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.”

your heart-”

“I love you.”

taken

to you either.”

the chaos, the bedside

to return in a matter of two or three seconds. What was once the feel of a

man’s presence instantly enveloped her completely.

was overwhelming, not giving her a single chance to catch her breath.

accurately in the darkness, let alone perceive her feeble resistance. Somehow, he had managed

just a gentle, fleeting taste, but

its last shred of freedom in the cage he provided, she said, “Are

actions paused

a heavy sigh. “You don’t love me.”

I don’t love you.”

not speak so definitively

single sentence, her punishment for the night

event. Instead, he was exceedingly

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

was indeed the kind of man who was

more like him forcing her to accept his

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478 Not

the main issue.

advance, he gently brushed her trembling eyelashes with his fingers, catching the teardrops that lingered at the corners of her

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

“No!”

refused to admit it,

seized her chin, forcibly turning her toward

I’ll

been a long time since Lysander had done something like this. At first, she couldn’t adapt at all. Josiah endured,

were a long–married couple. Josiah quickly regained his past memories, skillfully breaking through

he had breached her defenses, he went wild and let

mind. Her thoughts were a chaotic mess, akin to a whirlpool of confusion. One moment she felt cold, the next hot, the sensations fluctuating 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,

for

the standard ringtone of her phone alarm sounded, Lysander had a

it dawn

curtains tight so not a shred of light. could penetrate, making it impossible to discern the current

time did you set your

voice echoed in