The Charming Ex-Wife

Chapter 318 Trouble Comes

Howard smiled and tried to smooth things over. “Okay, let the kids have eir conversation in peace. With us here, they can’t chat freely. Shall I take you to see Rufus?”

Molly snapped back to reality. “Sure. Lysander, you go ahead and chat. I’ll go with your dad… I mean,- Mr. Thorne.”

Lysander’s heart skipped a beat.

Thankfully, Molly corrected herself in time, the word “dad” just a slip of her lips without sound.

“Okay.”

Watching Howard wheel Molly away, Josiah asked suspiciously, “Did they seek you out before?”

“Yeah.”

“What did they say to you?”

Lysander took a sip of her orange juice and said, “You can probably guess what they said, so why are you asking me?”

Josiah’s voice carried a hint of coldness. “Don’t mind them. Lysanne is their only daughter, and they’ve spoiled her rotten. Whatever they say, just tutn a deaf ear to it. If they ask you out, call me, and I’ll handle it.”

“No need,” Lysander said. “I’m leaving the country soon, so I won’t be in contact with them.”

for a

took a step back,

helplessly. “Are you

“I’m just defending myself.”

Josiah was speechless.

the skeleton in the anatomical laboratory last

on his glass tightened. His voice was low as he asked back, “What do

that the skeletons hadn’t been moved

like that again.

it have to do

Balance:

3519+11

1 Coins 1 Pearls

to fly across the ocean to another continent. I hear things are more open in Epea and Adrune.

sneered, “Are you trying to rile

“You’re overthinking it.”

me if you want, but remember to

aback, Lysander lifted her head to

“Ms. Thorne!”

call caught Lysander’s attention. It was the housekeeper who had helped adjust Daphne’s dress