The Charming Ex-Wife

Chapter 497 Unable To Pay The Equivalent Price.

As Josiah’s words fell, the room was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

Lysander widened her eyes, staring at Josiah’s prominent features for a good while before she managed to suppress the anger on her face.

She recalled the little girl she had seen at the airport earlier that day, sitting atop a suitcase under her father’s watchful protection. Josiah had observed her for quite some time.

“You… Lysander felt a lump in her throat. “Why don’t you find a woman then? With your charm, Mr. Guerra, many women are willing to have your children.”

Josiah stared at her. “I want you to give me a child.”

He noticed that Lysander’s hand, hanging by her side, had clenched into a tight fist. A trace of pain flashed across her face.

She had said that too many obstacles stood between them at Apex City’s hospital.

However, the fact remained that he could compensate her a thousand times over for all his past experiences with Lysanne.

Yet, he knew very well that none of those were the greatest torment in Lysander’s heart.

The one thing that could always crumble her defenses was the topic of children.

When he saw the page filled with “I’m sorry” in her cherished diary, he understood how much she was suffering inside.

At first glance. Lysander appeared to be an obedient girl, her usual demeanor leaning toward the gentle sider Yet, deep down, she harbored a streak of stubborn tenacity.

The child was the deepest scar in her heart. Although it seemed to have healed on the surface, peeling back the thin scab would reveal the wound still festering within.

That child would forever remain a barrier between the two of them.

Josiah sighed, his demeanor becoming increasingly composed. “I truly yearn for a child, very deeply.”

Lysander inhaled sharply, gripping the edge of the tea table as she retorted, “But what does this have to do with me?”

A hint of sadness was evident in Josiah’s gaze. “I want her to come back,” he said.

of who the

sneered. “Are you

matter should have been a taboo between

unmentioned. Once brought up, it was like a double–edged mallet, sharp beyond

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night merely to say this? What do you take me for? A surrogate mother? A childbearing machine? If you want a child, it’s easy. Just lift a finger, and a swarm of women will fight to give you one! Go

of control, Josiah’s Adam’s apple bobbed violently, a complex mix of emotions

managed to frighten Lysander.

“I’m sorry.”

with her, intending to move closer before explaining, but she forcefully pushed

step back slightly. “But we

trembled. “I won’t be able

all they could hear was the sound of

closed her eyes and turned her back,

“Lysander.”

need not trouble yourself with the affairs of Thorne Constructions and Energies. If I can shoulder this responsibility, I will. If I can’t, I’ll stay with Molly in the hospital and let Howard manage the company. From now on, you need not worry

rendered

I don’t want to see you

longer. He took the initiative to excuse himself, saying, “I live next door. If

“Show yourself out.”

“By the way, the doctor mentioned that you must take good care of your health right now. So, rest first, at least for the time being. I won’t let you

I can’t afford the equivalent price,

phone in Josiah’s pocket began to ring. Seeing that the call was from Carol, he

I was in the wrong. I shouldn’t have brought up the child at this time. I’m leaving now. Rest early.”

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