What Separates Me and You

Chapter 117 No One Else Matters

Lewis reached out his hand and gently caressed her injured cheek from the slap. Blood

droplets had formed, resembling little beads, and it was unpleasant to the touch. He asked, ”

Does it hurt?”

Josephine pressed her lips and shook her head lightly.

Lewis picked Josephine up and walked to the emergency room.

Her knee bore numerous small glass shards, which the doctor meticulously removed using tweezers, starting with the slightly larger fragments visible on the surface. The doctor then. cut open her jeans and diligently cleaned out any remaining shards.

Josephine tilted her head slightly and saw Lewis standing beside her, staring intently as the doctor tended to her wound. It took almost an hour to clean the wound thoroughly. The doctor explained, “Fortunately, these are only superficial injuries, and there is no bone damage. The wound must be kept dry, and the dressing must be changed regularly. It should heal within the next three to five days.”

Lewis lightly nodded and said, “Thank you.”

He picked Josephine up again and left the hospital. He drove them back home. He actually went above and beyond for her, tending to every aspect with utmost care. He didn’t let Josephine set foot on the ground from the hospital to their home. She sat on the bed, watching him come and go while fetching water, cleaning her hands and face, and fetching porridge from downstairs.

She closed her eyes, leaned against the headboard, and pressed her fingers tightly together. She told herself repeatedly not to indulge in this ephemeral kindness when the coldness and agony still lingered in her memory. It would be pathetic to keep falling into the same trap.

Lewis held a bowl of porridge and sat down beside her. He said, “Finish this and rest early.”

Josephine opened her eyes and turned to look at him. Her eyes were filled with countless words, but after a moment of silence, she just opened her mouth and bit into the spoon he offered. Josephine quietly ate as he spooned her the porridge.

After finishing the porridge, he considerately covered her with the blanket. He stroked her hair and said, “Rest well at home. I’ve changed the password for the front door. Don’t open it for anyone, understand?”

grimaced, forcing a smile as she nodded.

said and left immediately after. Her tears flowed down her face as the

bedroom door closed.

went straight to Alvarez Manor.

against the headboard, she wept inconsolably, pouring out her grievances to Daphne, who sat beside her. “Lewis is utterly heartless! I was on the brink of death, yet he didn’t spare

don’t cry,” Daphne

the crying, and she grabbed her collar,

like that in front of him? You know very well yourself how much he has cared for that

you explain his

he couldn’t be considered devoted because he was simultaneously involved with the two of them. He often neglected Josephine for Sierra, yet he also refused to divorce Josephine. He

she had finished crying. “This damned mute is absolutely intolerable. She actually managed to

felt disgusted whenever she saw her. She had always treated her as if she were a pet belonging to the

Josephine this time that she realized things weren’t exactly as they appeared. She must have overlooked something that would cause her son to forsake her well-being in favor of that mute.

bitterness in her heart, the only

the flames by saying, “Mom, I told you before, this mute is not that simple.

was thinking about something

came forth to

“Where are they?”

on Nancy. Who would have thought that he was here for

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he care about his mother’s well-being?

No one had time for them. By the

agreed casually and went

the room, he found Nancy lying in bed, weakly staring at the ceiling with hollow eyes, crying.