What Separates Me and You

Chapter 42

Chapter 42 This Was Not Love

Because the lights were on, Lewis saw her wince, and he paused. He grabbed her wrist and pulled up her sleeves. Her elbows were grazed, and he could see a big bruise forming. He then pulled on her collar, her shoulders revealing a patch of green.

Lewis looked at Josephine, who had her eyes shut tight in a grimace. It took her a while to ease up.

“Why didn’t you apply medicine to it?” It was only after Lewis peeled off the bandage that he noticed.

Josephine opened her eyes and tried to hide the pain, gesturing, “I’m fine, it’s not serious.”

She didn’t dare apply any medication, since she was afraid of the effects on her baby. After all, her baby’s life was precarious.

Lewis got down from the bed, rummaging through the drawers. After a while, he came back and asked, “Where is the first aid kit?”

Josephine had always been the one to tidy up the house. It was funny when she thought about it. Lewis wasn’t familiar with his own home.

Josephine shook her head, not wanting to get any medication applied. “We don’t have one,” she gestured.

Lewis frowned and was going to pull her off the bed. “Then, let’s go to the hospital.”

Josephine was taken aback, waving her hands and gesturing hastily, “No need for the trouble, I’ve disinfected the wound. It’s fine, really. There’s a scab forming already. I’m tired. I want to sleep.”

With his eyes fixated on her, he replied, “Are you really not going?”

Josephine shook her head furiously, afraid that Lewis would think otherwise if she slowed down.

gave up, going back to

off. Since Josephine couldn’t talk, if the lights were off, especially when they were getting intimate, he wouldn’t be able to see a thing. As time went on,

ago, Lewis kissed Josephine for

the abyss. And as his deep voice hovered around her ears, he told her to not be scared, asking her to be a good girl. Josephine had thought that was how a man and a woman built their love for each other. That was why she was obedient, following his

toward their spouses. The number of intimate moments did not determine the value of their love. Someone once told her, people slept together even in the absence of love.

first thing she did was check her phone. Avery still had not replied to her messages. As she looked at

was as she expected-someone like her could never have any friends…

sat dazedly on the sofa with the television still on. It had been left on since last night. She turned the volume up to the loudest, but it still couldn’t

not improving, it intensified instead. The Green family’s stock prices were going down every day, and almost hundreds of millions of dollars were lost every day. In just a few

hair.

looked at her father’s haggard appearance, her expression complicated. All Lewis did was wag a finger, and he had made sure Avery brought down

on the

as well as his disappointment in her. “Why are you looking for me? You should be staying in your

room.”

marriage

Green was taken aback. He looked at Avery in disbelief and thought he misheard her. “What

voice was slightly hoarse. After a pause, she repeated, “Only a

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can solve our problems and save the stock

he had pushed for Avery to get married, hoping she would have a happy family to return to and be able to live the remainder of her life peacefully. However, she had rebutted him with her talk of dreams, purpose, and the future. Although it was surprising that she brought up a marriage of convenience on her own, that was not what Mr.

go

did not leave. “I’m serious, this is the fastest way. Please agree to it,

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