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.”

other end of the line, a testament to Josiah’s effort to suppress his rising anger. When he finally spoke, his voice had turned considerably colder. “What is she planning to do this time?”

trace of emotion, and the undertone of his words hinted

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

up on the commotion coming from inside. decided to bring me home and raise me. I didn’t even have my own

felt a surge

you think we should have someone persuade her to leave? Mdm. Molly’s condition has just slightly improved. If she continues to

the words been spoken than Howard’s furious roar was heard. “What are you trying to do? Leave her alone!”

to ask my mother personally: could she truly abandon me without a care? I wanted to see just how cold her heart really

Let go of me

urgent. “Mr. Guerra,

ordered Josiah in a chilling

“Okay!”

hang up the phone. Instead, she immediately gathered a

on the phone, chaos had already erupted in Molly’s hospital room. The commotion was so loud that even the security

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

of passing out from anger, and seeing Lysanne make such a scene

time to administer oxygen to her, preventing any

he spoke with a tone of utter disappointment.

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

regretted their past actions, so much so that they

unwilling to back down. Her hands tightly grasped the window ledge, fearing she might actually fall. Her voice, however, became even more

die! Watch my body get torn to pieces, my brains

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

who 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

been through so much together, and I’ve failed as a daughter, unable to fulfill my duties to you in

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

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 prosperity as compensation.