What Separates Me and You

Chapter 98 If She Behaved

Daphne froze for a moment. “Me? How can I fix things?

“Don’t you have some of Alvarez Corp’s shares? You can sell them and fill up the missing sum on Seth’s behalf,” Lewis explained.

Eyes widening, Daphne clenched her jaw and thought, “My shares? B-But that’s the only thing that secures my status in the Alvarez family! I’ll be nothing to my family members if I sell them.”

Lewis leaned back against the chair, casually stirring the coffee while fixing his gaze on the former. “Is it too much to ask? Oh, well. I guess there’s nothing else we can do. It seems your husband isn’t as important to you as your shares.”

“But the measly portion of shares I have don’t amount to much money.” Daphne pursed her lips while a knot formed in her chest.

“We can still use it to fill in the gap and brainstorm other solutions if there’s still an outstanding amount.

All color drained from Daphne’s face just then. It ripped her heart apart to choose between her shares and her beloved husband. Unable to decide, she murmured, “I need more time to think about it.”

“Sure, but don’t take too long because you’re running out of time. Seth might run away from home if things escalate badly. By then, I doubt you can find him.”

Upon hearing that, Daphne tensed, feeling slightly more willing to sell her shares. It took a moment before she replied, “Well, who do I sell the shares to? Who could give me that much. money on the spot?”

“I can find someone who will-that is, if you’re willing to sell them to me,” Lewis stated.

Daphne’s gauging gaze drilled into Lewis. She couldn’t see any malice hidden in his eyes, nor could Daphne tell if he was genuinely helping her. Nonetheless, Lewis was still her older brother, and she would never doubt his motives. After a pause, she gritted her teeth and stiffly inhaled. “I’ll give you an answer by tomorrow.”

Not a word came from Lewis as he smiled.

At that point, Daphne couldn’t bear to sit with her brother anymore. She packed up the documents and got ready to leave,

Before she could, Lewis reminded her, “Don’t tell anyone about this, including Seth. You know what will happen if Dad finds out.”

document tighter

He had just entered his

desk while he asked, “Where are

picked up the phone on Lewis’ desk and dialed the company’s internal line. “Josephine, where’s the document I asked you to organize? Print a copy and bring it over if you’ve finished sorting through it. There’s no need to email it to me anymore. President Alvarez wants

froze when he heard Josephine’s name.

hung up and turned to smile at him, saying, “Oh, I was about to inform you that Josephine has returned to work today. I asked her to do some simple tasks since she didn’t have anything to do. I figured

“I don’t care for your department’s affairs. You

it anymore.” Sophia glanced over and noticed he was still looking at his desk, so she asked, “What

“A box.”

“A red one?”

“Yes.”

saying, “I think I saw it

side and knelt to inspect the unlocked bottommost drawer where important documents got placed. After digging through the items, she held up a red box. “Is this it?”

without so much as a glance. “Yes.”

from beneath Lewis’ desk. Seeing the two

Sophia asked, “Why didn’t you knock? I was helping

said nothing. With her head

eyes on Josephine until the latter left. Immediately after, she looked down and realized Lewis was staring at her. She instinctively brought

Alvarez? Is there something on my face?”

His gaze was so intense that it made her feel slightly guilty, like she had done something wrong. Before she could dwell on her emotions, Lewis abruptly looked away while speaking

slightly. Even so, she maintained a calm composure as she replied,

loudly against the floor. Once she was outside, her

computer in a daze, watching it until the screen went dark when someone knocked on her desk, saying, “Hey,

then did she nod at the person while getting up to pack her things. Suddenly, her phone. chimed with a text from Sam, the

hospital address and patient room number.