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.

to

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

heavy pressure on Lysander lifted, only to return in a matter of two or three seconds. What was once the feel of a shirt’s

man’s presence instantly enveloped her completely.

a single chance to

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

gentle, fleeting taste, but later it turned into

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

actions paused

heavy sigh. “You

I don’t love

speak so definitively

her punishment for the night was declared.

main event. Instead, he

Yet, he remained unhurried and calm, as if he was carrying out a serious task while observing

to concede that Josiah was indeed the kind of man

was actually more like him forcing her to accept

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the main

catching the teardrops that lingered

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

“No!”

to admit it,

forcibly turning her toward him before he firmly covered

me? Then I’ll continue until you do.”

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

Josiah

defenses, he

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

was set for six in the

ringtone of her phone alarm

it dawn already?

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

did you set your alarm

in