The Charming Ex-Wife

Chapter 623

Chapter 623 Can We Talk Inside.

At that time, Josiah was entirely committed to Lysander’s well–being, treating her with such careful attention as though she were something precious and fragile. He wouldn’t dream of causing her any upset.

Michelle’s features softened slightly as she responded, “All right, then I’ll go back and check on her.”

“No need, I’ll go. You should head back to sleep. If your sister sees you up this late, she’ll surely worry. I’ll go check on her.” Josiah’s offer came from a place of deep consideration for both sisters‘ well–being.

He was indeed aware of the unusual behavior exhibited by Lysander lately, yet found himself unable to tell Michelle the truth.

Michelle, placing a significant amount of trust in him, nodded and began to retreat. However, she couldn’t help but glance back every few steps, her movements betraying her lingering unease.

Lysander’s tent was directly across from Josiah’s. He approached quietly, crouching at first, hesitating as he listened intently by the side of her tent. Confirming that the soft sounds of crying were still audible, he tentatively tapped on the fabric of the tent

The noise inside stopped abruptly.

A moment later. Lysander queried tentatively, “Who’s there?”

Josiah replied with a gentle exhale, “It’s me.”

“Is there something you need?”

Josiah explained his presence, “Your sister heard you crying and got a bit worried about you, so she sent me to check on you.”

Lysander seemed surprised. “Michelle heard me?”

“Yeah.

“Then did she…”

talk through

fabric of the tent, Lysander struggled to

prolonged silence, she finally relented and unzipped the tent from the inside, poking her head out to ask, “You’ve been busy all day, aren’t you tired? I’m fine, you should go back and get

eyes briefly catching sight of a crumpled piece of white paper on the ground next to a small plastic bag that was

even a forced smile, simply lowered her gaze and responded, “I’m perfectly fine, nothing’s

however, was already suspecting that she was merely putting on a brave front. His voice was low as he responded, “We’re

look, Lysander took a deep breath and

more distressed than before. Glancing around, he noticed the light coming from the nearby cozy tent and suggested in a subdued tone, “Michelle hasn’t gone to sleep yet. I’m afraid she might overhear our conversation here. Can we talk inside?”

the proximity was unavoidable, yet the

space, stooped to enter but sat just inside

commented, “The tents nowadays are made too small, aren’t they? They’re certainly not

inconvenience. “After all, this is probably the only time we’ll do this. We won’t have many

worked hard today,”

formalities at

then inquired about her sister, “Where is

tent, concerned that her younger

hasn’t noticed anything unusual. She only heard you crying and is just worried that I might have been upsetting you.”

burden of responsibility Josiah felt was becoming increasingly heavy.

seem like she’s slept at all,” he

still visible outside, suspecting Michelle was likely still

light on, at least we’d know where your

attention still

“I remember when you saw the Milky Way, you seemed to have calmed down, but then you

someone who rarely lost her composure without significant reason. The drastic change in her demeanor suggested she had experienced something profoundly upsetting, possibly something as distressing

of their lost child momentarily crossed Josiah’s

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