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.”

taken

to

midst of the chaos, the bedside lamp was

on Lysander lifted, only to return in a matter of two or three seconds. What was

presence instantly enveloped

overwhelming, not giving her a single chance to catch

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

gentle, fleeting taste, but later

She managed to break free from his burning kiss, then, like a trapped animal fighting for its last shred of freedom in the cage he provided, she

paused momentarily.

heavy sigh.

I don’t love

so definitively just

that single sentence, her punishment for the night was

into the main event. Instead, he was exceedingly

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

indeed the kind of man who was

was actually more like him forcing her to

tears welled un in I wander’s evec and anlĝen did Incish finally ler her

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the main

the teardrops that lingered at the corners of her eyes, before rubbing them away

voice was hoarse in the darkness. “Actually, you’re not

“No!”

admit it, turning

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

me? Then I’ll continue until you

long 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 perspiration dripped onto her chest, scattering in different

a long–married couple. Josiah quickly regained

he

the onslaught of thoughts in her 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

for six in

the standard ringtone of her phone alarm sounded, Lysander

dawn already?

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

time did you set your

voice echoed in her ears.