What Separates Me and You

Chapter 69 You Want a Divorce

Josephine looked at Patrick, and after a few seconds, she took her phone and typed. “If I give you the money, will you bring Mrs. Jinkins back?”

Patrick said with a smile, “Of course! There will be someone to care for her, and she’ll be less of a burden to me. I see that you and my mom are close. I’m sure it won’t be a problem to sponsor some of her living expenses, right?”

Josephine was silent for a while before typing, “Bring Mrs. Jinkins here. Then, I’ll give you the money.”

The smile on Patrick’s face vanished. He said curtly, “She’s old, so she can’t travel much. Give me the money first, then I’ll bring her over.”

Josephine did not believe him. Mrs. Jinkins had once said that his greed knew no bounds. If she were to give him the money this time, and if he not only neglected to bring Mrs. Jinkins back. but continued to use Mrs. Jinkins to extort her for money, she would have no more money to give him.

“Bring Mrs. Jinkins back.”

“You

Patrick was a little infuriated. Indeed, he would not stop at only getting 500 thousand dollars from Josephine

The Alvarez family was such a huge corporation. 500 thousand dollars was nothing to them. It would not be worth his effort if he did not get at least five million dollars.

“If you want to continue bargaining with me, fine I’ll cut to the chase. Give me five million dollars, and I’ll bring her here! If you can’t, we don’t have a deal!”

Josephine was slightly taken aback. She looked at Patrick in disbelief as she did not imagine he would be so demanding

Patrick knew immediately from Josephine’s reaction that she could not put together five million at that moment, so he said, “State a time and day. When you get the money, I’ll bring my mom over.”

Josephine could not give him an answer, because she had borrowed 500 thousand dollars from Avery. Where the hell was she going to get five million dollars from?

Patrick showed her all five of his fingers. “Five days, alright? I’ll come looking for you in five days.”

Josephine typed, “I can’t gather that much money.”

Patrick furrowed his brow. “Who are you trying to fool? The Alvarez family is so rich. How could you possibly not put together five million dollars? Do you think I believe you? I don’t care! If you can’t get me the money in five days, you can say goodbye to my mother for good!”

his car, and drove

abdomen and quickly entered the mansion. She took the medicine that her doctor prescribed, poured herself a cup of water, and swallowed it

did not take any effect. She found some painkillers and popped seven of them. into her mouth like she was eating candy. One or two painkiller pills no longer had any effect on her. She had to have quite a few

medication, she exhaled a long breath when she suddenly felt the world spin. She saw black

was no longer a dream of her past with Lewis. What she saw was only red. The entire world was dyed red. The skies and the earth were of the same oppressive scarlet. Josephine ran through a red fog, trying to escape

hard she ran. The air grew thinner, and she found it

“Josie.”

her from a faraway distance as if it came from the skies. She turned to look where the voice came from and, in the next second,

eyes widely and gasped for air. She breathed heavily. The suffocating. feeling was too real

you have

from on top of her, making her freeze. She turned to see Seth looking at

with a smile.

the sofa. She signed. “Why

for Lewis. I saw that the door was not closed. I thought

realized that she was on the sofa. She suddenly recalled what Lewis told her before. When she saw Seth again, chills ran down

Seth knew everything, yet still feigned ignorance – his pretense was terrifying.

you,

a smile. He shifted his gaze to the packets

and stuffed them into the drawers under the coffee table. She signed,

have to take care of yourself, even if it’s

It seemed like he was not planning to leave She signed, “Lewis is with Sierra. I don’t

her hint for him to leave, but Seth did not seem to get it. He said, “This is his home. How could he not come

dread and fear whenever she was alone. with Seth, just like the suffocation she felt in her dreams. She even suspected that it was Seth who smothered her

and pour him some water. When she returned,

while His rather long curls covered the side of his face, casting at shadow and making his

is something I wonder if it’s

Seth, waiting for him to

continued, “Lewis spends all his time with

did not expect Seth to ask

thought of