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.”

taken

not lying to you

chaos, the bedside lamp was

sight was no longer an option, the sense of touch became remarkably heightened. The heavy pressure on Lysander lifted, only to return in a matter of

instantly enveloped her

not giving her a single chance to catch her breath.

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

taste, but later it turned into

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

actions paused momentarily.

heavy sigh. “You don’t love me.”

right. I don’t love you.”

so definitively just yet.”

single sentence, her punishment for the night was

did not immediately dive into the main event. Instead, he

and lips. Yet, he remained unhurried and calm, as if he

that Josiah was indeed the kind of man who was quite attentive in

actually more like him

un in I wander’s evec and anlĝen did Incish

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Not

main issue.

continued his advance, he gently brushed her trembling eyelashes with his fingers, catching the teardrops that lingered at the corners of her eyes, before rubbing them away with

voice was hoarse in the darkness. “Actually, you’re not completely indifferent to me in certain situations, are you?”

“No!”

to admit it, turning her face

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

Then I’ll continue

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

Josiah quickly regained his past memories, skillfully breaking through her tough exterior.

he had breached her defenses, he

next hot, the sensations fluctuating unpredictably. At times, everything seemed crystal clear, only to be swallowed by boundless chaos the next. She felt like

was set for

ringtone of her phone alarm sounded, Lysander had

it dawn

night before, she had drawn the curtains tight so not

you set

voice echoed in her

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