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.

not understand her signs, so she could only smile awkwardly. “It’s alright, I’ll clean it up. You should

at Lewis. He

on the way home. Lewis drove

one was happy. Once again, Josephine was back in the cold, soulless mansion. The place was lavish

the entire way home. When they finally reached the mansion, he suddenly reached out and grabbed Josephine’s jaw,

we, Josephine?

It felt as though he was letting out all his fury through his fingers. Josephine’s

through her suffering, observing the

at him for quite a while. Just as she was about to sign something, he threw her on the

was black. He went up to her

stared at him emotionlessly.

freeing her arm. “Nobody taught me to do it. You don’t care where I am anyway, so

expression and actions spoke volumes about

hers without

much, so I’m giving way to let you be together. Isn’t that good

She had always been obedient and docile, akin to a kitten. Whatever he said went, and he never had to take her feelings into

out that she was capable of

took a while to process this new piece of information. “Were you acting out of

was stunned, her hands pausing mid–air. For a moment, she did not know. how to answer that.

if she had acted out of spite, but the thought of him neglecting her. and disliking her child stifled her so much that all she wanted to do was to escape this suffocating hellhole

her phone vibrated. She took it out and had a look. It was a

his eyes on her phone too. Before she could react, he’d already snatched her phone away and

up, and the cafe’s been raided. I feel so bad for my paintings. But I did all I could to keep your paintings safe. I’ve mailed them over to you. Remember to check that you receive

Josephine another glance. The anxiety in her eyes

“Are you ignoring my

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

move, she

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

was a box that held

a moment, Josephine’s pupils constricted. She rushed over and crouched down on the ground, protecting the box with her body.

“Move aside!”

present for her, but they

by the wrist