What Separates Me and You

Chapter 127 It Will Be Over Soon

Lily was torn between ensuring her own survival and saving the children. She was still able to remain cool and calm despite the perilous situation she was in right now.

She could escape, but not her children.

However, if Lily didn’t escape right now, she and the children would die in this place. If that were the case, no one would be left to avenge the children.

If Lily had kept a heart of ice, she could have escaped.

Unfortunately, she had to possess immense mental fortitude and a ruthless personality to watch her children perish in flames.

Lily took a deep breath, resulting in her choking on a lungful of thick smoke. She started coughing violently on the spot.

At the same time, she clenched her fists tightly, a streak of cruelty and decisiveness flashing past her eyes. Then, she scrambled to her feet and ran out of the burning building.

“Mommy!”

“Mommy, save me! It hurts a lot!”

When Lily reached the exit, she paused in her tracks before turning around stiffly to look behind her.

She could see the two children screaming and crying hysterically amidst the thick smoke. They were both calling out to her desperately in an attempt to awaken what little maternal love she had within her.

Lily could only grip the doorframe tightly. It was scorching hot to the point that her hand started sizzling loudly, but she didn’t even register the pain.

“Mommy…”

“Mommy, are you abandoning us?”

The children’s breathing started slowing down. Their voices had grown so weak to the point where the roaring flames were louder than their cries for help.

Lily found herself torn between the selfish desire to survive and the torment of her maternal love. She yearned for her own life, yet she also longed for her children’s survival.

All she needed was to take one more step. Then, she would be able to escape from the inferno once and for all.

However, if she were to return to her children, she wouldn’t be able to leave at all.

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Just as Lily was engulfed by despair, she looked down only to see two keys sitting in front of the doorway, which was quite ironic.

Those keys resembled gifts from the universe-they helped Lily make the ultimate choice and emerge triumphant in the battle against her rationality.

Lily was no longer hesitant. She bent down to pick up the keys before turning on her heel and rushing into the flames.

and the children were fighting for their lives, Robert dealt with the procedures with the contract

the building ravenously on top of the mountain. The passersby who traversed the streets

the mountain

seems to be the case. Something’s burning up there.”

out their phones to start taking pictures of the burning site. Some people even

and Josephine were done watching their movie. Following that, they

still aching, she didn’t walk

accompany her throughout the day, which weirded her out.

her, he rarely returned home. It was already a huge blessing for Josephine that Lewis was able to dine with her, much less spend the

trip to buy her clothes that afternoon.

he bought weren’t to Josephine’s liking. He bought them based

again, Lewis had bought a lot of clothes, including winter and spring clothing. He carried countless shopping bags the whole time. Once nightfall descended,

Lewis turned around to ask Josephine.

the latter could do was nod wordlessly. She should be happy, but in actuality, she wasn’t

Lewis was acting very weirdly the whole

reached out to caress Josephine’s cheek. “It’s good that you

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on his lips, but it was one of mystery.

that moment, his phone started ringing loudly. Lewis wasn’t in a rush to answer the call. Instead, he asked Josephine, “What would you like for

ringing from his breast pocket. She was silent for a moment before gesturing her response. “I’m fine with anything.”

go home for dinner,” Lewis said with a

the call at a relaxed pace. Before he could say anything, Daphne’s voice drifted through the

outside right now. What’s

you to come back right now.” Daphne suppressed her voice as if

now.

ended the call before driving

curled on Lewis’ lips in the

all, Josephine had seen Seth smiling like that in

her head. For some reason, she suddenly remembered Lewis’ words from the night

be over soon.”

whenever Josephine recalled it, she would feel

home, but he received another

was the one who called

Lewis drove Josephine

tape encircled a specific area in the suburbs, attracting numerous onlookers who stood outside the barricade, straining

the perimeter with their siren lights on. The assembled

died in the fire that was started on

on the mountain these days?”

great danger,

her heart skipping a beat out of anxiety as she turned

Lewis.