The Charming Ex-Wife

Chapter 549 The Story Sounds Familiar

Josiah had recently suffered Maverick’s verbal abuse and took Daphne’s hostility in his stride, not letting it bother him.

“I sec.” Nieva said with a hint of interest while nodding her head. “So, does his securing my investment for you lessen your dislike for him a little?”

Daphine pouted. “Business is business, but I still strongly disagree with him pursuing Lysander.”

“Hmm. Mr. Guerra, did you hear that? You’ve got a long and difficult task ahead of you!”

Josiah rubbed his temples. “I’m working on it. I know I’ve made mistakes, so I have to correct them. Only by showing others that I’ve changed can I gain their acceptance.”

Lysander didn’t have the time to pay him any attention. Instead, she noticed a hint of reluctance in Nieva’s smile.

Hiking would usually allow one to relax and unwind, but compared to before she left, she seemed to have acquired a subtle hint of melancholy.

“Ms. Lionhart,” Lysander carefully began, “Actually, I saw someone at the hotel last night.”

“Who is it?”

This time, it was Josiah who responded, “Elio.”

The smile on Nieva’s face vanished instantly. She lifted her coffee and took a sip, a bitter taste lingering. “What did he tell you?” she asked.

Lysander’s voice showed a hint of concern. “He said he needed to see you urgently. When he couldn’t find you, he left in a hurry. Did he manage to reach you?”

“Yeah.” Nieva put down her cup, then playfully covered Aurora’s ears. Her voice dripped with sarcasm as she said, “He’s the sort who won’t stop until he gets what he wants. If he traveled all this way to find me, he has to see me no matter what.”

Josiah felt that Elio was like a puzzle he couldn’t solve, probing further, “What exactly did he want from you?”

anxious, fearing that the trouble was

celebration.” After taking a bite of her dessert, Nieva managed to regain some semblance of a smile. “I reckon I’ll be able to divorce him soon. I won’t

for the news had come to suddenly.

a heavy heart, suspecting that she was merely putting on a brave face.

lived through the same experience in the

still happily laughing, and was struck by a troubled feeling. “Did he suggest it? Why so

he’s seeing outside is pregnant. He probably wants to make it official with her,

sounded eerily familiar.

acknowledge his own daughter. Perhaps, in his eyes, she is merely a byproduct of his climb to the pinnacle of

Elio’s adulterous behavior. Yet, ironically, he was the least qualified person there to judge the latter.

being more practical. “What are your plans for the future? It’s

step at a time,” Nieva said with a resigned smile. “I’ve had enough anyway. I consider this as my escape. Plus, I have Aurora. It doesn’t matter if her father doesn’t care for her,

as if she had truly let go of a heavy burden. Yet her hand remained

Elio has treated you and your daughter unjustly. I hope he finds no peace at home with his new

were laced with venom, and as she spoke, she kept glancing

was in the wrong, Josiah

her hand dismissively. “It doesn’t matter anymore, as long as he doesn’t show up in

Instead, she picked

about this place, I can’t stay here for long. I’ll have to entrust Aurora to you

tidy up. Cradling Aurora in her

“Let me help you.”

up Aurora’s toys and clothes with Daphne, even remembering to refill

the toys and wet wipes he had purchased over the past two days, saying, “Take these as well. Aurora might

didn’t stand on ceremony with them, holding her baby as she spoke. “Mr. Guerra, Ms. Thorne, if there

problem.

housekeepers who cook at his home.