The Charming Ex-Wife

Chapter 478 Not Completely Indifferent.

He leaned in once more, planting a fierce kiss on the side of Lysander’s neck.

She struggled as if she had been burned, attempting to kick him away with her leg. However, her strength was insufficient, and instead, allowed him the chance to lift half of the blanket off her.

He used his own body to replace the blanket, covering her.

“Guerra Group just received the final payment for a project. It isn’t much, around fifty to sixty million. I don’t plan on investing in any new projects in the near future, so this money can be allocated flexibly,” he

“Why are you telling me this?”

“Investment companies in Harborbrook probably won’t be investing in Daphne’s family business anytime soon as they nearly defaulted on their bank loans. From an investment company’s perspective, that’s a major red flag.”

Josiah looked down at Lysander, his eyes aflame with an unspoken passion. Even his breath carried a scorching heat.

Only a bedside lamp was lit in the entire room, casting orange light on them and subtly enhancing an air of ambiguity between them.

or your

Lysander’s struggling ceased, disbelief lacing her voice as she asked, “So, this is the condition for help:

With a self–deprecating laugh, Josiah said, “It’s not a condition; it’s my sincerity.”

After a considerable pause, Lysander finally asked, “Can I accept just half of your sincerity?”

She wanted the money, but not the person.

Upon understanding what she meant, Josiah raised an eyebrow at her.

Lysander quickly said, “You just mentioned earlier that I could come to you if I’m short on money.”

“All right,” said Josiah. “But my sincerity goes beyond this. You can refuse me as a person for now, but you have to accept everything else.”

Lysander asked skeptically, “What else is there?”

“My heart.”

When Lysander didn’t respond, Josiah added, “Money and my body, or money and my heart, choose one.”

“First, send the money to Daphne. As for your heart… wait until I return this time. I’ll have Lynn get me at surgical scalpel.”

“Don’t play dumb; you know exactly what I’m talking about.”

His gaze was as scorching and sharp as a blade, so much so that she averted her eyes.

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“All right.”

why, your

“I love you.”

was taken

not lying to

bathrobe and the belt fell to the ground together. In the midst of the chaos, the bedside lamp was turned off by a slender, strong

to return in

instantly

was overwhelming, not giving her a

resistance. Somehow, he had managed

just a gentle, fleeting taste, but later it turned into a strong, relentless

from his burning kiss, then, like a trapped animal fighting for its last shred of freedom in the cage

paused momentarily.

heavy sigh. “You don’t

don’t

speak so definitively just

sentence, her punishment for the

dive into the main event. Instead, he was

and lips. Yet, he remained unhurried and calm, as if he was carrying out a serious task while observing her

to concede that Josiah was indeed the kind of man who was

it was forced, it was actually more like him forcing

and anlĝen did Incish finally

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the main

gently brushed her trembling eyelashes with his fingers, catching the teardrops that lingered at

in the darkness. “Actually, you’re not completely indifferent to me

“No!”

admit it, turning her face

had seized her chin, forcibly turning her toward him before he firmly covered her

me? Then I’ll continue until you

since Lysander had done something like this. At first, she couldn’t adapt at all. Josiah endured, breaking out in a sweat.

were a long–married couple. Josiah quickly

breached her defenses, he went wild and let

unpredictably. At times, everything seemed crystal clear, only to be swallowed by boundless chaos the next. She felt like a drowning woman clinging to a single piece of driftwood, unable to die but also unable to reach the shore, left

alarm was set for six in the morning.

of her phone alarm sounded, Lysander had a moment of lucidity.

it dawn

sound sleep the night before, she had drawn the curtains tight so not a shred of light. could

time did you set your

echoed in