What Separates Me and You

What Separates Me and You

Chapter 25 Destroy What She Cares Most About

The tall, slender figure stood at the entrance with his back facing the sun, so

Josephine could not see his face clearly. Her grip on the plate in her hands tightened. subconsciously.

She did not know why he would suddenly come looking for her. Shouldn’t he bel enjoying his time with Sierra now?

“Are you done messing around?” he asked, sounding no different than how he usually did.

She had been missing for more than half a month, and all that amounted to him was her messing around?

Mrs. Casio was stunned and stood frozen on the spot, her gaze traveling between. the two.

“Who are you to Josie?” Mrs. Casio questioned spontaneously.

“I’m her husband.”

Mrs. Casio’s jaw dropped in bewilderment. This was not what she expected. She had thought that Josephine’s husband was a slacker who bummed around doing. nothing. Or a paunchy man who ordered her around, thinking he was all that.

Never had it occurred to her that he would be such a handsome young man with al commanding air to him.

“Josie said you didn’t want her anymore. Why have you come looking for her?”

Lewis turned slightly to look at Mrs. Casio. “Is that what she told you?”

Mrs. Casio paused. She didn’t know how she should answer that. Things did not seem to be as she thought. “Well…”

Lewis put on an amiable smile. “She ran away from home after throwing a tantrum. I’m sorry she’s given you trouble.”

“Oh, so that’s how it is.” Mrs. Casio smiled in acknowledgment and heaved a sigh of relief. “That’s better. I’m relieved. I was worried about the ba-”

Mrs. Casio was cut off by a loud, clattering sound. Josephine had lost her grip on the plate in her hand, and it crashed to the floor, shattering into smithereens.

Josephine hurried over to Mrs. Casio and signed. “I’m sorry, I did not mean to do that.

The fact was, she had done it on purpose. Had she not dropped the plate, Mrs. Casio would have spilled the beans on how she was pregnant.

her signs, so she could only smile awkwardly. “It’s alright, I’ll clean it up. You should go back with your husband now that he’s here for

at Lewis. He reached for her hand and

of them kept quiet on the way home. Lewis drove them

The place was lavish and spacious. However, its lack of warmth and its loneliness was a stark difference from the cozy diner.

was dark the entire way home. When they finally reached the mansion, he suddenly reached out and

aren’t we, Josephine? Running

out all his fury through his fingers. Josephine’s jaw ached so much that she felt it might shatter at any

her suffering, observing the storm that was brewing in them.

at him for quite a while. Just as

a brief moment, all she saw was black. He went up to her

lips as she stared at

to do it. You don’t care where

couldn’t speak, her expression and actions spoke volumes about how angry and

bored into hers without a

I’m giving way to let you be together. Isn’t that good enough? Why

akin to a kitten. Whatever he said went, and he

only today that he found out that she

process this new piece of information.

stunned, her hands pausing mid–air. For a moment, she

her. and disliking her child stifled her so much that all she wanted to do was

She took it out and had a look. It

on her phone too. Before she could react, he’d already snatched her phone away and tapped on the text

all I could to keep your paintings safe. I’ve mailed them over to

shot Josephine another glance. The anxiety in her eyes was

“Are you ignoring

of danger in Josephine’s eyes. She shook her head vigorously, trying to explain herself.

Lewis had chucked her phone to the coffee table by the couch and strode out. the

though anticipating his next move, she ran and

small storage room outside the mansion meant for parcels. Lewis went straight there and kicked at a pile of parcels.

pile was a box that held the paintings that Avery had mailed Josephine.

constricted. She rushed over and crouched

“Move aside!”

spare her the paintings. Those were not only Avery’s present for her, but they were also her

grabbed Josephine by the wrist