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.”

echoed from the other end of the line, a testament to Josiah’s effort to suppress his rising anger.

of emotion, and the undertone of his words hinted at a

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

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

felt a surge of anger welling up

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

than Howard’s furious roar was heard.

ask my mother personally: could she truly abandon me without a care? I

go of me now-

voice became urgent. “Mr. Guerra, something seems

of there,” ordered Josiah in a chilling tone.

“Okay!”

immediately gathered a few bodyguards and

The commotion was so loud that even the security guards had been drawn over by the noise. However, none of them

Lysanne resorted to her usual tactics. She dashed to the balcony. flung open the window, and then sat down at the edge,

the verge of passing out from anger, and seeing Lysanne

to administer oxygen

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

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

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

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

then watch me die! Watch my body get

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

a while, had a fair understanding of their household situation. Feeling indignant, she interrupted, “Ms. Thorne, please stop talking. Mdm. Molly’s

her voice laced with 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 this journey to the underworld. I

hear her, her eyes reddening to the point of almost

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