What Separates Me and You

Chapter 119 Can You Not Leave

Josephine grabbed his phone and shook her head.

Dr. Halliday saw her reaction and felt somewhat resentful. “Mrs. Alvarez! This is your body. Can’t you be more considerate to yourself?”

Josephine continued to shake her head, but the doctor did not understand what she was trying to convey

Josephine pressed his phone down, and the doctor appeared to have understood, “You don’t want me to tell him?”

Josephine nodded, signaling him to put down his phone.

The doctor hesitated for a moment before he sighed helplessly and put his phone away. “Okay. I won’t tell him since you don’t want me to ”

Seeing that he kept his phone, Josephine took out her phone and typed, “He did not cause this

wound.”

The doctor was slightly taken aback by what he had read. He laughed awkwardly and said, “It’s not him? Haha, I’m sorry. Let me help you change your dressings.”

Dr. Halliday opened his medical kit, took some antiseptic, and applied it to Josephine’s face. He also used the antiseptic on her knees. She was wearing a nightgown, which made it convenient to reveal her wound by simply lifting the dress above her knees.

The doctor was shocked. He asked, “How did you get this wound?”

Josephine shook her head, indicating that she did not want to tell.

The doctor did not pursue it. He carefully removed the gauze from her knees. Due to the blood and the severity of her wound, the gauze clung to her flesh.

wounds. I’ll just remove the top layer and add a new layer. When scab forms on your wound, the gauze will fall off by itself,” Dr. Halliday said as he cut

She was already hurting when the doctor cut the gauze,

“I’ll drop by to check your wound tomorrow.

nodded in gratitude.

sitting alone on the couch, staring at her phone. Avery hadn’t sent her

the urge to inquire about her whereabouts, but she managed to resist the

through her recent posts. Avery had been quite active, sharing numerous updates over the past few days. The posts. mostly featured breathtaking scenery and

caption. She tapped on the picture. It was Avery’s selfie by the beach with seagulls behind her. She was smiling brightly at the camera, and the wind had tousled her hair. Josephine gently caressed the picture. Avery specifically took all

who genuinely cared about her and valued her existence. It reignited a sense of purpose in her life. Filled with gratitude, Josephine decided to express her appreciation by liking all of Avery’s posts, considering it

world, couldn’t help but smile as she saw the notifications of Josephine’s likes on her posts. She had become more carefree since discovering that the Green family was unaffected by her. Since Josephine refused to join her on her globe-trotting adventure, Avery decided to capture her experiences through photographs, believing it would serve as a way to share her world with Josephine from afar. When Lewis returned, he noticed her crying while holding her phone. He lowered his sight and stood a short distance

startling Josephine. Her hand trembled, and the phone slipped from her grasp, falling to the

her phone screen. It displayed their conversation thread, with an unfinished message that asked if he was coming back at night. Lewis saw those words, and his expression softened. He approached Josephine, bent

phone, concealing her guilt, and nodded lightly. Having caught a glimpse of him earlier, Josephine felt a surge of courage that motivated her to initiate a conversation by sending him a message. She wondered

want me to come back?” he asked, patting her head. His voice

“I’m

his lips. “Hungry to the point of crying? What do you want

and gestured, “I want

morning.”

porridge every day. Your body can’t handle it. I’ll get you something else, okay?”

out his phone to call Conrad, asking him

but he had never once considered hiring a maid since they came here. With just the two of them residing in the large mansion, Josephine found herself taking on all the household chores single-handedly. From cooking and cleaning

and look at her. She then. gestured, “I

at her and