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.”

Josiah’s effort to suppress his rising anger. When he

emotion, and

phone call not far 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

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

this, Josiah felt a surge of anger welling up inside him.

has just slightly

words been spoken than Howard’s furious roar was heard. “What are you trying to

personally: could she truly abandon me without a care? I wanted to see just how

of me now-

“Mr. Guerra, something seems to be amiss.”

of there,” ordered Josiah in a

“Okay!”

she immediately gathered a few bodyguards and

the security guards had

flung open the window, and then sat down at the

passing out from anger, and seeing Lysanne make

administer

while also trying to persuade Lysanne to calm down. His temples were throbbing, and he spoke with a tone of utter disappointment. “If you have even the slightest regard for all we’ve done to raise you, then stop this nonsense. Isn’t it embarrassing enough as

in her sickbed, one hand clutching her chest, the other trembling incessantly. Despite being on oxygen, her complexion remained particularly ghastly. She managed to

so much

down. Her hands tightly grasped the window ledge, fearing she

my body get torn to pieces, my brains splattered all over the ground!”

so much, yet not a single tear fell from her eyes. She seemed full of life and energy as if she could keep going for half a

care of Molly for a while, had a fair understanding of their household situation. Feeling indignant, she

regret. “We’ve been through so much together, 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 be alone on

voice as though she was afraid others might not hear her, her eyes reddening to the point of

but now it was all for naught. She had to at least secure a sum of money substantial