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 aback.

to you either.”

belt fell to the ground together. In the midst of the chaos, the

to return in a matter

man’s presence instantly enveloped her

was overwhelming, not giving her a single chance

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

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

a trapped animal fighting for its last shred of freedom in the cage he provided, she said,

actions paused momentarily.

let out a heavy sigh. “You don’t

don’t love you.”

speak so definitively

sentence, her punishment for the night

event. Instead, he was exceedingly tender and

hands and lips. Yet, he remained unhurried and calm, as if he was carrying out a

the kind of

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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 the tips of his

darkness. “Actually, you’re not completely indifferent to me in certain situations, are

“No!”

it, turning her

forcibly turning her toward him before

I’ll continue until

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

couple. Josiah

he had breached her defenses, he went wild and

to be swallowed by boundless chaos the next. She felt like a

was set for six in the morning.

her phone alarm sounded, Lysander had a moment of

dawn already?

effort to have a sound sleep the night before, she had drawn the curtains tight so not a

did you set your

voice echoed in her