The Charming Ex-Wife

Chapter 720 I Will Never Forgive You

He rambled on for quite a while, even bringing up the legal advisor. “You should meet with Mr. Peter Hudson along with Olivia. He will help you sort everything out…“.

Suppressing her anxiety, Lysander interrupted, “Don’t talk about this now. I don’t know what’s in your safe deposit box, and I don’t know Mr. Peter Hudson. The fire is so intense, so someone is bound to call the police. Once we are out, you can handle these matters yourself.”

Lysander gazed into the distance, feeling uncertain.

The commotion here should have attracted nearby people, but none of Josiah’s men had shown up. They were probably unable to at the moment.

The bodyguards Tiffany brought were not numerous but highly skilled, making them difficult to take down individually.

Josiah seemed to realize this too. He looked at Lysander as if trying to memorize her features and said hoarsely, “I have an idea. The fire started from below. We can go to the roof to buy time and wait for rescue.”

Lysander followed his gaze upward.

The overhanging caves were still some distance away.

Josiah grabbed her hand and crouched down. “We can’t waste any more time. You go up first.”

He let Lysander step onto his shoulders and then lifted her up.

Knowing she couldn’t lift Josiah, Lysander did not argue. Once she was up, she immediately clung to the edge of the caves and stretched out her hand to him. “Quick! Give me your hand, I will pull you up!”

Josiah did not reach out. Instead, he stood up and looked at her with a complex expression.

“Lysander Thorne,” he called her by her full name for the first time, his voice catching slightly. “Keep climbing. The higher you go, the safer you will be.”

then realized that Josiah had known all along that he wouldn’t be able to

a ruse to

She heard herself speak in a panicked voice, “I can reach

tears start to fall. “My hands are injured, and

moment, he did not want Lysander to feel guilty.

that I would die after you. Now it seems those words were premature. I am

already reached

of the stairs where Josiah stood creaked under the heat, ready to collapse at any moment, but he remained

will a long time ago. The things I left are for

head and reaching out to him desperately, but her vision blurred as the smoke she had inhaled

faded completely, replaced by the

was awakened by Josiah’s voice.

knew clearly that she was lying on the roof, but it felt

He was impeccably dressed, his suit crisp and hair neat, but his expression was unusually gentle. He said to her, “Lysander, I am

I’ve heard enough of it. You did nothing wrong this time

Lysander felt her body and soul separating. Her body was heavy and immobile, while

expected such words to come

silently looked at her, as if he would

leaving only the

Josiah said, taking her hand. She did not shake him off

fingertips trembled. “I am not blaming

in her mind, that people tend to speak kindly when

distant. “I’ve said everything I needed to. I have no regrets. Take

farewell was so soft it was almost inaudible. But it was this word that woke

smelled