Chapter 384 Deceived By Others
Josiah looked toward Lysander.
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At first, his eyes revealed shock, which quickly gave way to confusion, only to finally settle on a sense of
urgency.
At that moment, Josiah desperately wanted to confirm something.
“Lysanne was adopted? At what age?” Josiah questioned.
Howard sighed and answered, “When Lysa went missing, she was just over four years old. Molly blamed herself, believing she had failed to look after her daughter properly. She was filled with guilt every day as we waited for news after reporting to the police. We waited for more than half a year, but in the end, the police told us that the chances of such a young child surviving alone outside for so many days were very slim. They asked us to face the reality…”
With that. Howard cast a glance at Lysander.
Lysander stood there quietly, her head bowed down. Her lips were tightly pursed, and no one knew what she had on her mind.
Howard then uttered with a hint of bitterness, “The way you look now, it’s just like how your mother was when you went missing. For more than half a year, she sat idle, waiting for news every day. Every time the phone rang, she would shout out, believing it was news about you. I was no different. But every time we picked up the phone, it was either a relative or friend checking in or the police saying there was no progress. The worst part was that most of the calls were telemarketers or scams…”
Josiah’s hands, hanging by his sides, clenched and unclenched repeatedly. “You never told us about your daughter going missing…”
“Your mother knew all along,” Howard said. “After we adopted Lyss, we were concerned that she might feel she didn’t belong. Hence, we made it clear to all our relatives and friends that they had to treat Lyss like our own biological daughter from then on. We wanted to make up for everything our biological daughter missed out on by giving it all to Lyss.”
Josiah turned toward Susan. “Mom, you’ve known all along?”
Susan gave a nod. “Yes.”
“Why didn’t you tell me?” Josiah questioned.
“Back then, you were just a kid. What good would it have done to tell you? Besides, children are notorious for not keeping secrets. Imagine if you had accidentally let it slip and Lysanue heard it. It would have upset
her, too.
Anxiously, Josiah said, “If I had known it wasn’t her, I wouldn’t have-”
Right then, Lysanne called out to him, “Josiah!”
Her eyes were filled with pleading, and she cautiously wanted to grasp his sleeve. “I…”
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Chapters 692 693 ans 694 are impossible to read. Not sure if there was an issue with translation.but the words do not make sense..impossible to follow story line...
I cant get over the fact that the writer is trying to show as if the male lead has committed a grave sin. First he didnt know she was pregnant because she never told him. Second right from the start she never communicated anything. She was unbothered even during her marriage. I am not saying the male lead is great but atleast he seems like a human with emotions unlike her. And there is no context for why she is so emotionless....
The female lead is not charming but an unbothered b word, there is a very big difference. There is no point of extending this story at all because even if you write 1000+ chapters at 1001 the male lead would still be doing everything for her and she wouldnt bat an eye even if someone killed him. I mean honestly either the start should have been written better where we do understand that she was deeply affected because of her divorce or just STOPPPPP. Even for fiction it is annoying....