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…”

difficult to talk through the tent,

they were separated by only the thin fabric of the tent, Lysander struggled to hear Josiah’s words clearly. His voice wasn’t

a prolonged silence, she finally relented and unzipped the tent from the inside, poking her head out to ask, “You’ve been busy all day, aren’t you tired? I’m fine, you should go back and get some

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

even a forced smile, simply lowered her gaze and responded, “I’m perfectly

she was merely putting on a brave front. His voice was low as he responded, “We’re

deep

nearby cozy tent and suggested

confines of the single–person tent were admittedly tight. When two people entered, the proximity was unavoidable, yet

space, stooped to enter but sat just inside the flap, careful

nowadays are made too small, aren’t they?

the only time we’ll do this. We

hard today,”

no need for formalities at this hour,”

her sister, “Where

concerned that her younger sister might have gone

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

Josiah felt was

seem like she’s slept at all,” he

looked toward the light still visible outside, suspecting Michelle was likely still awake and possibly distracted by her phone. Her voice grew even

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

gave a slight nod, her attention still

saw the Milky Way, you seemed to have calmed

rarely lost her composure without significant reason. The drastic change in her

memory of their lost child momentarily crossed Josiah’s mind, causing

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