The Charming Ex-Wife

Chapter 552 The Final Gamble

Carol spoke rather sentimentally. “Actually, you found her a long time ago.”

“Indeed,” Josiah admitted with a hint of melancholy. “I was too obsessed. I had noticed early on that Lysanne’s temperament had changed since childhood, yet I never doubted it.”

“Mr. Guerra, even though I’m your secretary, as a womarl, I can’t help but feel more sympathy for Mrs.. Guerra.”

“I understand.”

The two had been working together for many years. Without saying much, they both understood each other.

Josiah asked, “Please answer a question from a woman’s perspective for me.”

“Go ahead,” she said.

“Would you still accept me if you were Lysander?”

Carol hesitated for a moment, forcing a laugh. “Mr. Guerra, I’m not your wife. My choices don’t. necessarily align with hers.”

A chill ran through Josiah’s heart. “Okay, I understand.”

Carol heard his dejected tone and wanted to offer comfort. However, while she excelled at handling tasks, providing comfort was something she found quite challenging.

After a brief silence, she heard Josiah ask, “How are things at the hospital?”

Carol had initially planned to share the details with him, and upon hearing his request, truthfully relayed, “After you left with Mrs. Guerra, everything at Thorne Constructions and Energies was fine, except… Ms. Thorne had returned to the hospital.”

Josiah was instantly infuriated. “Is she bothering Mr. Thorne and his family again?”

“She’s here right now at Mr. Howard and Mdm. Molly’s.”

of the line, a testament to Josiah’s effort to suppress his rising anger. When he finally spoke, his voice had turned

of any trace of emotion, and the undertone of his words hinted at

same old story. You’ve blocked her path. Her only hope lies in

already gathered in the corridor behind her, drawn in by the spectacle. The door to the patient’s room was wide open, and anyone with decent hearing could pick up on the commotion coming from inside. decided to bring me home and raise me. I didn’t even have my own name, and I had to use your biological daughter’s. You never loved me. You only saw me as a replacement for your real daughter. Wasn’t I innocent in all this-”

surge of anger welling up

should have someone persuade her to leave? Mdm. Molly’s condition has just slightly improved. If she continues to create such a fuss, I’m afraid it might worsen Mdm.

spoken than Howard’s furious roar was heard. “What are

me without a care? I wanted

of me

voice became urgent. “Mr. Guerra, something

ordered Josiah in a

“Okay!”

she immediately gathered a few bodyguards and instructed them to escort Lysanne

in Molly’s hospital room. The commotion was so loud that even the security guards had been

flung open the window, and then sat down at

seeing Lysanne make such

administer

temples were throbbing, and he spoke with a tone of utter disappointment. “If you have even the slightest regard for all

hand clutching her chest, the other trembling incessantly. Despite being on oxygen, her complexion remained particularly ghastly. She managed to utter, “How did we end up

so much so that they couldn’t even shed

seeing the situation, Lysanne became increasingly unwilling to back down. Her hands tightly grasped the window ledge,

watch me die! Watch my body get

on and on, saying so much, yet not a single tear fell from her eyes. She seemed

had a fair understanding of their household situation. Feeling indignant, she

and I’ve failed as a daughter, unable to fulfill my duties to you in life. So, let’s go together to what lies beyond. You won’t

as though she was afraid others might not hear her, her eyes reddening to

Guerra family had always been hers, but now it was all for naught. She had to at least secure a sum of money substantial enough to guarantee a lifetime of wealth and prosperity as compensation.