentarily crossed Josiah’s mind, causing him a sharp pang of

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