The Charming Ex-Wife

Chapter 631 I Am Here By Your Side

The cries within the ward grew louder, piercing and heart–wrenching.

Snapping back to reality, Lysander saw her father, who was covered with a white sheet, being wheeled away by the nurses.

She realized she was no longer the little girl her father used to send to school while walking hand in hand. Tears streaming down her face, she ran forward, growing taller and older with each stride until she finally morphed into her current self.

“Dad, don’t leave. Wait for me…

This time, Maverick did not look back like he used to when dropping her off at school. The darkness around her gradually engulfed her.

“Lysander! Wake up!” Another familiar voice roused her from the nightmare.

She slowly opened her eyes and met Josiah’s concerned gaze. He must have been watching over her for quite some time. Even his lips had become pale and dry.

“Where’s my dad? Josiah, where is he?” she asked anxiously, clutching his arm.

Understanding her distress, he replied gently, “Calm down and listen to me. Your father passed away peacefully without any pain. He even had a smile on his face.”

Is he truly gone? She gripped the blanket beneath her as hot tears slid down from the corners of her eyes, unable to utter another word.

He stayed by her side until she had calmed down before beginning to recount the events that had transpired after she lost consciousness.

“After you passed out, Mrs. Thorne also soon fainted from crying too hard. She hasn’t woken up yet. Michelle is devastated, but she’s staying strong and is currently with her in the ward next door. As for Mr. Thorne’s funeral arrangements… The hospital contacted the funeral home but I asked them to hold things off for now, so the cremation hasn’t taken place yet. Do you want to…”

He wanted to ask whether she intended to visit Laura first or go to the morgue to take one last look at Maverick. The words were on the tip of his tongue, but he found himself unable to say anything. Both of these options are just too cruel.

She was no longer crying and merely nodded numbly instead. Regardless of what he said to her next, she had no intention of responding.

child, and the pain of that memory was

heal the pain of losing a loved one. All I can do is take care of her family until she

However, only spirits.

dinner. If you keep this up, you won’t be able to hold up. I’ve asked someone to get some soup. Have a little, okay?”

haven’t eaten

someone deliver some over already. Mrs. Thorne will be able to eat

gave a

by the bed and told her about the situation in the adjacent ward as he opened the takeaway container. Then, he spooned up

spark in her gaze when she heard him mention her mother and sister. “How’s Michelle doing?”

if it’s only to take good care of Mrs. Thome, she forced herself to have some soup. She has grown up a lot,” he replied with a hint

lowered her head in anguish and hastily

he continued to cautiously persuade her to eat. “At least have a little bit

really have no appetite,” she

had been reduced to a hoarse whisper from all her crying. “If Mr. Thorne were looking down on us from heaven, he surely wouldn’t want to see you like this. Even if

found that the little strength she had left had been completely depleted during her time in the ICU. She was so weak that she did not even

there. I’ll feed

up another spoonful. However, she furrowed her brows, retching while struggling to suppress the discomfort welling up from her

down the container of soup

she said, her face

was hard to tell whether it was because of

here,” he murmured, using a tissue to

don’t want to

sorrow, it was

drink the soup anymore. Instead, he set down the takeaway container, picked up the thermos flask he had prepared earlier to pour her a

attend to after this, she finally forced herself to take a

the cup back on the bedside table and coax her to sleep, but before he could even get up, she had already

that Lysander was worried about Laura and Michelle next door and wanted to check on them. However, he was mid–sentence when he saw her cover her mouth and rush into