What Separates Me and You

What Separates Me and You by Victoria Wilson

Chapter 27 Keep the Child

Lewis did not set foot into the bedroom the entire night. When Josephine woke up the next morning, he was no longer in the mansion.

She stayed in bed and stared at the ceiling for two whole hours before finally getting

out of bed.

Although she had no appetite, she still made some oatmeal and forced herself to eat two servings of it. Then, she took the medicine prescribed by the doctor.

At around five in the evening, someone rang the doorbell.

She opened the door to find Lewis’ assistant, Conrad Berg, standing there.

“Good day, Mrs. Alvarez. President Alvarez sent me to get you.” Conrad nodded at

her politely.

Josephine’s brows knitted together, puzzled. Conrad couldn’t read sign language, so she did not sign anything.

“It’s your birthday today, Mrs. Alvarez. President Alvarez said that you should wear the new clothes you bought yesterday.”

Josephine was surprised. She had thought that Lewis was just comforting her to make her feel better when he said that he would celebrate her birthday with her the day before. She didn’t expect him to mean it at all. She pursed her lips and stood there without moving.

“What is it, Mrs. Alvarez? Do you not wish to go?” Conrad inquired.

Josephine remained silent. He had just burned her belongings yesterday, and now, he was inviting her to a meal, to go shopping, and to celebrate her birthday together as though everything was perfectly normal. Her feelings meant nothing to him.

Looking at how conflicted she was, Conrad couldn’t help but sigh. “No matter what it is, Mrs. Alvarez, President Alvarez is your husband. Wherever you are, that will be his home. Legally speaking, he’s yours.”

Josephine lifted her head and stared straight into his eyes in bewilderment.

Conrad continued, “Since he’s still willing to come back and celebrate your birthday with you, and as long as he still cares about you, it doesn’t make sense for you

to just

give up on him and let someone else have him.”

Conrad did not like Sierra. She did not pull her weight in the company and would always order him around. Even the department managers were polite to him

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assistant. But because she had Lewis backing her up, showed absolutely no

Sierra

hands if she were to one day take

position.

him away into someone else’s

thin line. Conrad’s words had stirred

a man who did not care

that happened, she might not

were a mess, and she felt like there was a rock weighing down on her heart.

did not have the luxury of choice. As long as she still cared for Lewis, she would

twenty years. She had watched him grow from his adolescent years up into adulthood. For two whole decades, he had occupied every crevice of her heart. There was nothing else but him.

her yesterday were thick, which was perfect

She looked

pretty astonished when he saw her make her way

her eyes which had built up over the years. If she were to be in school, a single smile from her would be

Lewis had seen such

appreciate what

thoughts, he made a polite

he saw the Bentley parked

and turned to tell Josephine, “Before I forget, please wait here, Mrs. Alvarez. I need to go to the

pulled out two keys from his pocket, parked the

made him swap cars,

paid attention to her

wonder Lewis could disregard her however he

her to a restaurant. It was frequented by couples and was jam-

empty table by the window. Conrad led her there and said, President Alvarez will

stay on much longer. He left soon.

were a dazzling sight to behold, and she could hear the loud. voices of people having

came from a short distance away. She turned around to have a look at what the commotion was all about. Someone

Some of them clapped, some of them shouted, and

gentleman held her hand and slipped a ring onto her finger. They hugged each other tightly amidst the well wishes from the

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formed unconsciously on Josephine’s lips when she saw the scene before her. How fortunate

down at her bare

Nancy had said that a mute like her would not be having. a wedding ceremony and that it would be a joke and an embarrassment for her