What Separates Me and You

Chapter 123 Some People Are That Stupid

Unfortunately, Lewis no longer believed her.

He pinched her chin and spoke in a low voice. “Let me tell you this. Even when I’m no longer the president of Alvarez Corp, you can never escape from my grasp. Josephine, even if you die, you will die here.”

His words struck the crown of her head like a thunderbolt, leaving her utterly shaken.

Josephine’s entire body tensed. Instinctively, she thought about taking a step back, but her rationality suppressed that instinct.

Lewis touched the tip of her ears and grazed them softly with his fingers. It felt ticklish, the sensation making her flinch.

He removed the earphone from her ears and pocketed them again.

“Stay at home and be good. Lock the doors, don’t go out, or else I’ll really break your leg this

time.”

His gentlest tone delivered the cruelest words.

Josephine gripped the couch, suppressing the fear in her heart, and nodded slightly.

Lewis stood and went upstairs to change his clothes. When he emerged again, he left in a

brown coat.

Josephine watched him leave and ran over to shut the door.

When that was done, she pressed herself against the door, her chest heaving.

The words she’d heard from the earphone earlier reverberated in her mind repeatedly. Lewis was about to leave the Alvarez family. He was about to become nothing.

Josephine closed her eyes, breathing heavily as she forced herself to calm down.

She thought to herself, “No, what he said just now was not true. His expression had been off!”

If he truly was going to be kicked out of the Alvarez family, it was impossible for him to be this collected. This man had to have some kind of backup plan-an even bigger trump card.

Or, he had never cared much about Alvarez Corp anyway. Maybe he had greater cards to play.

There were only these two possibilities.

At the end of the day, he was still testing her, just like how he’d repeatedly asked her if she

wanted children.

No matter how many times he’d asked, she’d always believed him-she’d always fallen for it.

How could she still be so gullible?

for so long, she still couldn’t tell how many of his words were

truly laughable-

Lewis left, he drove

arrived, it was already past working hours. There were not

company.

directly into Seth’s

work. Upon hearing Lewis’ knock, he raised hist head and glanced at the

“Lewis. You’re here.”

up and greeted him. “I thought you were not coming in today.”

joined

for, Lewis?” Seth poured him

you.” Lewis’ gaze scanned the room before

I still have to solve. Of course, you wouldn’t know about all these little things in

folded his legs and leaned back against the couch.

paused before smiling bitterly. “There’s too much to do in the company. I can’t

now. I’ll give you

knitted together.

have someone settle these matters of yours. The longer you don’t return,

“Oh, yeah?”

pretended to be surprised as well. “Didn’t she tell you? Don’t you know that she

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his composure. “Oh. That’s

else could

low voice. “I’ll find

back and persuade her, she might as

his composure. He looked at Lewis in

Lewis tell him all this?

it increasingly difficult

throughout their conversation, hiding

lips, forcing himself to smile again. “I got it. I’ll go

nodded lightly. “Go,

simply cleared up his desk and left the company soon after. Lewis watched his disappearing

rushed back to the Alvarez mansion

the bedroom, he saw Daphne holding Bambam, gently coaxing him. Upon closer inspection,

of the door opening, Daphne turned, her face a picture

“Seth, you’re back!”

in acknowledgment and walked over to her.

said, “He’s asleep.”

the baby into the cot and

smiled faintly. “I just remembered what you said about moving a

welled up with tears as she heard his words. “No,

a

“I did-”

for a moment before speaking again. “Since I have