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 heart-”

“I love you.”

was taken

not lying to you

together. In the midst of the chaos, the bedside lamp was turned off by

lifted, only to return in a matter of two or three seconds.

instantly enveloped

not giving her a single chance to catch her

perceive her feeble resistance. Somehow, he had managed to grasp her hand in advance, pressing it against his own chest, all while seemingly blind to his surroundings.

was just a gentle, fleeting taste, but later it turned into

animal fighting for its last shred of freedom in the cage he provided, she said, “Are you going to

actions paused momentarily.

let out a heavy sigh. “You

I don’t

not speak so

that single sentence, her punishment for the night was declared.

immediately dive into the main event. Instead, he was exceedingly tender

was driven to the brink of madness by his hands and lips. Yet, he remained unhurried and calm,

that Josiah was indeed the kind of man

actually more like him forcing her to accept his

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main issue.

fingers, catching the teardrops that lingered at the corners of her eyes, before rubbing them away with the tips of his

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

“No!”

refused to admit it,

her toward him before he firmly covered her mouth

don’t love me? Then I’ll continue

At first, she couldn’t adapt at all. Josiah endured, breaking out in a sweat. The beads of perspiration dripped onto her chest, scattering in different

the end of the day, they were a long–married couple. Josiah quickly regained

he had breached her defenses, he went

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, left to the mercy of the ebb and flow of her own

for six in

phone alarm sounded, Lysander

dawn already?

sound sleep the night before, she had drawn the curtains tight so not a shred of light. could penetrate, making it impossible to discern the

time did you set

voice echoed in