What Separates Me and You

Chapter 94 How Ironic

Lewis paused, his eyes darting toward an unknowing Sophia, who stood and smiled like she was doing her job. He asked, “What do you think is the appropriate action, Miss King?”

That rendered Sophia temporarily speechless. She pondered the best response before saying, ” President Alvarez, I’m merely reporting what might happen if we take this course of action. As for what we end up doing, that decision lies with you.”

“Then, do as I say.”

“Yes, Sir.”

“Good.”

Sophia nodded but still checked with the former, stating, “I’ll approve of her one-month leave, then.”

“You may go now,” was the only response from Lewis.

Pivoting on her heel, Sophia headed out. Before she shut the office door, she glanced up at Lewis, who continued browsing the document in his hands instead of acknowledging her departure. Sophia understood it was her cue to leave, and so she did.

Not long after, Conrad came into the office to report about the Head of Finance in their company. “I’ve received confirmation that Mr. Hall has embezzled our company’s funds. We’ve received part of that sum back, and he’s gotten sentenced to seven years in prison.”

“I see. Anything else?”

Conrad hesitated momentarily, then added, “The employees have been spreading rumors that I brought Mrs. Alvarez into our company. I-” He didn’t continue, but his intentions were clear; he didn’t want the rumors to spiral out of hand and make the other employees no longer view him with respect.

“I understand. You may leave now.” Lewis didn’t even bother glancing at the former when he

said that.

Nevertheless, Conrad was relieved. He sighed, nodded, and left the office. Conrad ran into Sophia on his way out. Given their relationship as colleagues, he greeted her out of courtesy.

piped up. “Conrad, President Alvarez

thanks,” replied an

welcome. I take it that

free to approach me if

didn’t bother conversing anymore. The two

check-up. When she wasn’t being poked and

nodded after checking her heart rate and surface injuries. “Mrs. Alvarez, most of your wounds have healed. However, your body is still weak, so you shouldn’t allow yourself to catch

and a pen from her bedside

but he found it adorable to see her holding up a piece of paper with massive handwriting. There was already a pile of gratitude notes on the table. Among

Alvarez. You’ll recover

specific production crew’s decision to hire a main lead worth two billion. dollars. Famous figures got cast as supporting roles, while the protagonist, Sierra, stood in the center of the cast lineup. Sierra alone stole the limelight in that news report.

have loads of money stashed away, huh? I couldn’t afford the travel expenses to the hospital, yet he invested two billion to pave a path for Sierra in the entertainment industry. Because of Lewis, Sierra can do anything, behave. recklessly and get in

doctor suddenly thought of something. He pulled out his phone and played a

were scenes of misbehaving pets, dancing dogs, and other amusing clips. It wasn’t clear whether someone had edited those videos, but they were fun to watch. Josephine’s

the link to this account with you. They often post funny videos, so

phone and saving the account’s

stood up, bidding his goodbyes. “I’ll be

Josephine picked up a note from the table that read,

from the doctor, who then picked

how things were with Mrs. Jinkins. Yet, Sam didn’t respond to her text, so Josephine returned to binge- watching videos mindlessly. She was so hyperfocused on the videos that she didn’t notice. someone entering the living room. Josephine only looked up when a shadow suddenly cast over her head. Her hand trembled when she saw who it was, causing her phone to drop onto the ground with a loud thud. Josephine instinctively shrunk into the collar of her

other than Seth, who smiled modestly. “What’s wrong, Josephine?”

that while bashing Josephine’s head into the door, she would have thought this version of Seth was a completely different person.

unwell, Josephine?” Seth teased. He was about to reach out and touch her forehead, but

aching knee. She shot to her feet

however, snickered as he watched her flee like a frightened

as an extra precaution. She panted heavily, trying to catch her breath. Fortunately, Lewis returned on time, so Seth didn’t chase after her.