What Separates Me and You

What Separates Me and You

Chapter 14 But She’s a Grown-up Now

Josephine’s fingers suddenly tightened in fright, crumpling the pregnancy test.

results in her hand. After registering the situation, she flipped the form over on the

sofa.

Standing up, she turned around and looked at Lewis as she tried hard to calm herself

down.

“I was looking at the divorce agreement. Do you want to have a look?” she asked.

Lewis stared at her fingers, then shifted his gaze to her face as his eyes darkened. It was as if the temperature in the room had dropped several degrees.

He strode toward Josephine and stood in front of her, extending his fingers. “Let me

have a look.”

The woman’s expression froze as she looked into his bottomless gaze. Her fingers. were clenched tightly together.

“Aren’t we getting a divorce? Let me see it.” He moved his hand a little closer, his gaze piercing into her as if he could see right through her.

Josephine didn’t know whether he had changed his mind or had seen through her lie, but she dared not give it to him.

and didn’t want to

hand

her face against his chest and nudged it lightly.

inscrutable, and he didn’t

of him, took a step back, and gestured with

I was wrong. I don’t want

eyebrow

at him with sincerity.

finally softened. Gently, he stroked her face and

let me see that word again, okay?”

fingers and nodded, showing

and turned around to go

sat weakly on the sofa. She picked up the

again, tore it to pieces, crumpled them up, and threw them into

into his study, seemingly with no plans to

and made a table

the study and knocked four times, which was the secret. code they

“come eat,” three knocks meant “need to talk,” and two knocks meant “brought you

upstairs. He had changed into a loose, deep gray home attire that accentuated his slim body.

the coldness on his face disappeared, making him look as young

this outfit was an indication that he would not be going out unless the sky was falling. This habit of his had proven to

Josephine glanced at it out of the corner of her eye. It was a call from Sierra.

looked at the phone, silenced it, and placed

table.

was injured in the hospital, he would not