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

“I love you.”

taken aback.

not lying to

moment, the white bathrobe and the belt fell to the ground together. In the midst of the chaos, the bedside lamp was

return in a matter of two or three seconds. What was once the feel of a shirt’s fabric had

presence instantly enveloped

overwhelming, not giving her a single chance

to find her lips so accurately in the darkness, let alone 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

taste, but later it turned into a strong,

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,

actions paused momentarily.

he let out a heavy sigh.

I don’t

speak so definitively just yet.”

that single sentence, her punishment for the night

into the main event. Instead, he was exceedingly

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

had to concede that Josiah was indeed the kind

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the main

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

“Actually, you’re not completely indifferent to me

“No!”

to admit it, turning her face

forcibly turning her toward

I’ll continue until you do.”

been a 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

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

breached her defenses, he went wild and

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

for six

standard ringtone of her phone alarm sounded, Lysander had

dawn already?

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

time did you set your alarm for?”

in her