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.”

line, a testament to Josiah’s effort to suppress his rising anger. When he finally spoke, his voice had turned considerably colder. “What

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

from Molly’s hospital room. After a glance, she replied, “It’s the same old story. You’ve blocked her path. Her only hope lies in Mr. Howard and Mdm. Molly’s continued pity for her, hoping they might grant her a bit more of their wealth.

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.

a surge of anger welling up inside him.

her to leave? Mdm. Molly’s condition has just

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

mother personally: could she truly abandon me without a care? I wanted to

Let go of

became urgent. “Mr. Guerra, something

ordered Josiah in a chilling

“Okay!”

the phone. Instead, she immediately gathered a

Molly’s hospital room. The commotion was so loud that even the security guards had been drawn over by the noise.

flung open the window, and then sat down at the edge, with more than half of her

Lysanne make such a scene caused

to administer oxygen to her, preventing any severe

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

chest, the other trembling incessantly. Despite being on oxygen, her complexion remained particularly ghastly. She managed to utter, “How

their past actions, so much so that they couldn’t even

back down. Her hands tightly grasped the window ledge, fearing she might actually fall. Her voice,

the guts, then watch me die! Watch my body get torn to pieces, my brains splattered all over

She seemed full of life and energy as if she could keep going for

had been assisting Howard in taking care of Molly for a while, had a fair understanding of their household situation. Feeling indignant, she interrupted, “Ms. Thorne, please stop talking. Mdm. Molly’s condition isn’t good…”

daughter, unable to fulfill my duties to you in life. So, let’s

might not hear her, her eyes reddening to the point of almost bleeding due to

of the daughter of the Thorne family and lady of the 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