What Separates Me and You

Chapter 86 Take Them Off

Yes, she was just like a dog being caged up whenever she was with Lewis. He would pat her whenever he was happy. If he wasn’t, he would dump her to the side and forbid her to wag tail at other people.

What dignity did she have? Being Mrs. Alvarez? It was all but a joke.

So, how could she hurt Avery for just that bit of dignity?

Seth looked at her with sparkles in his eyes, gleaming ambiguously.

her

Her messy hair made her seem like a real puppy. Once Josephine cleaned up every last scrap of food, she bit her lip and looked at Seth, enduring the pain.

Even if she felt like she had no dignity, she would still feel the grievances bubbling in her heart, making her feel ashamed.

Seth chuckled and placed the bowl down. Then, he waved the phone in his hand. “Do you want to see how pathetic you looked just now?”

Josephine’s pupils constricted a little. She looked at the phone and froze. It was a recording of her. The humiliation grew stronger, making her wish she could disappear from the face of the earth forever.

Seth played with his phone, admiring his work. He smiled and said, “I really want to send this to Lewis. Do you two usually have such fun?”

Josephine clenched his fist. Of course, she understood what he meant by that, so she turned. her head to the other side in humiliation, not wanting to reply.

Seth suddenly reached out and slowly untied the ropes around her wrists. The moment she was set free, she suddenly felt much lighter, but she listlessly slumped to the floor from the

chair.

Seth grabbed her by her clothes and picked her up, dragging her outside.

struggle. The collar choked her like a rope around her neck- she

on the shower and hosed her down. The water was so cold Josephine shivered. She hugged herself and curled

bent down in front of

constantly flowed down from her head, wetting her face and

said, “Don’t worry, I’m not interested in you. Especially women who had been

screwed by Lewis.”

that such a gentle, intelligent-looking man would say something so

grew warmer, and she stopped shivering.

for me to take your clothes off, I might not be gentle. You better think twice. Oh, and your friend

with humiliation, rage, and even fear. She had

unkempt hair. When a woman looked at a man with humiliation in her eyes, it aroused the man’s desire to dominate and torture.

make me repeat myself

clenched her

water everywhere, making both of them wet. He grabbed Josephine by the shoulders and

by the ankles and pulled, sending Josephine falling to the floor. The back

that she saw

She immediately got up and retreated to a corner, curling up as if that was the only safe place. The reality was that no safe place existed, just

toward her.

looked at her with an ambiguous smile. When he tried to comb her hair,

against the corner, and buried her face in her legs. If there was a pit, she might perhaps have

I’m only trying to give you a shower. What are you afraid of?” He gently combed his fingers through her wet hair. The next second, he clenched his fist and

She signed with difficulty. “Let Avery go. Let her go, and I’ll

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joke. “Do you think I’ll believe you?” Not only was he laughing, but he also sounded like

go, will you