The Charming Ex-Wife

Chapter 186 Can We Talk About Us Now

Josiah closed his eyes. “This is the one thing I regret most in my life.”

“Regardless of any regrets, she was always your choice, Josiah. Let me give you an inappropriate example. Say we were at a holiday resort, both she and I were on the verge of falling off a cliff, and you could only save one. of us. The other would inevitably meet a tragic end. Who would you rescue?”

“Lysander, such comparisons are utterly pointless,”

Lysander said, “To be honest, it’s not just you who has reflected, as I’ve done so too. At first, I thought you were a great marriage prospect. With both Grandma Elisa and Madam Susan treating me so well, I felt truly fortunate. I also believed that although our love might not be as passionate and intense as those in the movies, we would support each other, sharing life’s ups and downs until the end of our days.”

“I know.”

“No. you

don’t,” Lysander said. “I thought I could step aside gracefully, allowing you two to pursue your love. That’s exactly what I did. But Josiah, why did you have to make that call to me? I was finally finding peace, so why did you have to humiliate me that way?”

Josiah sincerely asked, “Is it because I called you, expressing my regret and desire to reconcile with you, that you felt humiliated and… started to hate me?”

always been your second choice. When Lysanne got married and you missed your chance, you settled for me, someone with a name that sounds just like hers. When you grew tired of her, resenting her for causing Grandma Elisa’s untimely death and her failure to have her last words heard, you thought of

Josiah said, “There is.”

laughed, mocking his

in the same person, it’s not

we be honest

you want me to do,

down this old neighborhood, all for the sake of business. All those seemingly sincere words you just said, are they really worth anything? Will

a slightly somber tone. “Behind your hospital, there’s a plot

what he was talking

was the place where medical waste was discarded; it was also where she had cremated their

The bottom three floors would be used as a cold storage facility for medical equipment and pharmaceuticals. The remaining thirty floors above

biting her lip as

The Charming Ex–Wife.

of this neighborhood who will be relocated due to the redevelopment. Your parents can move there when the time comes. It’s close to you, so you can be